MANILA, Philippines — Philippine banks continue to gear up for the interest rate increase by the US Federal Reserve, the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, rising global inflation and the impact of the May 9 elections. Antonio Moncupa Jr., newly elected president of the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP), said member banks are working closely with […]
Read MoreSeven online delivery platforms confirmed on Monday that they would not raise their delivery charges despite rising energy prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict to help reduce the cost of living. Speaking after meeting operators of Shopee, Lazada, Grab Food, Lineman, Foodpanda, Robinhood and AirAsia Food on Monday, Wattanasak Sur-iam, director-general of the Internal Trade […]
Read MoreMr Hun Sen and the Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio have agreed to make Sihanoukville a major port for Cambodia and the Mekong region. Sihanoukville is a deep-sea port, which will be developed into a port that will allow more large ships to dock, allowing more goods to pass through Cambodia Cambodia and Japan […]
Read MoreINDONESIAN consumer platform Nirvana Wastu Pratama (NWP Property), CRE Asia – a subsidiary of Japanese property firm CRE Inc – and Indonesia entrepreneur Bonny Setiawan have formed a joint venture to establish a big-box logistics platform in South-east Asia’s largest economy. The joint venture, which will be led by Setiawan as its chief executive officer, […]
Read MoreThe launch of the portal is designed to help foreign entities without representative offices in Vietnam fulfill their tax obligations without difficulties. The General Department of Taxation (GDT) today [March 21] launched the information portal for foreign services providers and the eTax Mobile app. The portal, located at the website address of etaxvn.gdt.gov.vn, is designed to […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to upgrade its inflation forecast for the year as oil prices soar, but it will be in no rush to move toward normalization. In a report, international think tank Pantheon Macroeconomics said the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is likely to raise its inflation […]
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