Archive for December 20th, 2016
Singapore government names orchid after Duterte
The Singaporean government honored President Rodrigo Duterte by naming an orchid after him. The orchid was named Dendrobium Rodrigo Roa Duterte – a hybrid of Dendrobium [...] » More
Singapore-JB Rapid Transit System to make impact on Johor real estate: Analysts
Investor interest in Johor Baru properties will likely pickup with recent news that Singapore and Malaysia are expected to ink a bilateral agreement for the Rapid Transit [...] » More
High-speed rail project on track
Last week, Singapore and Malaysia inked a historic agreement to build a high-speed rail line that aims to get trains running between Jurong East and Kuala Lumpur by December [...] » More
Five maids working in Singapore radicalised
In the past two years, five maids working in Singapore were radicalised, although they “did not pose an imminent security threat” at the time, said the Ministry [...] » More
Singapore bullish on investing in Phl info tech
Singaporeans are keen on investing in information technology, renewable energy and infrastructure in the Philippines, the city-state’s President Tony Tan Keng Yam told [...] » More
Singaporeans recieve fake SPF letters; police warn public
Superintendent Ho Yenn Dar (L), assistant director of media relations of Singapore Police Force listens to questions from journalists on the international match-fixing scam [...] » More
Duterte’s abusive ‘war on drugs’ risks foreign aid
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s abusive “war on drugs” has claimed a new casualty: United States government development assistance. The US Embassy in [...] » More
US says it will address Philippines leader’s concerns after pact threatened
President Rodrigo Duterte targeted deal allowing US troops to visit Philippines amid anger over US aid agency’s delayed vote on assistance package The US has said it [...] » More
US: Will still work with Duterte despite outburst
The United States government said Sunday it will still work with President Rodrigo Duterte to address any concerns after he threatened to terminate a pact that allows US [...] » More
Duterte Says He Killed Three Kidnappers in 1988 to Save Hostage
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he killed three kidnappers in 1988 when he was Davao City mayor to save a woman hostage. “There were three of them; I [...] » More
Bye-bye America: Rody threatens to scrap VFA
The days of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) are numbered, President Duterte said yesterday, as he assailed the US for treating the Philippines like “garbage,” [...] » More
Why Duterte is in Forbes list of powerful men
I thought I would skip politics with the Christmas season. But how can you escape when all the news is about politics and our President is the news, whether for bad or good. [...] » More
Time for change
That was a refreshing sight last week: President Duterte in his pre-departure speech, reading from a prepared text as he talked about the Association of Southeast Asian [...] » More
SBMA eyes 100-km Manila-Subic expressway, rail line
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is drawing up a plan with the Department of Transportation for a P100 billion elevated expressway-railway from the Port of Subic [...] » More
Philippines taps China-backed AIIB to fix infrastructure
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has tapped a China-backed multilateral lender to help fund his government’s “unprecedented infrastructure buildup”, the [...] » More
