Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Preferring to Neither Sink or Swim Jokowi Pulls the Plug on Jakarta: Asean’s Sinking Cities Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang […]
April FDI retreats from year-ago record FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) net inflows to the Philippines hit a 12-month high in April even as they slid from the year-ago record haul, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Beijing now calls the shots in the South China Sea, and the US and Asean must accept this for lasting peace The contest for the perceptual domination […]
Gov’t borrowings up 67% in Jan-May Government borrowings jumped 67 percent to P453 billion in the first five months from a year ago, data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed. — The […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Singapore Tops First Asia-Pacific University Rankings: Malaysia Rising Five Asean countries are represented in the first edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia-Pacific University Rankings, with […]
Government issues tender for 250,000 tons of imported rice THE STATE grains buyer issued on Thursday an international tender to buy 250,000 tons of 25% broken long grain white rice, rushing to boost thinning government […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN’s manufacturing index comes in flat as demand wanes After five months of expansion, Southeast Asia’s manufacturing activity turned flat in June, with the Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing […]
P800 M needed to rebuild 15 Marawi schools – Briones Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones said it will cost around P800 million to rebuild 15 Marawi City schools affected by the clash between […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu PH to outperform growth in Asean — BMI Research The Philippines, together with Myanmar and Vietnam, are expected to post the fastest economic growth in Asean mainly […]
Duterte approves P3.767-T budget for 2018 President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the P3.767-trillion budget for 2018, as he prepared to implement a massive infrastructure overhaul, one of his economic managers said Tuesday. — ABS-CBN Duterte’s […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu June manufacturing PMI hits record low Malaysia’s Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for June hit its lowest in five years since data for the index was […]
Factory growth slips, still ASEAN’s best IMPROVEMENT of factory activity in the Philippines slowed at the end of the second quarter, but still “signaled another strong expansion in June” that kept the country in Southeast […]