TR EMERITUS

(10 Mar) - Singapore is moving toward uncharted territory by mulling a draft bill on transboundary haze pollution. The bill is a response to the haze problem allegedly caused by Indonesia’s forest fires. The bill consists of three key features: extraterritoriality, criminal liability and civil liability. It will impose sanctions... 

President Kenyatta says the government wage bill is "unsustainable". (7 Mar)   Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that he and his cabinet will take a pay cut to help bring down the government's wage bill. President Kenyatta said that he and his deputy William Ruto would take a 20% cut while other ministers... 

(9 Mar) - MALAYSIA is looking at a possible terror link in the disappearance of an plane believed to have gone down in the sea with 239 people aboard, the country's transport minister said, as the FBI indicated it would pursue its own investigation into the crash. Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysian security agencies were investigating...