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EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Approved by European Parliament

The European Parliament approved the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) and EU Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (EUSIPA) in a vote on 13 February 2019 in ...

Sustained Public Sector Demand to Support Construction in Singapore for 2019

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore is projecting that the total construction demand (value of construction contracts to be awarded) in 2019 will range ...

Universal Health Care Act Signed into Law in the Philippines

The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo R. Duterte, signed the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act into law which will automatically enroll all Filipinos under the government’s ...

Shell Starts Production at First Bitumen Blending Facility in the Philippines

The production of the first batch of bitumen was completed at a new bitumen blending facility owned by Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, the local Energy subsidiary of ...

Puregold to Open 25 New Stores in 2019 Backed by Strong Consumer Spending

The Philippines’ second largest retailer, Puregold Price Club Inc, announced that it will open 25 new outlets as part of its expansion plan. It will use proceeds of its ...

Philippines’ National Broadband Plan Receives Funding from USTDA

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has granted the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) PHP 23.8 million (USD 460,000) in financial ...

Philippines Department of Energy Plans to Standardize E-Vehicle Charging Stations

The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines is drafting a regulatory framework that aims to standardize charging stations in support of the country’s electric vehicle ...

Japan’s ANA Holdings Purchases Stake in Philippine Flag Carrier

ANA HOLDINGS INC. (ANA HD), parent of All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's largest airline, will invest USD 95 Million in PAL Holdings Inc. (PAL Holdings) and acquire 9.5% of ...

Environmental Groups Pushing for Decentralized Waste Management

The Zero Waste Cities Project Dumaguete and other Environmental groups are actively pushing and presenting ideas for waste management systems at barangay level, which is the ...

Ecological Industrial Zone Being Developed in Typhoon Ravaged Province

The competitiveness of the local copper industry is being enhanced with the creation of an ecological industrial zone in Leyte province. Palafox Associates has already ...

CAPEX in Integrated Gaming Resort Raised to USD 2.3 billion

Megaworld Corporation, the Philippines' largest developer of integrated urban townships, announced that it is raising its capital spending budget to PHP 64 billion (USD 1.2 ...

Tenaga Secures Financing for Large Scale Solar Project in Kedah

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malaysia’s leading electricity utility with a presence throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan, has secured USD 35 million financing ...

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