
S’pore is the 5th largest arms importer in the world
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen in Parliament: "The F-35 will be the vanguard of next-generation fighter aircraft in operation" (18 Mar) - ...In the period 2008–12 Asia and Oceania accounted for almost half (47 per cent) of global imports of major conventional weapons. The top five importers of major conventional weapons...

Singapore Feb exports fall sharply on rigs, pharma
Singapore NODX fell 30.6% (18 Mar) - Singapore's exports plunged far more than expected in February from a year earlier, hurt by a sharp drop in shipments of pharmaceuticals and oil rigs in the Lunar New Year holiday lull. "This time around, the weakness in exports was due to non-electronics," said Barclays economist Leong...

Philippines: Blame It On The British
Residents of Tanjung Labian leave their village near where Filipino gunmen were locked down in a standoff in the surrounding villages of Tanduo in Sabah. AFP PHOTO (Mar 16) - The Philippines is charging the 38 Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram gunmen captured at sea off Sabah on the 13 th with illegal arms possession and inciting...
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