What’s better than accessing Facebook without worrying about your mobile data plan? Vietnamese mobile carrier Mobifone announced on Friday it has cooperated with the world’s largest social network to launch Facebook Flex, a service allowing its subscribers to use Facebook without any data charges. The Facebook available for the “free mode” access, however, is a […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The government generated a fiscal surplus of P52.8 billion in April as tax collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) during the period boosted revenue, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported yesterday. “April has historically generated a surplus for the government as the deadline for the filing of income taxes […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has predicted the May 2017 inflation rate will stand at 0.37 percent month-to-month. It is due to a rise in the prices of garlic, chicken meat, eggs and transportation tariffs, as well the rising public consumption at the start of the fasting month of Ramadan. “In the run-up to Ramadan, the […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Suhariyanto said inflation rate in May this year is likely to be higher than that in April 2017 that was recorded at 0.09 percent. “It seems that inflation in May will be higher but it is not significant because the government has taken control of prices,” Suhariyanto […]
Read MoreThe unemployment rate in the first quarter rose to 1.2%, or about 400,000 people, up from 0.97% in the same period one year earlier and worsening from 1% in the previous quarter, according to the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB). The rise in the number of jobless was triggered by greater automation in […]
Read MoreVietnam rice hit its highest level in over a year this week on potential export deals and prices in Thailand firmed up as supply eased, while the Indian variety gained on growing demand from Africa, traders said. Expectations of strong demand from top importing countries such as Bangladesh and the Philippines are fuelling the uptrend […]
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