Indonesia Morning News For April 25

Indonesia Morning News For April 25

Indonesia’s former speaker gets 15 years in jail for corruption Indonesia’s former parliament speaker was handed a 15-year prison term on Tuesday in one of the country’s harshest sentences for graft, marking a victory for […]

Philippines Morning News For April 25

Philippines Morning News For April 25

Philippines set for new halal accreditation scheme as officials eye bigger slice of $630bn market A new halal accreditation scheme for the Philippines will be launched by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) next month […]

Indonesia Morning News For April 24

Indonesia Morning News For April 24

Teaming up with Ciptadana Asset, PTPP Offers Private Equity Fund of IDR250 Bln PT PP (Persero) Tbk (IDX:PTPP) will offer Perpetual Securities (SBP) financial product through a Private Equity Fund (RDPT) of IDR250 billion. — […]

Philippines Morning News For April 24

Philippines Morning News For April 24

Philippines is 3rd top remittance receiving country in the world The Philippines is the third largest remittance receiving nation in the world in 2017, according to a World Bank report Monday. — Philippine Star DTI […]

Indonesia Morning News For April 23

Indonesia Morning News For April 23

Corporate funds will shake up Indonesian VC model Traditional venture capital funds are slowing in Indonesia’s technology sector, despite a digital boom. — Nikkei Asian Review (metered paywall) Signing 7 Contracts, Pertamina Prepares Investment of […]

Philippines Morning News For April 23

Philippines Morning News For April 23

PH joins global call: Ban plastic pollution The Philippines focused on the cleanup of Boracay on Sunday as it joined other countries in highlighting the global problem of plastic pollution on Earth Day. — Philippine […]

Indonesia Morning News For April 20

Indonesia Morning News For April 20

PowerChina to build hydropower plants for $17.8 billion Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PT Indonesia Kayan Hydropower Energy to jointly build hydropower plants with a total […]

Philippines Morning News For April 20

Philippines Morning News For April 20

Philippines’ GSIS defers U$$384 million land auction The Philippines’ state-run Government Services Insurance System (GSIS) has deferred plans to auction off its Port Area property, prime real estate in the Manila Bay area. — Asia […]

Indonesia Morning News For April 19

Indonesia Morning News For April 19

Indonesia seeks to limit cash transactions to fight bribery Indonesia’s government has proposed a law to parliament to limit cash transactions to curb bribery and money laundering in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, the head of […]

Philippines Morning News For April 19

Philippines Morning News For April 19

Duterte spooks foreign investors with tax ‘sword of Damocles’ Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration received an impassioned plea from within its ranks on the night of April 11. — Nikkei Asian Review (metered paywall) Philippine […]

Indonesia Morning News For April 18

Indonesia Morning News For April 18

Indonesia expected to drop 264t rupiah worth of infrastructure projects Indonesia’s chief economic minister said on Monday that 14 infrastructure projects, worth 264 trillion rupiah (S$25.1 billion), are expected to be dropped from the government’s […]

Philippines Morning News For April 18

Philippines Morning News For April 18

Philippines: PLDT to sell part of its Rocket Internet stake for $202m PLDT Online Investments, an indirect subsidiary of listed telco giant PLDT, has accepted a public share purchase offer by Germany’s Rocket Internet SE, […]