The Philippines as cyber scam hub
The paper says despite complicit immigration officers being identified by trafficking victims and subsequently indicted, the problem persists and our borders have remained porous.
The paper says despite complicit immigration officers being identified by trafficking victims and subsequently indicted, the problem persists and our borders have remained porous.
The paper says, as national institutions squander what little credibility they have left, the economy remains in shambles.
As long as Myanmar is a member state and as long as its crisis is unresolved, it will be hard to expect Asean to make any real progress elsewhere.
After decades of instability and war, the people of Afghanistan need an atmosphere free of militancy, where they can rebuild their country.
The paper says there are many issues that the Philippines must address to improve the business environment.
However, India’s per capita GDP is currently still only about one-fifth that of China, the paper notes.
Unchecked piracy can give major powers like China and the United States justification to boost their naval presence in and around the strait, notes the paper.
In short, the opportunities afforded by Indonesia’s macroeconomic strength are a pull factor for investment, even though they seem strangely at odds with the ranking.
The paper says when people are forcibly kept in the dark, democracy cannot exist.
The paper says giving one religious community weapons and state authorisation to use them will only heighten tensions in a sensitive region.