Chinese developers investing US$100 m in Boten SEZ shopping centre Chinese developers are constructing several large buildings to house shopping, banking and service centres at Boten Specific Economic Zone in Luang Namtha province. — Vientiane […]
Singapore suspends trade ties with North Korea Singapore has suspended trade ties with North Korea in the latest move by a country to implement UN sanctions to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, a customs document […]
PH grows 6.9%, 2nd fastest in Asia The economy’s growth in the third quarter of the year surpassed market expectations, expanding 6.9 percent and making the Philippines the second best performing economy so far in […]
Govt committed to recovering unpaid taxes The government will strive to collect taxes owed by businesses after they failed to pay them during the first six months of this year, according to a government report. […]
Singapore’s MAS announces US$19.8mil grant to promote AI, data analytics in financial sector The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced details of a new S$27million (US$19.84 million) artificial intelligence and data analytics (AIDA) grant under […]
Philippine gov’t, Facebook partner for ‘ultra high-speed’ broadband The Philippine government teamed up with Facebook to build “ultra high-speed” broadband infrastructure, which would make the government virtually a 3rd major player in the telecommunications industry. […]
Laos to expand coffee plantations, eyes 1 million tonnes by 2025 The Lao government plans to expand the area under coffee cultivation as part of efforts to increase crop quantity and quality and sustain the […]
Singapore to tie up with Thailand and India for e-payments Singapore’s move to expand its cross-border financial services could see cheaper and more convenient financial transactions with the two digitally-savvy countries, say analysts. — Channel […]
Trudeau raises EJK; Duterte insulted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed the extrajudicial killings and other human rights issues in the Philippines during an informal talk with President Duterte on the last day of the […]
Singapore to focus on cooperation against emerging threats as ASEAN chair: PM Lee As the incoming chairman of regional bloc ASEAN, Singapore’s focus will be to step up cooperation to build resilience against non-traditional and […]
Laos, China agree to deepen ties, ink 17 deals President Bounnhang Vorachit and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to work together to take the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Laos and China to […]
Russia says to help PH build nuclear power infrastructure Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, said Tuesday it would help the Philippines develop a nuclear power infrastructure under a memorandum of agreement with the Department of […]