KUALA LUMPUR – About 300,000 Malaysian workers will be allowed to work in Singapore while the movement control order is in force said Senior Minister (Health Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The workers who were commuting daily will be provided a temporary accommodation during the MCO period after Malaysian and Singapore governments agreed to allow its citizen to work on the …

TAWAU – Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Zaini Jass urged over 300 Sabah tabligh participants attented the tabligh gathering from  Feb 23 to March 1 to undergo Covid-19 screening test. Zaini said that they were able to track down 1,000 individuals, 700 of which undergone screening. “We tracking down another 300 individuals. We urge them to go to the Ministry of …

Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on a report that Malaysians who commute everyday to work in Singapore will be provided housing quarters by the Singapore Government during the two-week period of the movement control order (MCO). Among the matters agreed between Singapore and Malaysia, Malaysian workers are required to take Covid-19 health screening upon their return home. The two …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said the government had ordered two types of drugs that were proven to help cure positive patients with Covid-19 in several countries. This was stated in a press statement at the State Palace, Jakarta, Friday, March 20. “Yes, the first antivirus has yet to be found, but there are several drugs that are tried in 1, …

Over wider spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 has led various parties to anticipate the prevention. Including the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) which will build a health logistics center at 11 points as part of the operation of the impact of transmission. This was conveyed by PMI Secretary General Sudirman Said when he was present in a discussion entitled “Community Movement …

The spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) and its uncontrolled, and also by seeing the facts of the people’s economy also deteriorated made Pro-Democracy Activist Network (ProDEM) voiced the Three People’s Demands (Tritura) 2.0. As for the contents of Tritura 2.0 this time, namely Lowering Prices, Lowering the Cabinet, and Breaking Up Relationships with China. According to the Chairperson of the ProDEM …

Minister of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir has confirmed that six SOEs listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange will buy back their shares. This step is in efforts to shore up the domestic money market amid the coronavirus outbreak. “We are processing (proposals for) share buyback at the stock exchange. But, for the time being, I have only allowed six …

Eid homecoming (mudik) trips is very common for Indonesian citizens after spending one month Ramadhan fasting. They usually get long public holiday to spend time with the family. However, due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in the emergency period, Transportation Ministry is mulling over the policy to ban the people from going on mudik to curb the spread of the virus. “We …

The lateness and lack of integration of the Indonesian government’s response to the spread of coronavirus or Covid-19 that has scared the public in the country even has killed patients tested positive of the virus, which has now been declared a global pandemic, causing anxiety and criticism. At the beginning of the virus outbreak in the country that was March …

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 23-year-old man for vandalising cars and setting fire to his own house to put pressure on his mother to buy him an expensive motorbike. The Si Sa Ket provincial court on Thursday approved a warran for the arrest of Jetkhati Wonglert, 23, of Muang district, for causing damage to property and offences …