Burning smell across Singapore may be due to 'mixture of gases' from region's peatland, vegetation fires: NEA

P370M earmarked for Zamboanga del Sur farm-to-market roads 

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced some P370 million in funding this year for farm-to-market roads in Zamboanga del Sur as part of efforts to further cultivate the province’s capacity for agricultural production. According to the President, the funding for Zamboanga del Sur is part of the P33 billion under

After Gen Z uprising, Bangladesh vote shows limits of youth power

DHAKA, Feb ⁠13 (Reuters) - In an election triggered by a Gen Z–led uprising in Bangladesh, a youth-driven party secured only six seats in the 300-member parliament, showing ⁠the challenge of turning street momentum into votes. Read full story

Chinese power line projects seek private capital in sign of infrastructure shift

In the latest sign of China’s push to channel private capital into infrastructure, several local governments have begun actively seeking private investors for two major ultra-high-voltage power line projects – the first schemes of their kind to open up to non-state funding since a Beijing directive encouraging the practice last November. China is building a series of vast power lines to funnel clean energy from its resource-rich but sparsely populated western regions to power-hungry industrial...

Bessent says Congress should pass crypto regulation bill this spring

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts hub secures HK$3 billion, 10-year loan facility

The authority managing Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts hub has averted a funding crisis after obtaining a longer-than-usual 10-year loan facility of HK$3 billion, which comes in addition to a US$1 billion (US$383.8 million) bond sale programme announced earlier. The financing would provide a much-needed lifeline to the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in the coming decade before its residential property development could start to generate income, board chairman Bernard Chan said on...

Pregnant woman found dead in pool of blood, husband detained

JOHOR BARU: A foreign woman who was seven months pregnant was found dead and covered in blood at a house in Kampung Makam, Kota Tinggi, on Friday (Feb 13) morning. Read full story