PUTRAJAYA – Feb 21 marks the first Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council meeting for 2020 to discuss the country’s economic challenges and ways to maintain public support for the next nationwide election. Reports also states that power transition between Prime Minister Mahathir and PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is expected to be brought up again. Around 100 Bersatu Youth …

PUTRAJAYA – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says the party presidential council has given its full confidence in him on when to step down as prime minister, which he will be after the Apec Summit in November. Pakatan presidential council met and made the decision late Friday (Feb 21). “Everyone has left it up to me to decide when I should …

KUALA LUMPUR – An Indonesian salesgirl was sentenced to a week in jail and a penalty fined of RM1,000 by magistrate Wong Chai Sia  after she pleaded guilty to spreading fake news about the outbreak. Fui Lina, 31-year old salesgirl, was charged with spreading fakenews aimed at causing to spark fear among the public. In her post, she warned the …

The state government of Melaka requested to double the current water intake from Sungai Gersik, Johor. According to Chief Minister Adly Zahar, this is part of their short-term plan to make sure that there are enough water supply for the area. He added that there is a RM250 million fund request allocation to the Ministry of Finance for the building …

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir said that as many as 130 high-ranking SOEs from a total of 140 SOEs did not submit business plans for the next five years. That means only 10 SOEs are carrying out the obligation. As mentioned by Erick in the banking sector there are PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia …

Realization of the Merdeka Campus program organized by the Minister of Education and Culture and Higher Education (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim will provide Rp1.2 million for students who are apprentices. According to Plt. Director General of Higher Education Nizam, the money for transportation needs will be given at Rp500 thousand per month. Plus Rp700 thousand, which is indeed obtained by students …

The election of the candidates for vice governor of DKI Jakarta conducted privately received criticism from DKI Jakarta Gerindra Politician, M. Taufik. According to him, a closed election has the potential for money politics. “If it is open, there is no money politics, the possibility of money politics being closed is rolled up and written like that,” he said, at …

Secretary of the Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Health Ministry Dr. Achmad Yurianto said the Indonesian government plans to use a naval ship to pick up its citizens, as crew members, suspected of contracting coronavirus (Covid-19) aboard Dream World cruise liner. Technically, the Indonesian Navy ship will meet Dream World cruise liner in the international waters …

As many 74 Indonesian citizens who have been quarantined due to coronavirus outbreak will be planned to be brought home by the Indonesian government. This was said by a health official said on Friday. All passengers and crew members of the ship have been quarantined inside Diamond Princess cruise ship off the Japanese city of Yokohama. Since the two-week onboard …

Four new coronavirus infections reported by Japanese authorities on Saturday as the number of cases outside China continued to climb. One of the new cases, according to a Prefectural Government official, is a woman in her 60s who is a junior high school teacher in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The woman first showed symptoms on Feb. 12 and according …