A PPRP source said the gathering was meant to serve as a warning by the Sam Mitr group to other party members after reports emerged that some key figures of the group may see their cabinet seats re-allocated to other PPRP members from a different faction in the next cabinet shake-up following the censure debate. The Sam Mitr group is …

A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed at least 630 people. Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships.

KOTA BARU – Malaysia encouraged Muslims to perform special prayers to seek God’s intervention against the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. Kelantan mufti Datuk Mohamad Shukri Mohamad said congregational prayers were channels for Muslims to ask for Allah’s help against outbreak and diseases Shukri also believed that the virus was a test from God on the people in different countries. …

PUTRAJAYA – Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said that Malaysia is not facing risk of recession despite the government’s plan to expedite implementation of an economic stimulus package. “There’s no risk of recession in Malaysia. I think what the government want is to ensure sustainable economic growth.” He added. The ministry’s economic stimulus package would include rebates on tax and …

In Davao Occidental a state of calamity was announced after the death toll of hogs in the municipality of Don Marcelino climbed to about 5,000 due to African Swine Fever (ASF). In Malita and Jose Abad Santos ASF have affected 15 barangays. The provincial government is planning, according to the report, to contain the ASF within the province. It occurred …

According to a Philippine official in Japan on Friday, the Filipino crew member on a cruise ship in Japan is in stable condition at a hospital after testing positive for novel coronavirus (nCoV). He said that 538 Filipinos — 531 crew members and 7 guest passengers — are on board the Diamond Princess Yokohama-bound cruise ship, which was subjected to …

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said a combined team of Kanchanaburi wildlife checkpoint officials and paramilitary rangers found the carcasses of the two protected animals at Ban Phu Nam Ron border village in tambon Ban Kao of Muang district at around 1pm on Wednesday.  The suspect, 39,  was handed over to Muang police station for legal action. …

RAdm Kerdsak Weerayothin, director of Queen Sirikit Hospital in Chon Buri province, said on Thursday that four returnees had been admitted with a fever, coughing and diarrhoea and their symptoms had now  subsided. However, x-rays revealed one of them had a small lung disorder. The patient would be thoroughly examined, he said. Government spokesperson Narumon Pinyosinwat said Prime Minister Prayut …

After test positive, Singapore is covering the medical treatment costs of an Indonesian migrant worker currently hospitalized at Singapore General Hospital after the worker was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus symptoms. This was informed by spokesman of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry Teuku Faizasyah. According to Singapore’s claim, that the Indonesian migrant worker may be able to recover from the coronavirus …

Indonesian government plans to repatriate 600 citizens used to be the terrorist group fighters. A former supporter of ISIS Aleeyah Mujahid, 25-year-old, not her real name, welcomed that plan. “This is the answer we have been waiting for since the past two years,” Aleeyah said as quoted byTempo on Wednesday, February 5. She has been a refugee in Rojava camp …