Marcos approves more long weekends, hopes for ‘holiday economics’
Hopes of reviving tourism through holiday economics are being buoyed by the easing of pandemic restrictions since the start of the year, particularly for foreign visitors.
Crime
Shraddha murder rocks India
While murdering his partner and chopping off her body into pieces, accused Aftab Poonawala, followed some of the ways shown in crime shows, inspired by the US show ‘Dexter’.
Najib ‘kept quiet’ when told 1MDB top execs should be charged: Irwan Serigar
Former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah testified that he had gone to see Najib after the Public Accounts Committee concluded its investigations in…
Crypto scams tripling every year globally, victims lured by deepfakes and giveaways: Experts
In Singapore, the number of crypto scams reported to the police has jumped fivefold since 2019, with 631 reports made in 2021.
Police descend on closed Pattaya restaurant, find large casino in the making
The building used to be a large Thai barbecue restaurant but it was closed for renovation.
Inside the ‘living hell’ of Cambodia’s scam operations
People from countries around Asia — including Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and India — have been sucked into these…
Australian sentenced to 129 years in Philippine child sex abuse case
It was the second conviction for Peter Gerard Scully, who is already serving a life sentence for an initial batch of charges involving the rape and trafficking of girls.
$77 billion lost to scams worldwide in 2021 – up 16% from previous year: Study
The study also found that the global amount lost in 2021 had risen by 15.7 per cent, from US$47.8 billion in 2020.
US Homeland Security breaks up North Carolina-Philippines child sex ring
Robert Parker, a 75-year-old retiree, was arrested in a new international crackdown on child sex trafficking. He allegedly flew regularly to the Philippines and worked with a…
Hong Kong customs busts city’s largest sea smuggling case of 2022
The confiscated goods included ginseng and dried seafood as well as suspected geckos, totalling about 50 tons.