Merry Gel Sigui
A multimedia journalist focused on producing articles about controversial global issues specifically on business, economy, politics, and technology. A strong believer in freedom of the press and exposing the wrong. only through engagement and communications can we as humans evolve.
An accredited member of a leading local broadcast media organization.
Know the proper way to wear protective gears from a COVID-19...
The world is still grappling with the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontliners who bravely battle the deadly coronavirus. Very few health...
Japan rolls out $1 trillion stimulus package to soften coronavirus impact
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday a nearly $1 trillion in stimulus to protect its economy from the damages caused by the ongoing...
Philippine government taps e-commerce site for door-to-door delivery of farm products
As the Philippines entered the third week of lockdown, the Department of Agriculture (DA) partnered with an online shopping website to allow consumers to...
Indonesia’s $24 Billion coronavirus package is not enough to protect workers,...
Economic experts in Indonesia warned that the government’s relief package worth US$24.2 billion (Rp 405 trillion) will not be sufficient to stop layoffs amid...
Vietnamese products see enormous demand in the US market
Goods with ‘Made in Vietnam’ tags have become more popular in the United States as the world’s largest economy reduce its dependence on China’s...
Coronavirus hobbles supply chains of Japanese firms in Southeast Asia and...
A survey conducted by Japanese news agency NNA showed that two-thirds of the country’s firms that operate businesses in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand...
Apple’s acquisition of weather app Dark Sky is sad news for...
The popular weather predicting app Dark Sky announced in a blog post on Tuesday that it has been acquired by Apple, noting that it...
Singapore to issue “stop-work order” to companies that do not allow...
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) of Singapore has warned that it will be issuing stop-work orders on firms that do not take serious efforts...
More Bangladeshi workers at risk as apparel industry collapses
As the coronavirus pandemic worsens, millions of workers in Bangladesh’s garment factories are being released from their respective companies without incomes.
Bangladesh is considered as...
Japanese tech giant Softbank launches 5G service
The Tokyo-based multinational technology company, SoftBank Corp., has joined the ultra-fast 5G race in Japan as it officially launched its wireless offerings last week.
It...
Australia pledges additional $80 billion coronavirus stimulus to rescue jobs
The Australian government announced that it plans to spend $79.85 billion (A$130 billion) to subsidize the salaries of more than 6 million workers who...
Qatar Airways seeks government aid to keep flying
Several airlines have already suspended operations amid the travel restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Qatar Airways said it continues to operate...
Google offers $340 million in Ads credits to help small businesses
As part of its coronavirus response package, Google is offering $340 million in Ads credits to small and medium-sized businesses that have active accounts...
Gardenia Malaysia speaks up about viral video of product tampering
Gardenia Bakeries (KL) Sendirian Berhad said that the viral video showing a delivery man stealing slices of bread from the packaging was not taken in...
Airline traffic in Asia plunged in February due to coronavirus
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) announced on Thursday that the international passenger demand in the region fell by 43.9% in February as a...
Global authorities warn of fraud and scam amid coronavirus pandemic
International law enforcement agencies are encouraging the public to be more vigilant as scammers and fraudsters take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to prey...
Vietnamese government want to begin construction of new international airport this...
The Vietnamese government plans to speed up the disbursement and site clearance processes in order to commence the first construction phase of a new...
India imposes world’s largest coronavirus lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete nationwide lockdown to stop coronavirus, affecting all 36 states and territories. Only essential services like hospitals will remain operational during this 21-day period.
Another pandemic? Fears grow as China reports case of Hantavirus
The English-language Chinese news outlet Global Times reported on Monday that a man in Yunnan, China died and tested positive for a hantavirus.
This has...
COVID-19 Update: Risks for different age groups explained
Medical YouTube channel MedCram recently discussed the preliminary fatality data in the United States that was released by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Global markets rise as US nears trillion-dollars’ worth stimulus package
After a sudden sink last month, world stock markets sharply soared Tuesday following the announcement of the United States that it is now working...
COVID-19 Update: Reinfection is not possible, say experts
In the recent medical lecture of Dr. Roger Seheult in the YouTube channel MedCram, he has addressed the issues on the possibility of coronavirus...
South Korean exports jump as employees worldwide work from home
The outbound shipments of teleconferencing equipment and components from South Korea have soared to 10% in the past weeks as many employees around the...
Malaysia’s largest mineral water company to boost production to 900 million...
Spritzer Berhad, Malaysia’s largest producer of bottled water plans to boost its production capacity to 900 million bottles by next year to meet the...
