Author: station3

THAILAND is the top choice of Filipino travelers for their vacations in Southeast Asia in the next 12 months, while Japan claims the first spot for their non-Southeast Asian (SEA) destinations. The findings are contained in the latest SEA Travel Insights 2023 report of GrabAds, the advertising arm of Grab, an-app based regional transport network company (TNC) operating in the Philippines. The survey polled 2,000 respondents from the Philippines. The travel bug has bitten many Filipinos with international pandemic restrictions in most countries already dismantled, such that 70 percent of the respondents said they plan to travel abroad at least once in…

Along the route, the cyclists passed through Kuching, Sibu, Sri Aman, before finally arriving at the entrance of the Promenade Hotel in Bintulu on July 21 for the closing ceremony, where a cheque with the amount raised was presented to the ROSE Foundation. A total of RM200,000 was raised for ROSE Foundation through Malaysian Medical Association’s (MMA) Sepeda Amal Borneo 2023, a 700 km charity bicycle ride from Kuching to Bintulu. A total of 20 participants including two cancer survivors took part in the six-day ride from July 15 to 21. Along the route, the cyclists passed through Kuching, Sibu,…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will join NATO leaders in Lithuania on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Japan’s presence seems to remind the alliance that focuses on Ukraine, to pay attention to China’s and Russia’s activities in East Asia. These two countries are seen by Japan as a threat to global security. Kishida’s second visit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting, along with the leaders of South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The move comes as Japan is doubling down on defense spending to counter Chinese and Russian forces in the waters and skies around Japan. The current conditions have made Japan feel…