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  2. Posts tagged: Policy Matters (Page 285)

Policy Matters

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  • NATIONAL AFFAIRS

About 29,000 nurses to get up to $100,000 in payouts under new retention scheme

Under the scheme, all new and in-service nurses below 46 years old who are working in public healthcare institutions will receive payouts every four to six years, with each payout…

  • Published: February 21, 20248:15 am
  • Author Joyce Teo and Leow Wen Xuan
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PM Srettha points to government gender policies, orders equality in titles of officials

PM Srettha said titles should promote sexual equality and diversity, and reflect the government’s several policies in this matter, including the supporting of marriage equality…

  • Published: February 21, 20248:14 am
  • Author The Nation
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‘Accommodating 2,000 new students impossible’: Deans of South Korea’s medical schools

The statement comes after the Education Ministry held an emergency meeting with presidents from 40 medical universities in the country to urge schools to thoroughly guide students…

  • Published: February 20, 20242:02 pm
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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Prabowo team says poor regions will get free meals first

A member of the Prabowo-Gibran campaign team, stated that the free lunch and milk program, which was aimed at 82.9 million schoolchildren, would be implemented gradually, with…

  • Published: February 20, 20242:01 pm
  • Author Yohana Belinda
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‘4-day workweek, great opportunity for Gangwon’: governor

Major companies such as Samsung Electronics, Posco, SK, and others have already been piloting a 4-day workweek, said Kim, emphasizing the global trend of formalizing the four-day…

  • Published: February 20, 20241:34 pm
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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Philippine Senate approves P100 daily wage hike bill

Under the bill, all employees in the private sector, whether agricultural or non-agricultural, are entitled to a P100-daily minimum wage increase.

  • Published: February 20, 20241:26 pm
  • Author Charie Abarca
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Ministry takes first step to address Thailand’s dwindling population numbers

Over the past two years, the country’s population has dropped by about 35,000 people. If this trend continues, it is believed that Thailand’s population of 66 million people…

  • Published: February 20, 20241:17 pm
  • Author The Nation
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No TikTok ban on cops; cybersecurity issue under evaluation: Philippine police

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. clarified that police officers are allowed to use the app privately if it does not taint the organisation’s name.

  • Published: February 20, 20241:05 pm
  • Author Faith Argosino
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78 anti-corruption commission employees found guilty of ethics breach in prison illegal levies scandal ​​​​​​​

They solicited the illegal levies between 2018 and 2023 when guarding three detention centers for KPK suspects, all in South Jakarta. The council stated in its ruling that one of…

  • Published: February 20, 20241:00 pm
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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Tax evasion by the rich is setting Bangladesh back as a nation

The paper says that government has, for a long time, failed to increase its tax revenue that, added with the ongoing economic crisis, has eroded its fiscal space.

  • Published: February 20, 202412:48 pm
  • Author The Daily Star

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