MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) will be allocation P700 million of its budget to provide internet connections to over 7,000 public schools nationwide. The government allocation is in preparation for the country’s shift to the ‘new normal’ as distance learning are becoming more and more common in the coming school year due the coronavirus pandemic. President Duterte, in …

Passengers who want to travel by air are required to attach the health results of a rapid test or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the midst of the implementation of the new normal during the Covid-19 pandemic. Seeing this, Lion Air Group now offers special rapid test services for prospective its airline passengers, including Lion Air, Wings Air, Batik Air. …

The problem of the relationship between Surabaya Mayor Tri “Risma” Rismaharini and Dr. Soetomo Regional Public Hospital is still being discussed, and getting netizens’ attention on social media. Risma stated that the Surabaya City Government did not have access to communicate with Dr. Soetomo Regional Hospital which was under the authority of the East Java Provincial Government. Monday afternoon, June …

Mah Sing Group Bhd has retained its revenue target of RM1.6 billion by 2020 with 84 per cent of its goods priced below RM700,000. The group said it was preparing to push ahead with its planned launches in the second half of the year in a statement today after its virtual annual general meeting ( AGM). During its weekend launch …

Malaysians returning from overseas would have to pay a total of RM30 to RM150 to be screened for Covid-19 upon their admission into the country from now on, whereas non-citizens would have to pay higher rates depending on the form of testing carried out, new rules released by the government said. The updated rules released on June 26 and entering …

Police in Northern Thailand’s city of Chiang Mai have arrested an Indian man on charges of electronic card skimming and possession of fake Credit Cards. The 36-year-old Indian man was arrested at a hotel room. Police in the northern city found him in possession of several fake credit cards and stolen ATM cards. Chiang Mai Police said they would continue …

All nightlife venues in Thailand, bars and entertainment venues, including wet massage parlous, will open their doors again on Wednesday. While some foreigners will be allowed into Thailand, but not tourists. The reopening of nightlife venues comes as virus lockdown restrictions are further eased in Thailand. According to the media,  the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday gave …

MAKATI CITY – TV host KC Montero and 100 others were arrested in a bar in Makati City Sunday night for allegedly violating community quarantine guidelines against mass gathering. According to the Makati City Police, they conducted a police raid at the 18th-floor roof deck lounge bar Skye Bar in Barangay Salcedo Village on Sunday afternoon. Atleast 100 individuals were …

The country’s defense ministry will be creating a new post in their Defense Policy Bureau to better address issues related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. The new post will be aimed at boosting the Asean-Japan relation and cooperation in line with the government’s agenda of establishing a more “free and open Indo-Pacific.” The plans of strengthening …

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has called for the upholding of the international law such as  the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, amid the territorial dispute in the region. South-east Asian leaders has cited that the 1982 UN oceans treaty should be the basis of the country’s sovereign rights in the South China Sea. …