SINGAPORE: Plans to provide 37,000 frontline staff in the aviation and maritime sectors with COVID-19 vaccines started on Monday (January 18), with vaccination centers coming into full swing for both industries. During a visit to one of the Changi Airport Terminal 4 vaccination centres, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said that the Sea-Air Vaccination Exercise is already scheduled to vaccinate …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded a record high of 4,029 new COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths on Saturday (Jan 16). The remainder are local transmissions, apart from eight imported events, said Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah. COVID-19; 16 Jan 2021 J sembuh baru:2,148J kumulatif sembuh: 117,375 (75.7%) J kes baru:4,029J kes kumulatif:155,095J kes aktif:37,126 Kes local:4,021 (2,710 WN 67.4% , …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday (January 18) announced a new package of economic assistance worth RM15 billion (US$3.7 billion) to alleviate the effects of COVID-19. Mr Muhyiddin said in a televised address that the PERMAI package, or the Malaysian Economic and Rakyat Security Assistance Package, enhances the existing measures in place to help Malaysians deal with …

The controversial drug was highlighted by Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin. It’s the “k-powdered milk” drug, which has so far claimed nine lives, involves the tranquiliser diazepam but uses 20 times the safe amount. In view of this, the Minister shared  the results of laboratory tests performed by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on k-powdered milk which is …

Compared to a year earlier, sea piracy and armed robbery in Asian waters jumped 17 percent last year, with an especially high incidence in the Singapore Strait, an international center led by Japan to tackle the scourge said on Friday. A total of 97 such incidents were recorded last year, of which, according to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Center in …

Amidst the combat against pandemic, China has expressed support for Indonesia to become a regional hub for the production of COVID-19 vaccines and is upbeat about both nations contributing to human health growth. The cooperation in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine between the two nations reflects the mutual trust in the establishment of practical and strategic cooperation, he pointed …

KUALA LUMPUR – In Malaysia, two months after construction began in Johor, a three-month public inspection of a rail project linking Singapore and Johor began. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp), which will run the Bukit Chagar Station Rapid Transit System Link (RTS Link) in Johor Baru, said the Bernama news agency announced on Friday (Jan 15) that details of …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to a decree published late on Thursday (Jan 14), Malaysia’s emergency will not see any government reforms while it is in force, which means that unpopular Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will remain in power despite threatening to lose his parliamentary majority this week. This comes as the decision to suspend Parliament during the emergency – which …

It’s surreal how North Sulawesi is setting new grounds for the production of coconut in the country and to the nations around it. Looking back last year, In cooperation with the Indonesia Japan Business Network, the provincial government of North Sulawesi has been producing coconut-based biofuels that are interesting and worth focusing on. The initial biofuel development project will be …

The Ministry of Labour outlined the measures appropriate to register illegal workers from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar under the job amnesty policy of the government. The framework approved by the Cabinet on December 29th last year is eligible for both working and unemployed migrant workers. This was specifically intended to help track the conditions of migrant workers in the country …