Record hunger in the Philippines as Covid restrictions bite

by Allison Jackson Daniel Auminto lost his job and then his home…

MOM: Non-PMETs experience larger increases in unemployment rate amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has published the Labour Force in Singapore…

India enters recession, worst among major economies

by Vishal Manve India’s economy contracted 7.5 percent between July and September,…

S’pore manufacturing output declines 0.9% in Oct, albeit previous increase

Singapore’s manufacturing output dropped 0.9 per cent year-on-year in October after seeing…

S’pore must enable growth of homegrown companies capable of competing globally, says Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing

Singapore must enable the growth of homegrown companies that will not only…

Indonesia’s state mining firms start recovering as coal price rises, govt revises non-tax revenue from mineral and coal industry

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — The COVID-19 has severely hurt almost all business sectors…

Singapore no longer tops list of world’s most expensive cities following COVID-19 pandemic impact

Findings from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s 2020 Worldwide Cost of Living…

How can Indonesia and ASEAN benefit from RCEP?

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — On 15 November, ASEAN member countries–alongside Australia, China, Japan,…