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A group of Filipino animators is working out agreements with the governments of France, Canada and Spain to entice large foreign production houses to produce animated films in the country beginning 2017.
The Animation Council of the Philippines Inc (ACPI) seeks to boost the growth of the Philippine animation industry through bilateral agreements with countries that produce animated films.
The group hopes to enter into bilateral agreements with the governments of France, Canada and Spain by 2017.
Under these deals, ACPI plans to entice large foreign production houses to produce animated films in the country beginning 2017.
“[The bilateral agreements are] in the works. We still have to fill in a few more information in the agreement with the Canadian government. So we want [also] to [have] a more substantive bilateral agreement with [European countries], particularly France and Spain,” ACPI president Juan Miguel del Rosario told the Inquirer during the recently concluded launch of ACPI’s 10th annual Filipino animation festival “Animahenasyon 2016” in Makati City. – Philippine Daily Inquirer

Anti-Ahok rally hits Jakarta hotel occupancy rates
The occupancy rates at five-star hotels in Jakarta have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent this week due to the massive anti-Ahok rally.
The occupancy rates in Jakarta’s hotels have slumped this week, as guests postponed or cancelled their plans to stay in the capital owing to security concerns regarding a large gathering on Friday to demand the arrest of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy.
Jakarta Hotels Association Chairman Alexander Nayoan told The Jakarta Post that the Jakarta-wide occupancy rates for five-star hotels had fallen by between 10 and 15 per cent this week. – The Jakarta Post

Opec cut sparks oil, gas stocks rise on Bursa Malaysia 
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ unexpected decision to curtail oil production has triggered a rally in the crude prices and the oil and gas stocks on Bursa Malaysia.
The surprise agreement by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce oil production has sparked a rally in the crude prices as well as Bursa Malaysia’s oil and gas (O&G) counters. – The Star