The season-opening Qatar MotoGP, scheduled to take place on March 8, was cancelled Sunday because of the spread of the coronavirus, the international motorcycling federation (FIM) announced. “Due to Qatar travel restrictions brought into force affecting passengers from Italy (amongst other countries), the premier class will not race at the Losail circuit,” the FIM said. As the coronavirus has spread, …

KUALA LUMPUR – Three more new Covid-19 cases were reported on Friday (Feb 28), bringing the total to 25. 22 patients have recovered and have been discharged. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said one of the new cases was a Japanese woman, aged 41, who works in Malaysia. She also had history of flying in Japan and Indonesia. …

KUALA LUMPUR – In a report released on Friday, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council states that Anwar gets the most number of nominations from MPs based on a system that was set by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah several days ago. This is regardless of the palace’s statement which the Agong confirmed that he …

PUTRAJAYA – Should the Parliament gets dissolved in the stir of current political restructuring, the Election Commission (EC) is prepared to conduct an early general election. Chairman Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun states that Article 55(4) of the Federal Constitution stipulates that general elections must be held within 60 days of the dissolution of Parliament by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Approximately, …

PETALING JAYA – The Pakatan Harapan presidential council accused Dr Mahathir Mohamad of interfering with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the selection of next PM. The interim prime minister revealed yesterday that the king has yet to decide on who commands the majority to form the next government. “The announcement to call for the special parliamentary session challenges the rights …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Edge reported Friday evening that Tan Sri Tommy Thomas filed his resignation as Malaysia’s Attorney General. A source says that Thomas sent his letter to the interim prime minister who appointed him as AG. Thomas was the Attorney General from June 2018, marking his second term this year. As AG, he was persistent to go after …

Special Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Diaz Hendropriyono, said that there were exceptions for the children of ex-ISIS Indonesian citizens to return home. But not that easy, Diaz said there would be a strict selection and identification stage from the government which was reviewing any criteria that could repatriate the children of former ISIS citizens. “The …

PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) President Director Irfan Setiaputra ensured that there were no cancellations for muslims that would leave for umrah pilgrims. Tickets already booked do not expire after the termination of the Umrah Visa service by the Saudi Arabian government. The Company seeks to ensure that prospective pilgrims do not suffer financial losses. “We have agreed that there are …

Data shows that about 60 percent of village heads (kades) did not graduate from the High School (SMA). For this reason, the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian asked law enforcement agencies such as the police and prosecutors not to directly process the law of the village head who made mistakes in managing village fund administration. “The mismanagement of …

Formula E event that will be held in Jakarta still raising polemic. The Greater Jakarta Ombudsman suspected maladministration on the issuance of recommendation to use the venue for this car race event, that is in National Monument or Monas by the Restoration Trial Team (TSP). According to the Ombudsman Chairman Teguh Nugroho, that the alleged maladministration could be seen from …