Daily News
These are sample stories on Asia which we track on a daily basis. The sources and links to the stories, which are available online, are acknowledged and listed. Where any of these stories require paid subscription to access, we've listed only the portion which the site allows.
India will continue to buy “cheap oil” from Russia but has not finalised terms of the discount, a senior government official familiar with the matter said. “We will get cheap oil from Russia,” the government
The Trade Ministry on 23 May 22 issued a regulation with detailed terms for exporting palm oil in conjunction with the government’s lifting of the three-week export ban on the same day. Trade Ministry Regulation
Disputes between traders and multinational company trade houses has now spilled into the courts. MNCs point towards the export ban order and contracts which carry force majeure clauses, while the traders say they sold wheat
The House of Representatives passed a revision to a 2011 law on 24 May 22 to give lawmakers the authority to pass omnibus laws, opening the way for the controversial and previously “procedurally unconstitutional” Job
FORMER Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan, former Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma and migrant workers’ rights advocate Susan “Toots” Ople have accepted presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr.’s invitation to join his Cabinet.