BANGKOK, Apr 19 (NNT) - Thailand is hoping that new crypto currency laws will help it catch up with the fast-paced global digital trend.
Date: 19 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: National News Bureau of Thailand
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Jakarta, Apr 18 (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government has issued dollar-denominated bonds and euro-denominated bonds worth US$1 billion each.
Date: 18 April 2018; Type: Industry Updates; Source: Antara
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BENTONG, Apr 19 (Bernama) - The exemption on Goods and Services Tax (GST) granted to the contractor of East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) will benefit the people in the end, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
Date: 19 April 2018; Type: Tax News; Source: Bernama
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MANILA, Apr 18 (PNA) - A sub-committee of the Consultative Committee (Concom) tasked by President Rodrigo R. Duterte to review the 1987 Constitution has voted and adopted the term “federated regions” in the new Constitution it is drafting under a federal-presidential system.
Date: 18 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Apr 18 (PNA) - The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday it would abide by the Supreme Court (SC) decision declaring as unconstitutional the circular it has earlier issued for being violative of the right to travel under Article III, Section 6 of the 1987 Constitution.
Date: 18 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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Jakarta, Apr 18 (ANTARA News) - Transaction trends are currently shifting from the conventional system of direct cash payment to an online cashless system by capitalizing on the latest technology used in online trade or e-commerce activities.
Date: 18 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Antara
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BANGKOK, Apr 17 (NNT) – Thailand's cabinet has passed a new draft Government Lottery Office (GLO) Act, which contains several changes to existing legislation.
Date: 17 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: National News Bureau of Thailand
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Jakarta, Apr 17 (ANTARA News) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has signed a presidential regulation amending presidential regulation number 75 of 2015 concerning national action plan for human rights for the 2015-2019 term.
Date: 17 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Antara
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PUTRAJAYA, Apr 17 (Bernama) - The Federal Court today dismissed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's request to be present in court next week to follow the proceedings of his application to nullify a provision in the Federal Constitution which allows bills to become law after 30 days without the king's assent.
Date: 17 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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MANILA, Apr 16 (PNA) - President Rodrigo R. Duterte wants the Executive Order (EO) seeking to scrap labor contractualization or “endo” released on or before Labor Day (May 1), his spokesperson said Monday.
Date: 16 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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Jakarta, Apr 16 (ANTARA News) - The Constitutional Court here on Monday continued the hearing to review Law No. 24 of 2000 on International Law that had been sued by a group of civil society organizations in Indonesia.
Date: 16 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Antara
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KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 15 (Bernama) - Foreign insurers, who have repatriated about RM16.5 billion between 2008 and 2017 in the form of dividends but didn't contribute as much as expected for the development of the domestic industry, can't choose alternative initiatives with their promise to divest stake, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
Date: 15 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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A Technical Working Group (TWG) of the House Committee on Mindanao Affairs, chaired by Rep. Maximo Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro), has started discussing the proposal to raise the 2019 budget for Mindanao, with the goal to uplift the socio-economic conditions in the region, especially in its poor provinces.
Date: 11 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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It does not have to be the end of the road for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose employment days may soon be over.
Date: 13 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: House of Representatives
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MANILA, Apr 13 (PNA) - The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) is set to file this year before the Ombudsman more cases against local government officials reportedly violating Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, such as those who allow open dumps in their communities.
Date: 13 April 2018; Type: Industry Updates; Source: Philippine News Agency
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MANILA, Apr 13 (PNA) - A House of Representatives panel has formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate three bills seeking to provide retirement benefits and welfare assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
Date: 13 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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PETALING JAYA, Apr 13 (Bernama) - Two friends were sentenced to 12 years' jail and ordered to be given seven strokes of the rotan each by the Sessions Court here today, for committing armed gang robbery in January.
Date: 13 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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PUTRAJAYA, Apr 13 (Bernama) - The Court of Appeal today dismissed an application by 48 voters in the Segamat parliamentary constituency of Johor to stay the gazetted notice of the Fourth Quarter Supplementary Electoral Roll which contained 949 new entries they objected to.
Date: 13 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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MANILA, Apr 12 (PNA) - A House of Representatives' panel has approved the funding provisions of two bills designed to promote entrepreneurship in the country. The House committee on appropriations passed House Bill (HB) No. 3335, known as the "Government Employees' Entrepreneurship Development Act", and HB 5158 or an "Act providing a socialize ...
Date: 12 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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Special teams have been formed to confiscate vacant, fallow and virgin land in seven districts of Mandalay Region on which farming still hasn’t started four years after they were approved for cultivation, said the regional government.
Date: 11 April 2018; Type: Legal News; Source: Myanmar Times
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