The “murky ecosystem” of buyers, sellers and brokers has also made it hard for public procurement oversight on such purchases, the Amnesty International report said.
The pilot ejected after the plane experienced an issue during take-off, the Defence Ministry said.
The proposed energy facilities could be used to power military bases on the Chinese-built artificial islands, Philippine official says.
A Home Affairs Ministry survey conducted last year found 69 per cent of respondents agreed that the mandatory death penalty was appropriate, K. Shanmugam told parliament.
The sale of Shell’s assets in Singapore include the refinery on Bukom island, which opened in 1961, and a plant that produces mono-ethylene glycol on Jurong island.
Vice-Admiral Alberto Carlos has no mandate to strike a deal with China, who may have been attempting to shift the blame to Manila, analysts say.
The billionaire ByteDance founder is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship, joining a raft of corporate chieftains who’ve relocated from China to the city state in recent years.
A Unicef study found 52 per cent of children in low-income households in the capital ate fewer than three meals a day, with many families selling personal items to get by.
The junta and the resistance have a limited window to make gains or hold their ground, as rain-laden monsoon clouds begin rolling across Myanmar around early June.
An island-retaking exercise in the far north of the Philippines appears to be in preparation for hostilities breaking out over Taiwan, observers say.
Mount Ruang erupted spectacularly last month and has been spewing ash that forced nearby airports to close and flights to be cancelled.
Su Wenqiang and Wang Baosen, both 32, are barred from re-entering Singapore, an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority spokesperson said.
Catherine Delacote, who is suspected to have killed herself, bequeathed her fortune to Nutwalai Pupongta who had worked for her for 17 years.
The US Treasury’s top sanctions official said Washington saw Iranian oil being transferred near Singapore and throughout the wider region.
The 66-year-old was arrested after he was spotted driving around in a vehicle prominently displaying photos of Malaysia’s king and prime minister.
The Philippines has played its cards right by signalling that it’s ‘willing to work with anyone’ for strategic advantage, analysts say.
The decision to invite Lockheed Martin and BAE to a government-backed expo has raised questions about the consistency of PM Anwar Ibrahim’s criticism of the Gaza war with the actions of his government.
The Fujian aircraft carrier’s maiden mission has been deliberately timed to coincide with US-Philippines military drills, analysts say.
Most salt is industrially processed but in Bali, it is won from the sea by farmers who harvest it by hand. The tradition has been handed down for generations, but it is now a dying art.
The Chinese embassy in Manila had said China and the Philippines earlier this year agreed on a ‘new model’ for the Second Thomas Shoal.
Sustainable aviation fuel is made from 100 per cent renewable waste and residue raw materials and cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 per cent over the fuel’s life cycle, Finnish firm Neste said.