The government has once again adjusted its Rp 695.2 trillion (US$47 billion) pandemic stimulus to include funding for a sovereign wealth fund, vaccine procurement and a food estate program, among other things. Rp 15 trillion will now be allocated to the sovereign wealth fund and Rp 16 trillion as early funding for vaccine procurement, according […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Telco giant PLDT Inc. boosted earnings in the first 9 months on the back of bigger revenues from data services and wider home connections installed while people were stuck at home. The firm disclosed to the stock exchange on Thursday P19.9 billion in profits from January to September, up 24.1% year-on-year. Broken […]
Read MoreCambodia’s gross revenue from rice exports in the first ten months of this year increased by nearly $47 million or 15 percent compared to the same period in 2019. The figures from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) show that the Kingdom earned in total $366.44 million from rice exports, in the January-October period. Cambodia exported […]
Read MoreThe Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry is planning to prioritize four regions for its stimulus and promotion program aimed at recovering the pandemic-battered tourism industry, officials have said. According to the ministry’s data, the four priority regions are Batam and Bintan Island in Riau Islands, Bandung and Cirebon city in West Java, Central Java and […]
Read MoreInvestor confidence in Thailand’s financial markets for the next three months dropped to a seven-month low, dented by growing political protests, a capital market association said on Thursday. A survey in October by the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations showed its confidence index fell to 61.27, the lowest level since a record low of […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Retail sales are still not out of the woods, as takings at the till fell again in September, according to the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on Thursday (Nov 5). Sales fell 10.8 per cent in September compared with the same month last year, a steeper decline than the revised 5.4 per cent drop […]
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