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Singaporeans flock to Malaysia for bargains as dollar hits record high
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/02/2024
» SINGAPORE - Carman Lee is back in Ipoh, her hometown in northwestern Malaysia, after a seven-and-half hour bus ride from Singapore for the upcoming Lunar New Year. The Westin Singapore employee has another reason to celebrate this festive season: an all-time high local dollar that makes everything that much cheaper against the ringgit.
Philippines Covid patients may get Merck’s anti-viral pill early
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/10/2021
» Covid-19 patients in the Philippines may get early access to Merck & Co’s yet to be approved anti-viral treatment pill for a few dollars starting in November with a compassionate special permit.
Worst Covid surge in SE Asia hammers Philippine hospitals
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/04/2021
» As hospitals in the Philippine capital reach capacity from a new surge of coronavirus cases, increasingly desperate Filipinos are stocking up on oxygen tanks and touting unapproved medications amid fears the health care system may collapse.
Stark differences among SE Asia’s vaccination strategies
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/02/2021
» Moderna Inc won approval from Singapore for its Covid vaccine and signed a deal to sell doses to the Philippines, becoming the fourth supplier to get regulatory clearance in Southeast Asia.
Philippines logs 100 deaths, 25bn-peso losses from recent storms
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/11/2020
» Three strong typhoons over the past three weeks have killed more than 100 people in the Philippines and damaged farms and infrastructure worth almost 25 billion pesos (15.6 billion baht), based on reports from its disaster agency.
World’s strongest storm kills 16 in Philippines
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/11/2020
» The world’s strongest storm this year killed at least 16 people in the Philippines, with search and rescue underway a day after Typhoon Goni slammed the Southeast Asian nation Sunday.
Philippines needs B1tn recovery plan, lawmaker says
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/08/2020
» The Philippines needs 1.56 trillion pesos (about 1 trillion baht) to help it recover from a record economic contraction, according to a lawmaker.
Philippines says almost 100,000 citizens stranded overseas
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2020
» The number of Filipino workers stranded across the world swelled to almost 100,000 as of Friday after commercial flights were halted due to the pandemic, according to the labour department.
Covid to cost 71,700 overseas Filipino workers their jobs
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2020
» The Philippines expects 45,000 overseas workers to return home in May and June, adding to the 26,700 that have already been repatriated after losing their jobs due to the pandemic.
Philippines approves $1 billion wage aid to 3.4m workers
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/04/2020
» The Philippines will extend 51 billion pesos (33.1 billion baht) in wage subsidy to 3.4 million workers in small businesses, adding to the costs of a lockdown that has shut the nation’s economic engine.