Cambodia sent its first batch of maids to work in Hong Kong on Wednesday as the Asian financial hub scrambles to meet growing demand for domestic helpers after a series of abuse scandals.
President Rodrigo Duterte earned around P50.4 trillion for the Philippines in grants, investment deals and pledges after nine foreign visits in 2017, according to a year-end report from Malacañang.
Detained Sen. Leila de Lima is “deeply disturbed” with the report that the Philippines was one of the 10 countries who rejected a United Nations resolution calling an end to military campaign against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
One of Cambodia’s few remaining independent newspapers announced on Sunday it would close hours after the country’s opposition leader was arrested for treason, the latest in a string of blows to critics of strongman premier Hun Sen.
Cambodia is recruiting hundreds of maids to work in Hong Kong, an official said Wednesday, as the wealthy city scrambles to meet growing demand for domestic helpers and fend off concerns about exploitation.
Detained Sen. Leila de Lima has accused the Duterte government of completely relinquishing the Philippines’ lead role in southeast Asia insofar as countering China’s ambition of “regional domination” is concerned.
Southeast Asian nations were battling Sunday to find a compromise on how to deal with Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, with Cambodia lobbying hard for Beijing, diplomats said.
“We don’t really focus on critics.”
President Rodrigo Duterte seems bent on making the most out of his youngest daughter’s time off from school by letting her and her mother tag along on his trip to Russia.
Members of the Cabinet’s economic cluster left foreign media scratching their heads when they spoke about the administration’s economic program, dubbed “Dutertenomics,” in Cambodia last week.
