PETALING JAYA: Two Umno leaders have denied arguments that the party is not strong enough to stand on its own should it go to the opposite side of Perikatan Nasional in the next general election. In the 2018 general election campaign, former Supreme Council member Nazri Aziz and Sabah Umno leader Bung Moktar Radin both believed that Umno had weathered …

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said in a press release that Singapore will begin live streaming Parliament sessions from Monday’s (Jan 4) sitting. Members of the public will listen in to the original and translated versions of the proceedings on the YouTube channel of the Ministry in real-time. Minister of Communications and Information S Iswaran said at …

In the middle of a surge of coronavirus cases, Thailand’s government-held off ordering new national company shutdowns but allowed certain regional governors to set their own restrictions and pleaded with the public not to travel. Thailand, which by mid-2020 had effectively contained the virus, saw the second round of outbreaks starting last month. It reported 315 new cases of coronavirus …

Indonesia’s top militant prisoner, Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiah terror organization in South-East Asia, is expected to be released from jail on the 8th of January. Since being detained in 2009, the 82-year-old conservative cleric has been in prison. Mr Imam Suyudi, head of the West Java Law and Human Rights Regional Office, said Bashir …

PUTRAJAYA: Today, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin planted a Merbau tree in the Seri Perdana garden, his official residence, to kick off the 2020-2025 100 Million Tree Planting Programme. The Prime Minister called on people to take part in the initiative and to ensure the progress of Malaysia’s green agenda. “To all Malaysians, let’s come together by planting 100 million trees …

Thai health authorities proposed stricter restrictions on businesses and the movement of people in 28 provinces, including the capital of Bangkok, as the number of new cases of coronavirus is growing. Measures requiring the final approval of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha include the suspension of some enterprises and crowded operations that pose risks of infection to the public, and the …

Indonesia is setting a new way to reproduce the vaccines and the country expected to soon receive raw materials from the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech for the development of 15 million doses of vaccine, which will add to the three million doses already dispatched to the region. In view of this, A Garuda Indonesia aircraft arrived with 1.8 million doses …

Last year the people are reading and hearing about loads of bad and tragic news stories. For people around the globe, it has become a reality. Any bit of good news and every tale of positivity has the power to uplift our spirits, relax ones mind, and soothe each souls during these difficult times when the goal is to remain …

In order to enable them to incorporate distance learning modalities, public school teachers will receive an extra P1,500 allowance this year. The Department of Education (DepEd) said the rise in the annual teaching allowance from P3,500 to P5,000 was included in the 2021 budget recently approved by President Duterte. In view of this, They would like to express their appreciation …

SINGAPORE – In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, with leisure travel grinding to a halt, several workers in Singapore find themselves in the odd situation – perhaps for the first time – of not making full use of their annual leave. While in other years these unused holiday days would have been washed out, some companies have …