MANILA, Philippines — Local insurance technology startup Kwik.insure has launched the country’s largest online insurance marketplace with over 100 life and non-life insurance products from more than a dozen of the country’s top insurance and healthcare providers. The digital platform aims to help Filipinos gain democratized access to insurance products that are tailored for their […]
Read MorePTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) has announced the discovery of petroleum at Sirung-1, a wildcat well off the coast of Malaysia’s Sarawak state, as it seeks to bolster its reserves for long-term growth. PTTEP had begun drilling at Sirung-1 in Block SK405B in January through its subsidiary PTTEP Sarawak Oil Co. The company has found […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The country’s headline inflation is anticipated to temporarily spike to above 5.0 per cent in the second quarter of this year due to a lower base from low fuel prices in the corresponding quarter of 2020, and average to between 2.5 per cent and 4.0 per cent for 2021. Headline inflation, which measures […]
Read MoreCambodia ranked number 176 in the world in an index measuring the best places in the world to launch a tech startup, according to the first Draper Innovation Index (DII). Thailand ranked 71, Vietnam scored 160 and Laos 220. Two of the top three regions were in Asia, with Singapore ranking second and Hong Kong […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The government’s budget shortfall widened to P116 billion in February as pandemic response expenditures outpaced revenue collections by a wide margin, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). The latest budget deficit figure was more than three times the P37.6 billion shortfall in the same period last year, driving the year-to-date […]
Read MoreMany Vietnamese exporters have seen a sudden increase in profits during the COVID-19 pandemic. VRG Khai Hoan JSC said it was in a state of full capacity and often had to refuse orders. The company’s orders were only enough to run 70-80 per cent of factory capacity before 2019. When the COVID-19 pandemic started last year, […]
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