KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has ordered by High Court to pay the government RM1.69 billion in additional taxes and penalties. High Court Judge Justice Datuk Ahmad Bache today stated that Najib will have to pay the amount to the IRB which also awarded RM15,000 in cost. According to the Bache, under the Income …

PETALING JAYA – Wearing face masks in public areas and public transport will be made mandatory starting August 1, Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a statement. The Senior Minister said that non compliance with the new law will result to being fined or prosecuted in court. The government decided to make the wearing of face …

China labeled the sudden closing of its consulate general in Houston, Texas – a “financial threat” by the United States, and threatened strong countermeasures should Washington not reverse its move. Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, told a press conference in Beijing that the change directed Tuesday local time seriously breaches foreign laws and principles regulating international affairs. China …

The ventilator assistance from the United States (US) as many 100 units have arrived in Indonesia on Wednesday, July 22. This was revealed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi on Thursday. “This is the first stage of delivery of a total of 1,000 ventilator units that will arrive gradually,” she said in a virtual press conference from Jakarta …

The Kupang Water Conservation Area Agency (BKKPN) examined carcass of a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) stranded on Nunhila Beach, Alak District, Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), before burying it. The 29-meter blue whale carcass with an estimated weight of 100 tons is planned to be buried at Pantai Air Cina, Lifuleo Village, Kupang Tengah District, Kupang Regency. “Before being …

MANILA – Starting Friday, July 24, Vice Ganda will be launching his own digital network as numbers of Kapamilya shows bids goodbye following the denial of franchise renewal of ABS-CBN. Wag ng magpatumpik tumpik pa! Register na kung bet mo ng GV! pic.twitter.com/NRUPdqF82C — jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) July 20, 2020 His website, Vice Ganda Network will be featuring exclusive …

A party of about 30 farmers protested in Bangkok calling on the government to amend its ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos being used in agriculture. The prohibition on the usage of these two organic pesticides comes into effect on June 1 and some farmers reject it, finding certain insect management agents ineffective. Led by the Secretary-General of the Safe Farming …

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) found reasons for charging former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and two other former officials of committing crimes and abussing their power by conducting a roadshow drive to publicize proposals for infrastructure growth in 2013. NACC spokesman Niwatchai Kasemmongkol told a press conference after Wednesday ‘s meeting that Yingluck, former Secretary-General of the Prime Minister Suranand …

Last month, after days of heavy rain, the dam at a small reservoir in the Guangxi area of China gives way in a failure that could be a harbinger of sterner tests for several of the country’s 94,000 ageing dams as the environment gets extremer. Located in the county of Yangshuo, famed for its otherworldly karst scenery, the dam collapsed …

PETALING JAYA – Former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has invited by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), likely over the alleged RM6.3bil Penang undersea tunnel project. Former Finance Minister arrived at the MACC headquarters at 1.05pm today. He was accompanied by Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo and Jelutong MP RSN Rayer. The MACC investigators have so far questioned several dozen …