Digital services and tourists targeted to help fund pandemic relief
More businesses and mass transportation set for gradual restart in June
Money which overseas workers send home has prevented needed reforms
Manila also targets online giants Google, Facebook, Grab, Spotify and Lazada
Monetary authorities break taboo by buying bonds from primary market
New cases in capital slow, but unease over low testing remains
Countries must spend wisely or leave future generations under piles of debt
News network closure comes as president consolidates pandemic powers
Bank says fiscal and monetary responses needed immediately to soften fallout
Japan, China and South Korea must support move to cleaner energy
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First quarter GDP shrinks 0.2% as technical recession looms
Cost of inaction is much higher than putting too much money into system
Inflows from US and Middle East may plunge, hitting vital source of income
Ride-hailing app brings financial security to drivers and new technology to region
Infrastructure will help fight coronavirus slump, but he needs structural reforms too
France sees no evidence of pandemic link to Wuhan lab
Manila bracing for worst economic hit since 1998 as 1.2 million lose jobs
Manila's finance department expects economy to be flat or shrink 0.8%
Governments get the most, but companies can access $2bn in financial aid
Kyoto asks to be put under emergency decree; Vietnam preps $2.66bn safety net
Governments worry about unrest among vast, vulnerable workforce
Central bank governor says arsenal of relief measures will see country through
Negative growth forecast for Singapore and Thailand as unemployment escalates
After trade war and COVID-19, continent-wide recession would put millions into poverty