Karen Lema, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Karen Lema, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 ASEAN chair Philippines hosts Myanmar ‘stakeholder meeting’ to push stalled peace bid  https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/01/22/asean-chair-philippines-hosts-myanmar-stakeholder-meeting-to-push-stalled-peace-bid/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:05:13 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=643510 Metro Manila, Philippines – The Philippines, the current chair of ASEAN, this week hosted a meeting of “important political groups” from army-ruled Myanmar, officials said on Thursday, in an effort to advance the regional bloc’s long-stalled peace plan.  Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro, who took over this year as ASEAN’s special envoy to the crisis in

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