This weekend, the police officers reported that nineteen Rohingya and a Thai woman suspected of housing them were detained for illegal entry into Thailand, as fears about trafficking routes for the Muslim community fleeing Myanmar are increasing. In Myanmar, where freedom of travel and citizenship is denied, and access to work, health care, and schooling is missing, the persecuted Rohingya …

President Joko Widodo shared strong sympathy for the crash of the Sriwijaya Air plane in the waters of the Seribu Islands. Shortly after the tragedy happened, the head of state was told of the plane crash on Saturday evening. Since then, updated accounts of the disaster have been received, including updates in the hunt for casualties and aircraft wreckage that …

The year 2020 was a difficult year for Southeast Asia, which faced several disasters caused by severe weather events, particularly in the Philippines and Vietnam, two Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in addition to coping with the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic (ASEAN). Highlighting the urgent need to improve regional cooperation against disaster danger, in his …

Once again, the charter reform train is chugging, with President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies in Congress making steps to reopen negotiations on reforming the basic law of the nation. It is no secret that Duterte wants to amend the Constitution for the longest time in his platform when he ran for president in 2016 along with this is the idea of …

The parochial vicar of Quiapo Church prevented devotees from attending the Black Nazarene Feast Day as it guards against the spread of COVID-19. Instead, he encouraged Filipino Catholics to attend the festivities in their local parish or at home. For the feast day, only 30 percent of the seating capacity of the Quiapo Church or 300 people is authorized. The …

The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno urged companies in Labuan Bajo, the popular tourist destination of East Nusa Tenggara, to derive full mileage to reap benefits from the G20 Summit hosted by Indonesia in 2022. In order to host the G20 Summit in 2022 and the ASEAN Summit in 2023, President Joko Widodo chose Labuan Bajo, the …

In a new survey, the technology analyst firm said that by the end of 2020, Malaysia’s enterprise storage market size had reached $641 million, down by around 20 percent from what was expected before the pandemic. The technology analyst firm said in a recent survey that Malaysia’s enterprise storage market size had reached $641 million by the end of 2020, …

PETALING JAYA: Putrajaya has been advised by a medical expert against holding a snap election this year, saying it was unnecessary and would make the situation of Covid-19 in Malaysia worse. Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar, president of the Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association, said the main priority of the government at this time should be on reducing the “relative” number …

KUALA LUMPUR- In the short term, Malaysia did not hesitate to extend its fiscal stance to support counter-cyclical economic recovery packages and RM322.5 billion in the nation’s largest national budget for 2021. Even though it was Malaysia’s largest budget ever, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said it was thought about with a simple fiscal consolidation strategy to, …

 Entering the new year isn’t easy for every nation around the world and it’s the same with Thailand given the economic hardship caused by COVID-19, as many as 96 percent of foreign direct investors operating experienced unprecedented situations last year. However, this year, they are surprisingly confident in the potential of the country and have plans to increase or at …