Category: International
‘MAXIMUM PENALTY’ FOR MANILA AIRPORT SECURITY STAFF WHO SWALLOWED US$300 BILLS
A departing Chinese traveler reported discovering his wallet open and cash missing at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after going [...]
NAIA SCREENER AXED FOR STEALING CHOCOLATES FROM PASSENGER’S LUGGAGE
A security screening officer (SSO) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 was dismissed from work recently for allegedly stealin [...]
PORTUGAL TO CO-HOST WORLD CUP 2030 WITH SPAIN AND MOROCCO WHILE ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY WILL OPEN THE EVENT
The 2030 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held from June to July 2030 and FIFA has recently announced that Portugal, Spain and Morocco will co-host [...]
NINE-YEAR-OLD SKATER MAZEL ALEGADO FINISHES SEVENTH IN WOMEN’S PARK FINAL IN HANGZHOU ASIAN GAMES, NOW AIMS FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
Nine-year-old skateboarder Mazel Paris Alegado, the youngest member of the Philippine delegation at this year’s ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, fini [...]
NO PASSPORT NEEDED TO DEPART SINGAPORE STARTING 2024
Starting next year, travellers departing Singapore’s Changi Airport will no longer need to present their passport as a new automated immigration clea [...]
INDONESIA A FEW REQUIREMENTS TO STREAMLINE ITS ARTS AND SPORTS VISA APPLICATION PROCESS
Silmy Karim, director general of Indonesia’s Department of Immigration, announced recently that applications for its sport, music and arts visa can n [...]
INDONESIA’S RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL GROUPS CRITICISE NATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM AGENCY PROPOSING DIRECT CONTROL BY GOVT ON PLACES OF WORSHIP
Indonesia’s religious and civil groups have criticised a proposal by Rycko Amelza Dahniel, who heads the nation’s National Counter Terrorism Agency ( [...]
HOTEL COMPANY REDDOORZ TO FOCUS ON ITS PROPERTIES IN INDONESIA AND PHILIPPINES
Jakarta-founded Singapore budget hotel operator RedDoorz has earlier this year withdrawn from its home market in the Lion City and the company has no [...]
OVERCROWDING WORSENS AT SACRED MOUNT FUJI IN JAPAN
Since the world returned back to post-pandemic normal, tourism has been revived. Unfortunately for Japan, however, this has created an overcrowding b [...]
BYD MAY INVEST IN INDONESIA
China’s e-vehicle manufacturer BYD may be investing in Indonesia in the near future, the Southeast Asian nation’s Coordinating Minister of Maritime a [...]