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Burson-Marsteller Washington has registered a $700K agreement to promote investment in the Philippines.
The WPP unit’s agreement with the Philippines Dept. of Finance calls for positioning the country “as a competitive investment destination for foreign direct investments or investors.”
The shop’s duties include foreign media monitoring, communications support at events, media coaching/strategy and preparation of press releases.
B-M Hong Kong signed the agreement, which runs for a year, on May 14.
With one of Asia's fastest growth rates, the Philippines' August inflation rate of 6.4 percent was a nine-year high. President Rodrigo Duterte blamed the inflation rate uptick on the economic policies of Donald Trump, according to a Sept. 8 report by the South China Morning Post.
Duterte said he plans “to talk to friend Trump” and stressed that he doesn’t have the slightest misgiving about supporting the US president.
Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
The Government of Hungary has hired Strategic Improvisation Inc. to generate positive media coverage and combat negative press coverage of the Central European country. (6 reader comments)
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