Thai PM pledges to tackle rising consumer prices Xinhua | BANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday pledged that her government will expedite solving the problem of rising consumer prices, Thai News Agency reported. | The premier made her remarks as she visited a fresh produce market in central Nakhon Pathom province on h...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to address British parliament in June The Star | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be given the rare honour of addressing both houses of Britain's parliament when she makes her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years next month, British officials said on Saturday. | The Nobel peace laureate has accepted Prime Minis...
Torch starts its 8,000 mile journey Sun Star | LAND'S END, England — British sailing hero Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics on Saturday with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds who cheered the arrival of the flame. | Hundreds held up mobile phones to s...
Sunstar essay: Filipino blonde Sun Star | A NEWSY item two months ago came out to engage the curious. This was about the international Filipino singer Charice Pempengco. She came for a concert and she looked unlike the Charice we could recognize. She’s now a blondie! | A newspaper reacte...
Opening day upset Sun Star | FC INTER Cebu (FCIC) took advantage of the errors commited by defending champion Hiroshi FC to pull off an upset, 3-2, in yesterday’s start of the men’s open competition of the 12th Interclub Football Cup at the University of San Carlos-Talamba...
Robbers convicted for possessing illegal drugs Sun Star | TWO convicted robbers were sentenced to suffer a penalty of 12 to 14 years imprisonment after they were proven guilty of possessing illegal drugs. | The Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Dumaguete City found Noel Fernandez and Andrew Plata guilty beyon...
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Asia stocks rise after Greece sets election date Springfield News-Sun | BANGKOK — Asian stocks were mostly higher Thursday as markets adjusted to Greece's possible exit from the euro common currency and traders hunted for bargains after sharp s...
Chinese in bold call for official's removal Al Jazeera | A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing's l...
Facebook Boosts Its Initial Stock Price Voa News | Social media giant Facebook says it is raising the price of the company stock it is offering to the public. | | The Internet-based social network site had initially said t...
Thai 'Red Shirts' mark deadly 2010 crackdown Al Jazeera | Thousands of people in the Thai capital, Bangkok, have marked the second anniversary of a government crackdown on the so-called 'Red Shirt' protesters that occurred in 2010. | The state-ordered military crackdown led to the deaths of 90 people and ...
Lady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests Austin American Statesman | MANILA, Philippines — Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts. | About 200 Christian young people marched in Mani...
Police rescue 43 human trafficking victims Sun Star | ZAMBOANGA City Police Office (ZCPO) operatives have rescued 43 victims of human trafficking, mostly minors, and arrested the suspected recruiter in this southern port city, a top police official announced Saturday. | Chief Superintendent Mario Yang...
Tata Communications to expand business in South East Asia region The Times Of India Tweet | Tata Communications is eyeing the the South East Asia region, especially in Indonesia and the Philippines, to expand its global operations within next two years. | "Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia are markets with a lot of promise of growth. Over next year or two, we intend to create our direct presence through a join...
TRAVEL: An oddity in Bangkok Business Day | WHAT does Bam know that I don’t? That’s the question I keep mulling over as my taxi crawls through the Bangkok rush hour. There are cars in front and many others behind, cars overhead and a long, long line of them below. Welcome to the city of angels. | I think of Bam when I see a cyclist weaving through the traffic, a single mobile person in...
