Looking back, The Law No. 13 of 2003 established that under the Civil Code, a corporation refusing to pay severance compensation would be fined and this would take a longer time to resolve. Ironically, it was the worker who had to pay the costs of the federal case, as the complainant. In order to improve job growth and ease-of-doing business, …

After coronavirus vaccinations began arrival in the Philippines this month, the acting planning head shared that the quarantine restrictions could be more eased by as early as March. Metro Manila, where general population quarantine (GCQ) has been in place since the government began to steadily remove prohibitions and aid the economy recover from pandemic shock, is most useful for some …

It was not easy to deal with the coastal issues in the country but days after a diplomatic complaint against China’s new coast guard legislation was lodged by the Philippines, Beijing insisted that its implementation specifically target any certain country. In Manila, the Chinese Embassy pointed out that the current law authorizing Chinese coast guards to fire on foreign ships …

SINGAPORE: In some Western cultures, gender identity concerns have become fiercely disputed sources of division, and Singapore should not import these cultural wars, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday (Feb 1). Mr. Wong responded to a parliamentary question from Sengkang Workers’ Party MP He Tingru about the policies and guidelines of the Ministry of Education (MOE) on students with …

Due to political ineptitude and the inability to handle the Covid-19 crisis under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration, is Malaysia in danger of going down the same road and being seen as the new ‘sick man’ of Asia in the 2020s? At the beginning of 2021, the PN government’s failure to handle the third wave of Covid-19 cases culminated in …

Late last night, the “Anonymous Malaysia” group of hackers declared that they had defaced five government websites, including that of the state of Perak. The so-called hacker-slash-activist group posted screenshots of the government pages it attacked, replaced by a skull on fire graphic with the word ‘cyberpunk,’ around a week after warning the Malaysian government of its supposedly poor cybersecurity. …

After the World Boxing Association’s decision to strip him of his super welterweight crown, Manny Pacquiao is now a retired champion. This follows the failure of the Philippine senator to defend his title after taking it in July 2019 due to the new coronavirus virus. In view of this, Pacquiao has been named Champion in Recess per the WBA, while …

The economy of Thailand is expected to face greater risks next year due to higher fiscal and monetary stimulus constraints, says Standard Chartered Bank. In view of this, GDP is expected to expand by 3.1 percent this year but will tumble to 2.5 percent growth in 2022. This prediction contrasts with other research houses and the Bank of Thailand’s assessments. …

In line with the request of the Paris-based watchdog Financial Action Task Force for the government to review its policies against dirty money, President Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11521, which further strengthens the 20-year-old Anti-Money Laundering Act, yesterday. Duterte beat the February 1st deadline that was set by the FATF for introducing improvements to AMLA by signing the …

Surprisingly, Indonesian lenders are buying up Sea Ltd and Gojek, hoping they will make progress in one of the largest unbanked markets in the world. As financial technology companies set their sights on the nation’s more than 175 million Internet users, many of whom rely on online banking services, the buying spree is set to continue. This year, Sea acquired …