Just After everything that happened, China decided to disqualify unpatriotic members, Hong Kong ‘s opposition bloc intended to withdraw, one of Beijing’s toughest measures yet to quash criticism in the territory. More than a dozen members of the 70-seat Legislative Council’s pro-democracy camp will resign at a press conference later on Wednesday following the disqualification of four members under the …

Edhy Prabowo, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, is deeply committed to breathing new life into the tourism sector in Nias Pesisir, North Sumatra, by lending, among other things, funding to the implementation of the Video Tourism Contest. They praise Nias Pesisir, who arranged the VTC series. In the post-pandemic era, the contest will become a promotional event and simultaneously …

In the middle of a tour to the north-east of the region, King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand wrote messages of national reconciliation and love two days after demonstrators sent him a letter requesting royal changes that would curtail his powers. The Royal Palace did not comment on months of demonstrations, but the King’s communications in the South-East Asian nation are …

Wastewater and sanitation company Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) Sdn Bhd denied Selangor Water Management Authority’s argument that effluence from one of its plants triggered the unplanned disturbance of water in the Klang Valley that affected more than one million households. Its Chief Executive Officer, Narendran Maniam, stated that the plant ‘s final effluent release was stopped on November 4, after …

The Putrajaya and Labuan residents can trade freely from next week at any location within their respective federal territories, Tan Sri Annuar Musa stated something about this. They also announced that the FT Minister said that the blanket allowance would run from 15 November to 15 April next year. After his ministry met with the Kuala Lumpur City Hall ( …

The Duterte administration is telling water companies in Metro Manila to rethink how they lift costs , make price changes more transparent and reduce government assurances if they wish to proceed with their business. This is the wide strokes of new agreements drawn up for Manila Water Corporation Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. by the Department of Justice, along …

It’s not yet over. This is due to Ulysses, the country’s 21st tropical cyclone this year, which intensified into a typhoon while entering the Quezon-Aurora region, several areas in Luzon were put under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3. Ulysses which has the international name: Vamco, was listed as a typhoon at 8 a.m. From the original 110 kph, it …

Police forces  has confirmed that a popular Filipino journalist who once survived a previous attempt on his life by pretending to be dead has been killed outside his home. Virgilio Maganes, 62, a radio DJ commentator for DWPR radio station located north of the province of Pangasinan, died instantly after he was shot six times by motorcycle-riding gunmen Major Christian …

The Philippine economy shrank more than what was expected annually in the third quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the official data showed last Tuesday. This fallout eased after the government gradually lifted coronavirus restrictions. The country’s economy fell into its first recession in nearly 30 years in the April-June period, when the Philippines imposed one of the …

The protest over the King is on-going and as thousands marched to the Grand Palace, Thai police used water cannons against demonstrators in Bangkok once again, raising tensions in a kingdom increasingly rife with controversy over its monarchy’s position. The young demonstrators, who have been staging flash mobs all over the world since January, said they needed King Maha Vajiralongkorn …