Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Cambodia leads way as S-E Asia takes authoritarian route The warm hug on Sept 7 between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart, General […]
$200-M loan eyed for Customs rehab The World Bank is firming up a $200-million loan for a project aimed at modernizing the graft-laden Bureau of Customs. — Philippine Daily Inquirer Philippines third worst polluter of […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Cambodia leads regional authoritarianism The warm hug on Sept 7 between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, said it all. […]
Philippines worst in impunity in global index The Philippines is seen as the worst in terms of impunity in 2017, according to results from the latest Global Impunity Index (GII) of the University of the […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN has strong GDP growth ASEAN’s combined nominal gross domestic product (GDP) is already over US$2.8 trillion (S$3.8 trillion) and if counted as a single entity, […]
Foreign Investors Shun Philippines for 4th Straight Quarter Foreign investors are sending an increasingly strong message to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over his ‘war on drugs’ and at times outrageous and crude comments. And it […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Children’s Education: Singaporeans Biggest Spenders, But More Indonesians Paying When it comes to spending on their children’s education Singaporeans are the biggest spenders in Asean according […]
Philippines ranked 8th most vulnerable to malware attacks in Asia Experts in information technology security discovered that the Philippines is the 8th most vulnerable to attacks by malicious software or malware. — Inquirer.net Economy seen […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Japan: Mizuho Bank’s $250m ASEAN Fund reaches first close at $180m Japan’s Mizuho Bank has set up a private equity fund – Exacta Asia Investment II […]
Philippines tops Asia on financial inclusion list THE PHILIPPINES remains Asia’s leader in financial inclusion due to policies supportive of wider banking access, the Brookings Institution said in a report, even as the country slipped […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN reinforces relations with UN, Switzerland Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Le Luong Minh held working sessions at the United Nations Office […]
PH external debt drops by 1.8% to $72.5 billion in Q2 2017 The country’s total debt owed to foreign creditors dropped in the 2nd quarter of 2017, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). […]