MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects inflation to ease until the third or fourth quarter of the year before stabilizing next year due to high base last year. BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said the downward trajectory of inflation would continue this year before stabilizing at around three percent in 2020. […]
Read MoreMyanmar has embarked on a campaign to revive flagging interest among European investors, after focusing mainly on Asian countries — the source of almost all the country’s foreign investment in the last two years. “We are on the cusp of a new era of development,” Union Minister of Investment Thaung Tun told a large group of […]
Read MoreTHERE were no surprises from Singapore’s headline inflation in February, with consumer prices up by 0.5 per cent year on year – a tick above the 0.4 per cent growth notched the month before. Private economists polled by Bloomberg had expected an increase of 0.5 per cent on average, although the actual figure was just shy of […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Corporations in the Philippines may still retain their specific corporate terms instead of having perpetual existence as now allowed by the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the SEC’s draft guidelines on corporate terms, a decision to retain the specific corporate term of […]
Read MoreLocal rideshare users are up in arms over Grab Malaysia’s updated Passenger Cancellation Policy which goes into effect on March 25. The policy, which states that passengers who cancel rides five minutes after getting a driver will be charged a fee ranging from three to five ringgit ($0.74 to $1.23), spurred much disapproval on social […]
Read MoreCambodia has been called “the Kingdom of black pepper production”, with Tbong Khmum province a major production hub despite the struggles the industry is currently facing. Soeng Sopha, the general manager of Sela Pepper, a pepper processing and packaging firm based in the province, sat down with The Post’s Cheng Sokhorng to discuss the challenges […]
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