The World Bank has fast-tracked the approval of US$50 million in loan financing for the Myanmar COVID-19 Emergency Response Project, fast-tracked by its facility as part of global emergency support operations. The funds will be prioritised for the upgrading of Intensive Care Units (ICU) at selected hospitals including all eight central level hospitals and 43 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Half of finance leaders in Singapore said their company falls short in reporting its triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. A report published on Wednesday (April 22) by Workday, a financial management and human capital management software firm, showed that while the majority of finance leaders of large companies are producing […]
Read MoreCommercial airlines have been told to adopt strict anti-disease transmission rules when they resume domestic flights on May 1, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). While returning to the skies is the airlines’ right, they must operate flights differently, said Chula Sukmanop, the CAAT director-general. The airlines, mostly low-cost carriers, will meet […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – As Vietnam is among a handful of countries that are effectively containing the pandemic, it has a golden chance to step out of the economic deceleration much sooner than other economies. At a time when international markets are struggling with negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s decision to open the domestic […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has sent another batch of trash back to South Korea after they were illegally shipped in the Philippines, joining other Southeast Asian countries in pushing back against international trash exports. In a statement Wednesday, the Department of Finance (DOF), the BOC’s mother agency, said some 2,676 metric tons […]
Read MoreOwners of small businesses across Phnom Penh are being hit badly by the COVID-19 virus. They are being forced to cut staff and offer delivery services as customer numbers dwindle. Fares Islam has run successful Indian restaurant Namaste India in Street 15 for two years but because of the viral epidemic he has switched to […]
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