THE Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) of the World Bank has been a popular measurement for the quality of governance in over 215 countries since 1996. It measures six broad dimensions of ...

Lunar New Year is recognised and celebrated across the world in countries including Vietnam, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Cambodia, Indonesia, The Philippines and Malaysia - and food and drink plays a lar ...

THE top two home appliances that Filipinos buy from leading European brand Beko are refrigerators and air conditioners, said Alper Yıldırım, Beko’s new country director for the Philippines. “Filipinos ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday that it was encouraged by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s firm ...

One of the key components in improving consumer reach in the ASEAN market is an experienced banking partner, which can ease ...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called 'aggressive ...

Enphase Energy today announced that it is expanding in Southeast Asia by entering the solar markets in Vietnam and Malaysia. Enphase is now shipping IQ8P™ Microinverters, with peak output AC power of ...

The Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA, RA 9136) was signed on June 8, 2001, and will turn 24 in five months. I will compare electricity production from 2001 onward in the three largest ASEAN ...

Congress is introducing new measures that will affect how cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes (vaping products) will be taxed in the coming years. One bill proposes a new ...

The United States has a comparative advantage over China as an energy provider; it should make the most of it.  China is the world’s largest trading partner. Across Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin ...

In an essay, retired NCR editor Tom Fox recalls his years in Vietnam, his personal connection with the Kim Phúc story, and ...