The Philippines remains on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list” or countries under increased monitoring to improve anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) …
Property prices post slower growth in Q1
MANILA, Philippines — Property prices continued to increase year-on-year as prices rose across all housing types in the first quarter, but the growth rate slowed for the fourth straight time during …
Indonesia is not just about Bali
the Philippines imported 4,668 metric tons of tuna from Indonesia. This is equivalent to 2.27 percent of the total 205,449 metric tons of tuna imported in 2021. Widjojo is also committed to promoting …
Indonesia Has Highest Costs of Doing Business in ASEAN-5
Indonesia holds the highest logistics and labor costs in the ASEAN-5 grouping which also includes Malaysia and the Philippines.
In the Philippines’ First Banyan Tree Luxury Residence, Units Start at P92 Million
The first Banyan Tree property in the Philippines will be located in Entertainment City Parañaque City Starting with one property in Phuket, Thailand in 1994, the Banyan Group currently has 8,695 …
Big firms too dominant in Indonesia, World Bank says
JAKARTA: Indonesia has a bigger revenue gap between small and big firms than other emerging markets, such as India, Mexico, the Philippines and Turkey, according to a World Bank report, with repercussions for the domestic economy. Furthermore, those large …
Will US help Philippines stand up to neighborhood bully?
The United States’ reputation as a reliable ally is nowhere more at stake than in the Philippines. And that reputation is on the verge of going down the drain.
Philippines has not sought US resupply support in China dispute -ambassador
The Philippines has not asked the United States for support in resupplying its troops in a stand-off with China in the disputed South China Sea, its Washington ambassador said on Wednesday, adding that the U.
Why Philippines’ property market is a gem hidden to most investors
Investors overlook the Philippines, but Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy is attractive, affordable and has more potential to unlock.
China’s ax-wielding clash at sea with the Philippines is a way to ‘exhaust’ it into accepting territory claims, expert says
China is trying to exhaust countries into accepting its bogus claims over the South China Sea, using increasing provocations, a China expert told BI.