PETALING JAYA: Manufacturing sector and industrialists are confident that the current situation caused by the corona virus or Covid-19 outbreak would soon slow down as most business units and plants in China are back in business. The rest of the areas, except in Wuhan where the virus originated, factories in China are running at full steam, as reported by the …

PETALING JAYA – Two aides of PKR president Anwar Ibrahim today both failed on their respective applications to remove their boss’ name from legal suits filed by Muhammad Yusoff Rawther as they claimed were all for political stunts. Yesterday, the Shah Alam Sessions Court dismissed the applications by Anwar’s political aide Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak and press-secretary Tunku Nashrul …

PUTRAJAYA – Malaysian Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad confirmed that two more coronavirus two more (Covid-19) patients have been discharged from Hospital Sungai Buloh this morning. The 64-year-old woman and 31-year-old man were among the 15 patients now cured of the infection. Dzulkefly revealed that the woman was the mother-in-law of another patient while the man was an overseas worker …

Two former Diamond Princess coronavirus-wracked passengers have died, local media reported on Thursday as concerns grow over those who left the ship despite having tested negative for the virus. Advertising A man and a woman who had been infected died in their 80s, said public broadcaster NHK and others, the first fatal cases among the more than 600 on board …

The Immigration Bureau (BI) is “immediately relieving” 19 workers reportedly connected to a supposed scheme in which Chinese nationals are escorted in exchange for a fee through the immigration process. The office did so in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s order, BI spokeswoman Dana Sandoval said Thursday. The Immigration Bureau (BI) is reportedly “immediately relieving” 19 workers linked to a …

The step by Solicitor General Jose Calida to ask the Supreme Court to issue a gag order on ABS-CBN while awaiting a decision on his petition for quo warranto violates the Constitution and is detached from reality, said Vice President Leni Robredo Wednesday. The change was also “disconnected from reality” and could set a dangerous precedent, she said. Calida’s quo …

Senator Pia Cayetano urged colleagues on Wednesday to support a bill aiming to lower the country’s corporate income tax (CIT) rate and overhaul the tax incentive program. Advertising Cayetano described Senate Bill No. 1357 or the proposed Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act (CITIRA) as fair and the best deal for everyone in her sponsorship speech as chairman. Under …

Global credit watcher Fitch Ratings upgraded its outlook on two Philippine state-owned banks on Thursday as it noted a “positive macroeconomic policy.” Advertisement Fitch revised its outlook on both the Philippine Land Bank (LBP) and the Philippine Development Bank (DBP) to “Positive” from “Stable,” suggesting a rating-scale upward trend. The sovereign rating outlook review reflects ongoing adherence to a sound …

The government expects public investment spending of more than 400 billion baht in the second quarter to help the flagging economy weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana said on Thursday. Even before the epidemic that originated in China, the trade-reliant economy has been under pressure, buffeted by the Sino-US trade war, sluggish investment, a delayed …

The Constitutional Court has ruled a section of the Criminal Code unconstitutional, effectively decriminalising abortion in Thailand. The ruling takes effect 360 days after the ruling date on Wednesday, or on Feb 13 next year.  The court also ordered the section and a related one be amended to make them in line with the 2017 constitution. The ruling came after …