Indonesia To Deepen Health Reform As Citizens Prefer Overseas Treatment

JAKARTA, Dec 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia revealed yesterday that, it had been pushing for health reform, to improve its healthcare facilities and hospitality. Indonesian Vice Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, said in a media discussion, held virtually that, the reform was expected to reduce the number of Indonesian citizens…

Philippines’ Unemployment Rate Posts 18-Year Low At 4.2 Percent In Oct

MANILA, Dec 7 (NNN-PNA) – The unemployment rate in the Philippines decreased to 4.2 percent in Oct, from 4.5 percent in Sept, the lowest since Apr, 2005, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said, today. PSA head, Dennis Mapa, said, about 2.09 million people were jobless in Oct. “This was lower…

ADB Provides Indian State 175-Mln-USD Loan For Road Connectivity

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (NNN-PTI) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), has agreed to provide a loan of 175 million U.S. dollars to India, to improve the connectivity and resilience of roads, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, the Indian government said, yesterday. The new roads to be built…

Pakistan To Step Up Efforts To Eradicate Polio: PM

ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, said yesterday that, the government has been stepping up efforts to eliminate polio, and resuming regular polio immunisation campaigns across the country. “The crippling disease (polio), which has been eradicated from the globe, still exists in Pakistan … Recent report…

Cambodian Gov’t Collects Revenue Of 4.88 Billion USD In 10 Months

PHNOM PENH, Dec 7 (NNN-AKP) – The Cambodian government collected a total revenue of 20,160 billion riels (4.88 billion U.S. dollars) in the first 10 months of 2023, a year-on-year decrease of two percent, said a Ministry of Economy and Finance report, released yesterday. During the Jan-Oct period this year,…

Three Killed In Confrontations On Lebanon-Israel Borders

BEIRUT, Dec 6 (NNN-NNA) – Three people were killed yesterday, in southern Lebanon, as confrontations continued to escalate between the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah and the Israeli army. The Lebanese military announced in a statement that, one of its soldiers was killed and three others were wounded by Israeli…

Last Hospital In Northern Gaza Halts Operation, Israel Surrounds Kamal Adwan Hospital, ‘Shooting Anything That Moves’: Health Official

GAZA, Dec 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – The only operating hospital in the conflict-ravaged northern Gaza Strip halted services yesterday, due to fuel shortages and heavy Israeli strikes, according to a Palestinian health official. “Kamal Adwan Hospital was out of service, due to repeated Israeli targeting and the exhaustion of fuel needed…

GCC Summit Condemns Israel’s “Indiscriminate Bombing” Of Gaza

DOHA, Dec 6 (NNN-QNA) – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), yesterday condemned Israel for its “indiscriminate bombing” of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, while calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. “The leaders of the GCC countries warned of the dangers of expanding confrontations and the spread of the conflict…

Death Toll Of 7.4-Magnitude Quake Rises To Three In The Philippines

MANILA, Dec 6 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll in the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern Philippine Surigao province, last Saturday, has climbed to three, the government said, today. In the latest report, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said, one died in a region in the north-eastern…

ADB Approves Loan To Improve Indonesia’s Flood Management

MANILA, Dec 6 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today that, it has approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar-loan, to improve Indonesia’s flood management capacity. The Manila-based bank said, the financial project will help reduce flood risk in the northern coastal area of Java island, and strengthen the local community’s…