Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has agreed to take up the position of Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader, chief government whip Wirat Rattanaset said on Monday. Gen Prawit accepted the invitation at the Five Provinces Bordering Forest Forest Preservation Project (East Region) inside the 1st Infantry Regiment, King’s Guards on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in Bangkok. The invitation was delivered by …

The recent pandemic has halted the very active bars and nightlife of Thailand. Since international travel is banned in most countries and there are numerous restrictions in terms of movements and socialization. It has also gravely affected the busiest districts including the capital city of Bangkok. One of the industries hit hard is the bars and other nightlife establishments because …

A marriage that is supposed to be happy, but it brings sorrow. The incident was experienced by a family in the city of Semarang after holding a wedding. Marriage is called a new cluster of positive coronavirus  (Covid-19) cases in the Semarang region, Central Java. After the event, one family after another was sick because of positive Covid-19, some even …

The police become the target (again) of terrorist acts. Karanganyar Police Deputy Chief Busroni and his driver, Bripda Hanif Ariyono, were victims of the attack by the sickle gunman. Busroni was attacked while going down Mount Lawu through Cemoro Kandang, Tawangmangu District, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Sunday morning, June 2. Apparently, the deputy police chief had indeed been targeted for …

Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Perikatan Nasional administration must be given the opportunity to govern until the end of the term. In an exclusive interview with Sinar Harian, Malay daily, Ismail, who is also vice president of Umno, said this might not happen because of the opposition’s agitation and political moves. The Opposition is also …

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today that he had refused his request to briefly become deputy prime minister when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is again becoming prime minister because of concerns centered on previous negative encounters and because he felt it would contribute to the old problem of power transfer becoming a subject again. However, the PKR president also pointed …

Metro Manila – Actress Sharon Cuneta has asked the assistance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in dealing with the netizen who threatened to rape her daughter on a social media post. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed the news saying that the actress has brought the matter to their agency and expressed strong desires to file a criminal complaint against …

MANILA – Malacañang confirmed on Sunday that the remains of 50  overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will not be brought back and instead will be buried there. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed that the OFWs who died due to Covid-19 related illnesses will be buried in Saudi …

As the tourism sectors in the Southeast Asian region begins to slowly bounce back from the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are actively discussing possible ways to support tourism throughout the region. Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism revealed that ASEAN member states via videoconferencing, through the Conference of Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations (Fata) …

The ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) has officially decided to cancel the 2020 ASEAN Para Games in the Philippines this coming October due to the coronavirus pandemic and will just shift its focus on the following edition in 2021 at Vietnam. The decision to cancel was endorsed by the APSF’s Board of Governors on a video conference meeting. President of …