Improve digital literacy to check online gambling: MPR

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Deputy chairperson of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, has stressed the need to improve digital literacy to prevent online gambling. “We must be wise in using digital services so as not to get caught in illegal online loans with high interest or online gambling,” Yudhoyono, nicknamed Ibas, said in…

Rural telco Field Solutions holdings collapses into administration

Regional telecommunication provider Field Solutions Holdings Limited has entered voluntary administration, with receivers appointed to oversee a sale or recapitalisation process. The collapse comes despite the company’s most recent financial filings suggesting it was pursuing a capital raise and restructuring its operations. The ASX-listed telco provides connectivity and business solutions for rural, regional, and remote…

Country Club company placed in liquidation

The vandalised Gulf Harbour Country Club sign now overgrown and barely visible.The ongoing saga of Gulf Harbour Country Club had a partial resolution for creditors when the company GHCC2016 (the company formed to run the club) was placed in liquidation on February 5 at the High Court in Auckland.However, the fate of the country club…

Former Napier car and boat dealer EuroCity owes $4.2m; owner says majority owed to his other companies

The first liquidators’ report revealed the company owed about $1.2 million, as at mid-April 2024. However, a second liquidators’ report was released in December, providing more information about the company’s books and debt. That report stated the company owed $4,196,508 to creditors (as at mid-October) including over $200,000 to staff. AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME. That was…

FfD4 3rd PrepCom side event: Resolving the Morass – UN Expert Group on Debt Solutions for Africa and SIDS

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) convened a high-level side event on the margins of the Third Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4).  Titled Resolving the Morass: UN Expert Group on Debt Solutions for Africa and SIDS, the discussion aimed to present the work of the…

‘A grant is not a debt’

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday balked at signing any mineral-rights deal with the US that would be considered repayment for previous aid given under the Biden administration. President Trump has been demanding such a pact, but Ukraine has been pushing for new security guarantees or fresh military funding in exchange for its…