KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30-  Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang today called on the Cabinet to set up a special sitting of Dewan Rakyat in January to test the “runaway” third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic here. The DAP veteran said in a statement today that the 1,925 new Covid-19 cases registered in the country yesterday placed Malaysia as 35th …

PETALING JAYA-  A group of Arab refugees in Malaysia is crying foul, alleging that the Malaysian division of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees discriminated against and marginalized them (UNHCR) The organization has submitted a petition to the UNHCR, accusing “deliberate and systematic neglect” of their rights. Saying that in the process of resettlement, UNHCR Malaysia discriminated and marginalized …

Monsour del Rosario and Alvin Aguilar, veteran Filipino martial arts artists, predict an exciting boxing bout in Dubai next year between Sen. Manny Pacquiao and UFC superstar Conor McGregor. Established as a taekwondo sensation since the mid-80s, Del Rosario claims that a rather durable McGregor, a two-weight category winner in the UFC, will face the defending World Boxing Association welterweight …

PETALING JAYA: For all districts in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, the conditional movement control order (CMCO) will be extended until January 14 next year, Senior Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. Ismail said this, speaking at a press conference, was due to the high number of active cases in the affected regions. Except in the districts of Sabak Bernam, Hulu …

In spite of the absence of regulatory approval and despite an earlier declaration that medical frontliners are the top priority for vaccination, health workers and advocates slammed the early COVID-19 vaccination granted to the safety detail of President Rodrigo Duterte and Cabinet members. But here’s the thing, no vaccine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration which is needed …

Who would imagine this new rapid test that will soon be launched by Indonesia, which can analyze breath samples and detect infection with Covid-19 within a few minutes will set its plan soon. The test is organized to use the GeNose C19 breathalyser developed by researchers at Gadjah Mada University. In view of this, Professor Kuwat Triyana, who heads the …

No matter how people look at it, there will always be a hero in any crisis. And no one deserves the award of the person of  the year more than the heroes in white gowns which is for the annus horibilis 2020, a phrase used by the media to honor care staff and over a million health volunteers on the …

A power curb has been lifted on vehicles ferrying workers. The change to remove the 25% reduction in carrying capacity is in line with the beginning of phase three of the reopening of Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday. The reduction in maximum passenger capacity was announced in late May as the …

KUALA LUMPUR, – Today, the government denied that the expense of the Covid-19 vaccine was more costly for a Malaysian than in Belgium. Commenting on the issue, Deputy Finance Minister II Mohd Shahar Abdullah said that 33.5 million doses of vaccines had been ordered by the Belgian government to be distributed to 16.7 million citizens in the country at a …

The central bank’s monetary board’s decision to increase its inflation forecasts further moved real interest rates into negative territory, said DBS Bank Ltd. of Singapore. After an ambitious easing that saw rates drop by 200 basis points to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas agreed to hold interest rates steady at an all-time low …