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February 5, 2024
Asian news from Philippines
How Kishida’s disappearing Japanese premiership is a gift to China
Not much has been going President Xi Jinping’s way so far this year. China’s economy stumbled out of the gate. Stocks have been plunging. Deflation is deepening. And Evergrande is trending as a search term again. But leave it to Japan to offer Xi a win.
Singapore shoppers scoop up Lunar New year bargains in Malaysia as city state’s dollar rides high: ‘it’s like a bonus’
“It’s really going crazy,” Lee said of the exchange rate. “It’s like a bonus – during Chinese New Year we buy soft drinks, beer and invite friends over, and this really helps. You can buy more.”
Singaporean jailed for installing CCTV camera at home toilet to record helper showering
Over a few days, an employer spied on his foreign domestic helper while she was bathing, using a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera he had secretly installed.
South China Sea: Filipino bishops urge Manila to ‘defend what is ours’ amid Beijing’s ‘aggression’
In a joint pastoral exhortation, the bishops, who serve in regions surrounded by the resource-rich waterway, said the discord was not only about marine resources but the livelihood and future of the Philippines’ fishermen.
South China Sea: Philippines to put military base near Taiwan in high gear to tackle tensions with Beijing
“Starting 2024, the operational tempo for the AFP will be higher,” Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr was quoted as saying on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Philippines thwart cyberattacks on Marcos Jnr, government agencies
DICT spokesman Renato Paraiso said previously they were not accusing anyone in the Chinese government of involvement.