The Philippine government would unveil “nonwage” benefits on Labour Day, the Palace said yesterday, as it exhorted Filipinos to seize some 400,000 jobs in job fairs to be held Tuesday across the country. President Benigno
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday urged the nation to remain on high alert over the new strain of bird flu, to reduce the death rate. The outbreak has killed at least 23 people. Li also
Indonesia’s Health Ministry has officially recognised the Thousand Islands regency as the country’s first region free from malaria. “This year, the Thousand Islands regency has successfully become the first region to obtain a malaria-free certificate,” Health
Southeast Asia’s efforts to create a single market by 2015 are in their hardest phase owing to protectionist reflexes on sensitive sectors, according to President Aquino. Despite the challenges, however, leaders of the Association
Prices of private homes in Singapore rose slightly faster than initially estimated in the first quarter compared with the previous three months, government data showed Friday, but price growth remained markedly slower than in
A Molotov cocktail was hurled into a Barisan Nasional operations centre near Buntong here, partly damaging a party flag. Perak police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said the Molotov cocktail did not
Indonesia has eased restrictions on some agricultural imports after the United States complained to the World Trade Organisation over Jakarta’s “opaque and complex” rules, the trade ministry said. The US first raised the issue
To demonstrate its support for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japan will pursue a proposed financial framework that uses its foreign-currency reserves to purchase government bonds issued by ASEAN members. The cooperation will
While the government and public are jittery about Chinese state-owned investors buying mines and farms in Australia, Singapore Inc is snapping up shares in strategic industries, from aviation to telecommunications. It is Australia’s fourth-largest
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Asean counterparts will meet in Brunei today and tomorrow for the regional grouping’s 22nd summit. They will seek to put behind them last year’s disunity over