ING Bank’s local unit raised its Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate for 2021, but warned that economic expansion this year is likely to fall short of the government’s target. According to Nicholas Antonio Mapa, ING Bank Manila senior economist, the Philippine economy likely grew by 5.4 percent last year, aided by a 6.7-percent increase […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation’s capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island, the planning minister said on Tuesday. The new state capital law, which provides a legal framework for President Joko Widodo’s ambitious $32 billion mega project, stipulates how development of the capital will […]
Read MoreThe cabinet on Tuesday approved the allocation of 1.48 billion baht from the central budget to fund programmes to reduce the cost of living over a period of three months. Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said the proposal was tabled by the Commerce Ministry. The ministry planned to organise a discount campaign at 3,000 distribution points, […]
Read MoreFollowing the passing of a 350 trillion VND (approximately 15 billion USD) economic recovery package, the Government is considering the implementation of a cut to VAT. As part of the stimulus programme, VAT for applicable goods and services will be cut down to 8 percent in 2022 (down two percent from the current rate), with […]
Read MoreIndonesia lifted a ban on all foreign arrivals and kept the required isolation period to 7 days in a bid to keep the economy going, even as local Covid-19 infections continued to climb. Authorities last week removed all 14 heavily-infected nations from its travel ban list, allowing travellers from countries including South Africa and UK […]
Read MoreThailand has made 1,147 requests for Google to take down content since 2011 with 95.2% related to government criticism — the highest rate in the world. The information was shown in the latest study by Surfshark, a virtual private network (VPN) firm, which analysed Google’s Transparency Report. With a total of 1,147 requests for content […]
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