KUALA LUMPUR – A food deliveryman was compounded RM5,000 for posting fake news on his social media platform Whatsapp by the Selayang Magistrate’s Court on Monday (April 20) Azwan Mohd Salleh, 23, told a co-worker at a department store had tested positive for COVID-19. He pleaded guilty to the charge.  Magistrate Nik Mohd Fadli Nik Azlan handed his sentence. The …

PETALING JAYA – Deputy Rural Development Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Mohamad said photographs being circulated on the internet of a gathering with him holding a cake while being surrounded by a group of people was unplanned and not meant to violate the movement control order (MCO). Abdul Rahman claimed was not planned and he would’ve been rude to turn them …

Here’s the proudly Filipino bean-to-bar chocolate, Auro Chocolate which is an award winning, that manufactures fine cacao and chocolate from Mindanao farming partners made from directly sourced beans. We buy our higher value beans to promote quality and give farmers the opportunity to raise their living standards. At their new factory in Calamba, Laguna, which is fitted with the latest …

The Thai Trade Centre (TTC) in Hong Kong said the price of Thai jasmine rice in the city has risen after people began hoarding supplies, while the import of Thai rice to Hong Kong rose by 2 to 3 tonnes in the first quarter of the year. Chanunpat Pisanapipong, executive director of TTC in Hong Kong, said the pandemic and …

We are living in an era in which intersecting problems are being lifted to a global scale, with unprecedented levels of inequality, environmental destruction and climate destabilization, as well as new spikes in populism, conflict, economic insecurity and increasing threats to public health. Both of these are crises that slowly tip the balance, question our business-as-usual economic paradigm of the …

The Public Health Ministry has come up with a plan on lifting restrictions on some businesses in 32 provinces, which will be submitted to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for consideration. Kamnuan Ungchusak, an adviser to the public health minister on the Covid-19 outbreak, said at a meeting with related agencies, it was agreed that the measures should …

There are patients who are not related to COVID-19 that needs medical attention and laboratory test to check the state of their health amidst the challenge of lock down. These are the elderly people who have heart problems, high cholesterol, dialysis patients and more complications. Here’s what the Medical City just launched – “Lab on Wheels”, which provides laboratory services …

As the extension of community quarantine in the Philippines continues, many people are in need of delivery services when they can’t get out of their homes to purchase their necessary needs. As a helpful resolution for this, GRAB is now serving another service to help their consumers. Grab has GrabMart introduced. Grab has provided a compromise with the restrictions and …

There is an alleged corruption on the government’s COVID-19 aid that was distributed to residents directly affected by the pandemic. The Depok City administration is reportedly investigating on this report, which the devious act is said to have been committed by a local community leader (RT). This corruption related to the social assistance (Bansos), according to Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris …

As a result of the government’s distancing policy, which among others, requires people to work from home, several business sectors are asking for a relief program from the government, including telecommunications companies. This request to cope with a sharp decline in their revenues due to the social distancing policy imposed since mid-March to halt the spread of COVID-19. Telecommunications providers …