Flooding has worsened in three Malaysian eastern coast states, with more than 21,000 people sheltering in centers for flood relief and sections of the East Coast Expressway (ECE) closed to traffic, the authorities said yesterday. In the annual monsoon season, at least four flood-related deaths have been confirmed. A 41-year-old man who died from electrocution while wading through the waters …

Just after the House panel voted to dismantle the franchise proposal of broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp., the higher chamber of Congress has taken it upon itself to procure one for the troubled television network, with Senate President Vicente Sotto III filing a Senate bill to award ABS-CBN a fresh statutory franchise to run. In filing Senate Bill No. 1967 Sotto …

Entering the year must be full of hopes and expectations but through the observation in the midst of a continuous pandemic, The Philippines is expected to be the last Asia-Pacific nation to fully rebound from the pandemic-induced contraction, with a recovery projected only in the fourth quarter of 2022, although other economies are set to restore all their lost production …

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, in accordance with the Direction of President Duterte, has set up a Scientific Working Group or TWG to concentrate on the surveillance and awareness of the latest form of COVID-19 originating in the UK. In fact, IATF approved Resolution 92, which established the Technical Working Group on COVID-19 Variants …

Thailand continues its anticipating project after a construction deal was signed in December as they have the work on a fifth bridge connecting Laos and Thailand across the Mekong River began. The bridge, which will take 36 months to construct, will link the province of Bolikhamxay in Laos to the north-eastern province of Bueng Kan in Thailand. Recently there was …

Singapore officials have recently admitted that data can also be obtained by the police from their COVID-19 contact tracing software. According to the BBC, Parliament was notified on January 4 that the data could be used for criminal investigations. The officials had previously specifically ruled out, however, that the data would be used for something other than virus monitoring. Singapore …

KUALA LUMPUR: The request for registration of a new political party headed by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was denied, party lawyer Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi said on Thursday (Jan 7). The proposal of Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) was denied by the Registrar of the Society (ROS) because it was wrongly performed, Mr Mior Nor Haidir said, adding …

Amidst the Struggle facing by the nation, It was never too late to look forward to the plans that will give proper order in the country, For this reason, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi shared that her two diplomatic goals for 2021 will be national health security and democracy. She highlighted that their priority is on meeting vaccine …

This is the most anticipated event of the year and looking back to the glorious happening despite the face of a pandemic, here are the PBA’s special awards in its 45th season where Terrafirma Dyip’s Roosevelt Adams and the Meralco Bolts’ Aaron Black are the frontrunners for Outstanding Rookie which made it more interesting for the industry. The special award …

The Duterte administration is assuring the nation that they were preparing to secure 148 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but an official acknowledged that this would also depend on the worldwide availability of vaccines, 80% of which had already been bought by other nations. The latest pronouncement of vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. came as the government seeks to ease …