Monde Nissin, the Manila-based owners of Quorn Foods and manufacturers of the hugely popular Lucky Me!…
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STATS
Source: World Bank
Currency: Philippine pesoGDP: 330.9 billion USD (2018)
GDP per capita: 3,102.71 USD (2018)
GDP growth rate: 6.2% annual change (2018)
Gross national income: 1.145 trillion PPP dollars (2018)
GNI per capita: 10,740 PPP dollars (2018)
Internet users: 60.1% of the population (2017)
China’s vaccine diplomacy gets mixed reaction
News that Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia had all arranged to procure COVID-19 vaccines from either…
Philippines re-energises South China Sea dispute
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the lifting of a six-year-old ban on oil and gas…
Beijing confirms launch of China Aerospace Engine Group as Hague ruling pushes up defence shares
China Aerospace Engine Group: Shares in Chinese defence shares have moved sharply upward after Beijing confirmed that…
Asian budget carriers join forces to set up Value Alliance
Value Alliance: Eight of Asia’s struggling budget carriers – including Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s Scoot subsidiary and Thailand’s…
ADB lending hits record high
ADB lending hits record high: ADB lending surged to a record $27.17bn last year as efforts…