The limitation of medical devices is one of the obstacles in handling coronavirus outbreaks (Covid-19) in Indonesia. Although Indonesia received a number of ventilator assistance from the United States and Australia recently, a number of parties did not remain silent and tried to overcome these limitations by creating a local ventilator. The Indonesia Ventilator (Vent-I) development team at the Bandung …

Myanmar is planning to deliver its first ever rocket, entering an unlikely group of emerging space nations aimed at saving millions from environmental disasters. Future micro-satellite “mega telescope” from nine Asian countries will monitor typhoons, earthquake activity and water flows, as well as include data on land usage, crop production and disease outbreaks. It is Myanmar’s first space mission, in …

PETALING JAYA – Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has hinted that if the court decision on Aug 7 regarding his removal from Bersatu did not go in his favour, he might form a new political party. The former prime minister said that if they were to be expelled from the party, he might have to consider having another party.   …

KUALA LUMPUR – Pemod Nasional Bhd (PNB) launches a micro-investing mobile application known as Raiz, the country’s first ever spare change investing app in an effort to bring greater awareness of the importance of savings and investing. According to PNB president and group CEO Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn, the concept was in line with PNB’s effort to empower and encourage Malaysians …

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) says many students experience psychological pressure to drop out of school due to various problems that arise during attending Distance Learning (PJJ) or online learning during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Most of them cannot access online learning. “Many children cannot access PJJ online, so many of them do not move up to class until …

The lobster seeds are still being polemic seeing the profit and loss of the policy taken by the government through the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries who opened the commodity for export. There is a considerable price difference between the price at the level of fishermen and middlemen/collectors. As conveyed by the researcher of the Center of Maritime Studies …

METRO MANILA – The Philippines cannot afford to test every citizens for Covid-19, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque admitted on Tuesday. According to Roque, If the government can afford it then why not but the reality is that there are 110 million Filipinos and PH cannot simply afford to test all. However, the government are taking steps to increase the testing …

MANILA – The government of Taiwan has confirmed that it will be extending itsvisa-free entry for Filipinos from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021. According to the statement released by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), it said that visa-free privilege for Filipinos will be extended for another year and will also continue for citizens of Thailand, Brunei and …

Thailand appears to be planning a 50 per cent rise in the wild tiger population in the next two years. The hope is attributed to the growing amount of big cats in the Western Forest Complex, where, according to a tiger specialist, the population is now more than 100. Saksit Simcharoen, Director of the Wildlife Research Section of the Wildlife …

Student demonstrators who marched around the capital would keep from discussing the monarchy, or risk a national reaction, cautioned Jatuporn Prompan, United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) president. Talking to the National Reconciliation Committee in the House on Thursday, Mr Jatuporn said the students would not pull the monarchy into their activism. If they did, it would hinder the …