KUALA LUMPUR : The withdrawal of RM17.9 million from Yayasan Akalbudi assets, according to the High Court, was a criminal breach of trust because it was done without the permission of the other charity foundation’s board of trustees. According to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer Muhammad Fazli Zulkifli, 36, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi directed the money to be …

KUCHING: A three-and-a-half-month resettlement program for illegal immigrants in Sarawak is projected to gradually alleviate the shortage of 5,000 workers in the construction industry. Several other industries, according to Sim Kiang Chiok, the Kuching chairman of the Sarawak housing and real estate development association, face the same issue. Many foreign workers who had left the country before the March 2017 …

Amidst the current battle for pandemic, The World Health Organization has commended Indonesia’s administration in advancing worldwide fortitude and equivalent admittance to COVID-19 antibodies for all nations. At a question and answer session at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the WHO country representative in Indonesia, N Paranietharan shared that Indonesia has shown commendable administration in worldwide fortitude and activities. Along with this, …

Surprisingly, Thailand drew a stage nearer to giving antibody certificates, with a board of authorities backing the proposition seen as a significant achievement towards permitting the travel industry dependent country to completely return to unfamiliar guests. The Health Ministry will give archives to occupants who have finished their Covid-19 immunizations that will permit them to travel abroad, as per Deputy …

The travel industry of Ilocos Norte territory would typically anticipate the late summer season starting in March of consistently when a large number of sightseers would run to the region’s renowned sea shores and other normal attractions. However, hardly any guests came even as the territory started tolerating sightseers in September a year ago under its travel bubble including the …

It’s saddening how 4.5 million Filipinos were jobless a year ago for a normal joblessness pace of 10.3 percent which is the most elevated in 15 years as the Philippine Statistics Authority shared it to the nation. In 2020, the Philippines forced the longest and most tough lockdown in Southeast Asia to contain the spread of COVID-19, which, nonetheless, dove …

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez is calling for rice to be added to a list of vital products excluded from restrictive trade measures in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). To avoid supply disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ten member states signed a memorandum of understanding in November promising to refrain …

PETALING JAYA: According to the DAP, police reports will be filed against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his Cabinet for refusing to allow Parliament to sit during the emergency despite the King’s order. Lim Guan Eng, the party’s secretary-general, said Muhyiddin and the Cabinet were “stubbornly refusing” to heed the King’s order to reconvene Parliament. Since the King has already …

PETALING JAYA: In step two and three of the national immunisation program, the government has decided to enlist the help of general practitioners (GPs) to administer Covid-19 vaccines.  “We have agreed to involve private GPs to maximise the administration of the vaccine to the people. At a joint press conference with science, technology, and innovation minister Khairy Jamaluddin, he said, …

The saga never stops as the will against government fights continued in the midst of extra-close security recently at four areas in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, following last Sunday’s conflict between nonconformists drove by Redem (Restart Democracy) and group control police. Around 20 to 40 nonconformists including Piyarat “Toto” Chongthep, head of the supportive of government bunch We Volunteer (WeVo), were …