Upgraded but underperforming: Philippines’ growth lags behind
The Philippines’ rise to upper-middle-income status was supposed to mark a new phase for one of Southeast Asia’s most closely watched emerging economies. Instead, analysts say the milestone has done little to shield the country from short-term pressures weighing on growth: sluggish public spending, delayed infrastructure, high living costs and the fallout from investigations into alleged irregularities in flood control projects. Those strains have left the Philippines looking like a regional...
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DAP leader says Zahid should resign instead of Loke, asks Anwar to sack him
DPM has openly embarrassed the PM in recent Umno general assembly, he notes.
China aims 27 mirrors at frozen mountainside to speed up world's tallest dam
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Vietnam's top leader departs for UNGA 81 high-level debate, state visit to Canada
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam departed Hanoi on Sunday morning to attend the high-level general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81), engage in bilateral activities in the U.S., and pay a state visit to Canada.
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Edu Ministry to propose cabinet review of 2006 tuition centre bumiputera equity rule
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Pending US$12.3 million house arrest fine keeps Malaysia’s Najib in prison
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he would remain in Kajang Prison as he and his legal team study the conditions attached to his “conditional pardon”, including the payment of a 50 million ringgit (US$12.3 million) fine before he can be transferred to house arrest. In a statement issued on his behalf by Messrs Shafee & Co, Najib said his transfer to house arrest depended on the conditions of the pardon being fulfilled. “Until the fine is paid to the court, our...
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Shafee: Najib's frozen assets complicate RM50m payment for house arrest
Ex-PM's legal team is studying how to best fulfil the pardon's conditions.
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PKR MP urges Harapan to go on 'offensive' as Najib becomes 'burden' for Umno, PAS
Hassan believes Najib's pardon gives Harapan 'easy opportunity'.
Nobel Foundation raises prize money for each award to $1.2M
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Over 1km of Mui Ne beach buried under trash for months
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China county makes diamonds 'as cheap as cabbage' through industrial-scale production
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Man charged over killing of 90-year-old woman in Australia
Australian police charged a man on Sunday for allegedly stabbing a 90-year-old woman to death near Sydney's Bondi Beach.
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