The Health Ministry announced Friday it had distributed incentives up to Rp. 606 billion for roughly 195,000 healthcare workers nationwide. This comes as the realization of what the government has long promised for Indonesian healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 crisis. “Incentives that have been paid amount to Rp. 606,372,333,784 for 195,055 medical and healthcare workers,” said Abdul Kadir, the head …

Shocking news comes in the middle of the Brompton bicycle lover community in Indonesia. The reason is, the Brompton in England is now in the middle of hunting for a stolen bicycle that is said to have been tracked offered on the online buying and selling platform in Indonesia at the end of June 2020. The bike has significance for …

Wide areas of central and eastern China suffered from the worst flooding in decades on Friday (July 17), as chaos accumulated for main supply chains, including essential personal protective gear to fight coronavirus, and economic losses piled up. The central Chinese city of Wuhan and the Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces declared red warnings on Friday as heavy rain swelled …

Former advisor to the national task force against COVID-19 Tony Leachon on Friday said that as part of its fight against the novel coronavirus disease, the government is looking to provide masks to the poor Filipinos. He stated that he had made the suggestion to President Rodrigo Duterte himself last Wednesday who was open to the proposal. He added that …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has stated his commitment to banker Predee Daochai to enter a fresh group of cabinets. Recently, the prime minister first accepted the change and said that he was waiting for Mr Predee’s reaction. Mr Predee is a Kasikornbank co-president and the chairman of the Thai Bankers’ Association. After the resignations of Uttama Savanayana and four other …

The sudden resignations of key economic ministers in the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) are a signal of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ‘s dwindling negotiating power in the ruling coalition, which may prevent him from making his way into the upcoming cabinet reshuffle, one observer says. Somjai Phagaphasvivat, a political scientist at Thammasat University, said the latest developments showed the PPRP …

MANILA – The controversial Republic Act No. 11479, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, takes effect starting today, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra announced on Friday. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the new law will has yet to craft the implementing rules and regulations. The Department of Justice were given 90 days to finish the IRR. Guevarra …

MANILA – Megawide Construction Corporation, the developer of both Clark and Mactan-Cebu airports bags the proposal to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The new contractor together with India-based GMR Infrastructure Limited (Megawide-GMR) has been officially given the onsortium the original proponent status (OPS) for the development of NAIA. Megawide GMR also built the passenger terminals of the Clark …

KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has accused his successor and former mentor Dr Mahathir Mohamad for not telling the truth on the real reason of his resignation as the prime minister. Najib said in a Facebook post claimed that Mahathir had other reasons why left his post and not merely because of him and his …

PETALING JAYA – Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been named the Most Outstanding BrandLeadership by the BrandLaureate Awards in his effort and role in managing the Malaysia’s Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The World Brands Foundation chairman Tan Sri Rainer Althoff and The World Brands Foundation founder and world president KK Johan presented the award to Dr. Noor. They …