Israeli-made spyware Pegasus used in Indonesia since 2018, says IndonesiaLeaks
Despite the high price of entry, sources from the industry that IndonesiaLeaks met with confirmed that Israeli-made products had been in use in Indonesia since 2018.
IMF flags Pakistan’s FY24 budget, says tax amnesty against programme conditionality
The IMF official had earlier pointed out that the lender had time only for one board meeting before the current programme ends.
Top spender Indonesia accounted for over half of online purchases in S-E Asia in 2022: Study
The gross merchandise value of the goods bought by Indonesia totalled up to be US$51.9 billion, almost 13 times that of Singapore’s US$4 billion..
Experts, teachers alarmed as India removes evolution, periodic table from textbooks
The changes affect some 134 million children between 11 and 18 years old in Indian schools.
Indonesia’s bauxite miners want price floor to lessen pain of export ban
For months, industry players have been pointing to a mismatch between national bauxite output and existing smelters’ input capacity.
PH students fall into learning abyss, DepEd told to focus on right solutions
Vice President Sara Duterte stressed that literacy is an issue that “we must address effectively,” pointing out that test results are “distressing.”
Cut domestic borrowing to rein in inflation: PRI urges government
The Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh said such measures will also restrain the government from printing new taka to meet its expenditures for achieving a high GDP growth.
Cash-strapped young Koreans turn to pawn shops
Pawn shops enjoying a boom is a worrying sign of a deteriorating economic conditions or the growth of credit-poor consumers, experts say.
No special orders to police about Thaksin’s plan to return: PM Prayut
The former prime minister has repeatedly said he would return to Thailand next month so that he would have a chance to stay with his grandchildren.
50 cops face raps over P6.7-billion drug raid cover-up: Abalos
Administrative cases will also be filed against the 50 officers — including grave misconduct and grave neglect of duty.