Ministry suggests reviving COVID-era tax incentive for car buyers
WEB4 days ago · The proposal to reinstate the incentive has resurfaced amid falling car sales. During the first half of 2024, wholesale, or factory-to-dealer sales, were down 19.5 percent year-on-year (yoy) to ...
Dynasties, lack of opposition paint bleak House picture
WEB3 days ago · G. rowing political dynasties and a lack of opposition voices among elected lawmakers has raised concerns that there will be dysfunctional legislative oversight of the administration of president ...
EU's Borrell says Lebanon-Israel escalation nearing 'full-fledged …
WEB5 days ago · EU's Borrell says Lebanon-Israel escalation nearing 'full-fledged war' "I can say we are almost in a full-fledged war," Borrell said ahead of a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.
Sea sand exports: Singapore gains, Indonesia loses
WEB3 days ago · Gone with the sand: A ship (right) tows a barge carrying sea sand bound for Singapore on Feb. 10, 2015, in Riau Islands waters. The government banned sea sand exports in 2003, but the practice ...
Japanese people okay military buildup under hypocritical …
WEB5 days ago · Kishida’s predecessor Shinzo Abe, who ruled in 2006-2007 and 2012-2020, wanted to amend the Constitution but was unable to do so. In April 2022, Abe renewed his call for the nation to amend the ...
Police urged to be transparent in discovery of seven bodies in …
WEB5 days ago · A number of police watchdogs have urged the law enforcement authorities to be transparent in probing the discovery of the bodies of seven male teenagers in the Bekasi River, West Java, who are ...
Police nab teacher for hacking govt database - The Jakarta Post
WEB4 days ago · Society. Police nab teacher for hacking govt database. A noncontract teacher of an elementary school in Banyuwangi has been detained for allegedly hacking the civil service database and selling ...
Batam police nab Singaporean for alleged child abuse
WEB5 days ago · T. he Barelang Police have arrested a 50-year-old Singaporean man near Batam, the Riau Islands, for allegedly raping his 16-year-old stepdaughter. Barelang Police chief Sr. Comr. Herbertus ...
World leaders at UN warn against 'full-scale war' over Lebanon
WEB4 days ago · orld leaders lined up at the United Nations on Tuesday to call on Israel to refrain from a full-scale war in Lebanon, with the organization's chief warning the situation was on the "brink." The UN ...
Philippines military backs permanent stay of US missile system
WEB4 days ago · P. hilippine military chief General Romeo Brawner on Wednesday backed the permanent stationing of a US missile system in his country, after China had warned deployment of the weapon was ...