MANILA, Philippines – Foreign businessmen are keeping their bullish prospects for the country intact as they commended the Duterte administration’s first year performance despite noting a couple of moves deemed “inappropriate.” “We acknowledge the notable achievements of the current administration thus far. With this, it is fair to say that they have done a commendable […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded June’s inflation rose 0.69 percent to 4.27 percent compared to the previous month. BPS chief Suhariyanto said on Monday that June’s inflation rate was affected by electricity tariff adjustments, airfare and city transportation fees, “while food prices were relatively under control.” For the first semester, the inflation rate […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita said that beef trade system will be improved to cut the price. “We will assess everything starting from the slaughter house (RPH), we will regulate everything,” he said in Bandung on Wednesday (28/6). He explained that one of the measures taken is by supplying the market with imported frozen beef. “We will supply the frozen meat, it will make the price stable.” Enggartiasto admitted […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chairman of House Commission V on transportation Fary Djemy Francis appreciated the execution of 2017 Eid homecoming and exodus transport. The smooth flow of Eid transport this year is due to breakthroughs made by government and related stakeholders to anticipate and counter problems. “Until yesterday, we received a report on 14 to 50 percent of […]
Read MoreJAKARTA — Indonesia has set minimum and maximum tariffs for online car-hailing services, aiming to ensure comparable pricing with conventional transport providers whose drivers have complained about being undercut by their newer competitors. Ride-hailing services such as US group Uber Technologies Inc, Southeast Asia’s Grab and Indonesia’s GO-JEK have heavily subsidised their drivers in Indonesia in order to gain market share […]
Read MoreHANOI, June 29 – Vietnam’s annual economic growth rate quickened to 6.17 percent in the second quarter, government data showed on Thursday, as strong manufacturing growth offset a continuing slump in mining production. In January-March, the growth rate was 5.15 percent, the lowest in three years. Vietnam’s target for full-year 2017 growth is 6.7 percent. To […]
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