The Ministry of Education has given the flexibility to school managers to modify the school opening procedures as long as they conform to its guidelines. Deputy Minister of Education II Muslimin Yahaya said improvements to the guidelines were tolerated as each school had a particular atmosphere and number of students. On June 10, Minister of Education Dr. Mohd Radzi Md …

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who distinguishes himself as the prime minister of Malaysia twice, said today that he aspired to the role again rather than as an advisor since his past successors overlooked his advice in governing the world. His understanding is, they would ignore him as he try to offer suggestions to the prime minister and they won’t hear …

ABU DHABI – UAE, one of the top countries in the world that is constantly sending medical aid all over the world has done another remarkable achievement in spreading it’s generosity by sending an aid plane that was carrying 11 metric tons of medical supplies to Thailand just yesterday. Doing so would greatly help to bolster Thailand’s efforts to curb …

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung confirmed that ASEAN member states will have a discussion on the recent development in East Sea during the first virtual meeting this week. Dung said that the issue need to be discussed as it is part of the meeting to tackle regional and international issues. He also reiterated that the developments on East Sea …

United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) joint venture, The FinLab will be launching an online platform to help Asean businesses to digitalize. FinLab, an accelerator program that attracts over 2,000 businesses in Singapore, Malaysian and Thailand aims to give more entrepreneurs access to it’s business transformation programs. The membership will be free of charge and open to all SME’s and small businesses …

MANILA – Malacañang revealed on Tuesday that the upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Duterte will be on a different format as the country continues its campaign against the coronavirus pandemic. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that he still has not yet to receive a confirmation on whether the president would physically attend at Batasang Pambansa Session …

MANILA – Senator Risa Hontiveros has called for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to suspend its planned tax collections for online sellers as the country is trying to curb the spread coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Under the Resolution 453, Hontiveros is urging the Senate to investigate BIR’s memorandum circular issued this month. The BIR needs to clarify the registration and …

Thai durian fruit caused pandemonium at a post office in a German town in Bavaria, sending six postal workers to hospital and evacuation of the post office, according to CNN. The incident took place last Saturday at a post office in German town of Schweinfurt. The indecent happened after staff noticed a pungent smell emanating from a package. A statement from …

Parents are worrying about their children’s safety at school, as on 1st July the school semester will start. The Ministry of Education however, has assured families that each school has already prepared safety measures. Mr. Varavij Kambhu Na Ayudhaya, Advisor to the Minister of Education, said today the ministry has been working with the Department of Health, and has issued …

A political analyst warns that DAP ‘s support for Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) candidate for prime minister could once again put a dent in his grassroots backing, as cracks in the coalition are widening in disputes over his nominee for top post in the country. Awang Azman Awang Pawi, from Universiti Malaya, said DAP ‘s call for …