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  • Mrs Imelda Marcos, 89, former Philippine dictator Ferdinard Marcos' widow, pointing to her daughter Imee after the younger Marcos filed her certificate of candidacy yesterday to run in the Senate elections next year. The Marcos family has capitalised

Marcoses solidify political comeback

The eldest daughter of the former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos yesterday began her bid to secure a Senate seat to solidify her family's political comeback since the Marcoses fled in disgrace following a popular revolt more than 30 years ago.
  • Mr Yusaku Maezawa with a miniature rocket and space helmet prior to the start of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo last Tuesday.

Fly me to the moon, says Japanese billionaire

  • Mr Denny Tamaki, the son of a US Marine father and an Okinawan waitress mother, has vowed to build up Okinawa's local industries in areas such as tourism, agriculture and logistics to raise incomes.

Japan's first biracial governor wants US troops out of Okinawa

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  • Chief executive C. Sankaranathan at the Appollo Sellappas department store in Little India. Sales at the store have been 30 per cent lower in the past two months compared with the same period last year, as customers prefer to remit money earned here

Little India retailers feeling the pinch in run-up to Deepavali

Cash registers in Little India should be ringing non-stop at this time of the year as Deepavali is approaching, but the plunging Indian currency is making customers think twice.

Batam, Bintan to be hubs for halal goods

Home to beach resorts, electronics and garment factories, Batam and Bintan are poised to become a hub producing halal food and products, as Indonesia moves to tap a multi-trillion-dollar global market.

Maids in debt: Protect employers from their creditors

The use of employers' address opens employers and their family members to harassment for their maids' debts.
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