The least fortunate area, particularly those with no admittance to banking administrations, will profit by the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), so President Duterte is asking each Filipino to pursue the public ID.  In a recorded video message played at the virtual service to dispatch the PhilSys recently, Duterte requested help as the public authority seeks after the long-past due project. …

KUALA LUMPUR – Technical issues at the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore, combined with an increase in passport renewal applications during the Covid-19 pandemic, contributed to long lines outside the mission recently, according to the Malaysian Immigration Department. In a statement, Malaysian Immigration Chief Khairul Dzaimee Daud said that a passport printing machine at the high commission is currently out …

KUALA LUMPUR: As of March 5, the government had approved 7,072 applications totaling RM1.334 billion in loans under the national economic recovery plan’s (Penjana) small and medium enterprise (SME) finance scheme, up from RM1.315 billion a week earlier. The total allocation of RM2 billion under the scheme, according to Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, prioritized SMEs that had not …

ALOR SETAR: As part of 12 resolutions passed by the state chapter at its convention here today, the Kedah DAP asked the state government and local councils to halt the clearing of non-Muslim places of worship. The resolution was passed, according to state DAP chief Tan Kok Yew, because a third Hindu temple is set to be destroyed, this time …

The congress has being challenged as  representative Harry Roque and Gen. Debold Sinas, public police officer, should confront punishments if examinations show that they abused wellbeing conventions. In view of this, both Sinas and Roque have been condemned for spurning isolate rules on various events, with the previous blamed for skipping wellbeing screening at Oriental Mindoro around the same time …

Amidst the protocols being done in the country, The National Task Force Against COVID-19 has changed its principles on suspension of passage into the Philippines, presently permitting all Filipinos, including the individuals who are not transient specialists, to get back to the nation starting March 22. They stated that all Filipino residents whether a returning Overseas Filipino or abroad Filipino …

The Justice Ministry has denied claims that jail corrections officers undermined three kept enemy of government rally pioneers and said they opposed Covid-19 testing and overlooked the security of different detainees. Pummel Nakbua, delegate lasting secretary for equity shared that three prisoners who are Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa, Panupong “Mike” Jadnok and Piyarat “Toto” Chongthep and  were moved from the Thon …

Surprisingly, President Joko Widodo has squeezed for help for immunization improvement in Indonesia in an offer to accelerate the accessibility of antibodies as the COVID-19 pandemic furrows on. Right now, the immunizations being created in the nation, incorporate the Red and White antibody and the Nusantara Vaccine, which we need to constantly uphold,” the head of state underlined in Jakarta. …

The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) held its first Partnership Conference with the theme “Towards Post-COVID Recovery and Resilience in ASEAN,” recognizing the need for stronger cross-pillar and cross-sectoral cooperation among ASEAN, its stakeholders, and partners in realizing the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery System. Kung Phoak, the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASCC, welcomed the delegates and stressed that the region’s recovery …

PETALING JAYA: The political party MUDA has introduced a website where members of the public can report ministers and VIPs who break MCO regulations. According to its pro tem secretary-general, Amir Hariri Abdul Hadi, there seemed to be a double standard in the implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs), as news reports regularly showed penalties being given to the general …