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  • NEWS

    Philippines education reform faces challenges

    Published on 09/05/2015

    » MANILA — Halfway through its implementation and even with the required legislation that gave it teeth, a new basic education system in the Philippines continues to face challenges from politicians and groups that find the government's preparations for it insufficient.

  • OPINION

    Underestimating women's work

    News, Trini Leung, Published on 06/06/2016

    » The growth of Asia is such that it has attracted praise, including the sensational "economic miracle". And the numbers seem to tell the truth: Asia grew at an average of 6% a year between 1990 and 2015, based on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But this growth has a dark secret: it was built on the backs of poor women labouring under abysmal working conditions for wages which were low by themselves, and were lower compared to men's. Women had become to multinationals a means to an end, in the words of feminist Gita Sen.

  • BUSINESS

    Indonesia looks for an edge

    Asia focus, Published on 12/10/2015

    » The administration of Indonesian President Joko Widodo needs to speed up its ambitious plan to overhaul the country's infrastructure if it wants to improve its competitiveness.

  • WORLD

    Asean to push for South China Sea code

    Published on 24/04/2015

    » KUALA LUMPUR — Southeast Asian leaders will seek to speed up plans for a binding code of conduct with China governing behavior in the disputed South China Sea at a summit, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said on Friday.

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