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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.
Most SE Asia stocks rise on stimulus hopes, Malaysia leads
Reuters, Published on 27/05/2020
» Most Southeast Asian stock markets ended higher on Wednesday, led by Malaysia, on hopes of government stimulus measures to boost coronavirus-hit economies, while a drop in shares of the Singapore bourse operator dragged down its benchmark index.
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.
Thirsty beer lovers find supplies have run dry in Mexico
AFP, Published on 07/05/2020
» MEXICO CITY - Mexicans have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic in many ways, including beer lovers finding it particularly difficult to quench their thirst as supplies run dry due to reduced production.
Philippines extends capital's coronavirus lockdown to May 15
Published on 24/04/2020
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has extended until May 15 a lockdown in the capital Manila, his spokesman said on Friday, stretching to eight weeks one of the world's strictest community quarantines to curb coronavirus infections.
Tea, beer, garlic: how world copes with lockdown
AFP, Published on 24/04/2020
» BAGHDAD: In the US it was toilet paper, in Mexico it's beer and in France, predictably, flour. The goods missing from stores reveal how the world is coping with coronavirus lockdowns.
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.
Mexico court jails man over murder of journalist Valdez
AFP, Published on 28/02/2020
» CULIACáN (MEXICO) - One of the murderers of acclaimed journalist and AFP contributor Javier Valdez Cardenas was sentenced Thursday to 14 years and eight months in prison by a Mexican court.
Southeast Asia's holiday hotspots woo domestic travellers
Business, Published on 19/02/2020
» MANILA: Southeast Asia's holiday hotspots, hit by billions in lost business from Chinese tourists, are turning to markets closer to home to soften the blow from travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus epidemic.
Thailand leads SE Asia stocks lower as US-Iran tensions mount
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2020
» Thai stocks led other Southeast Asian equities ended lower on Monday on growing fears over escalating US-Iran tensions, which led to a spike in oil prices and a decrease in risk appetite of investors.