The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency  approved a COVID-19 vaccine produced for emergency use by China’s Sinovac Biotech, the chairwoman of the office, Penny K. Lukito. The approval for emergency use was given after a thorough review of the interim results of  Sinovac’s late clinical trials in Indonesia, Brazil, and Turkey of the vaccine. The results of Sinovac and …

It’s only the start of 2021 but here’s the challenge for the nation as they combat the spreading of coronavirus and by the end of February, Thailand is expected to start inoculating its citizens against Covid-19, with the goal of vaccinating at least 33 million people, half of the nation’s population, by the end of 2021. If the Thai Food …

SINGAPORE: Qualified staff members of Singapore Airlines (SIA) will begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Changi Airport Terminal 4 on Wednesday (January 13) as part of a vaccination campaign for some aviation employees. Singapore-based staff members who are already on the rostered routine testing programme are available for the vaccine, a SIA spokesperson said on Tuesday. These include cabin crew, …

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): Malaysia Airlines Bhd is providing the flexibility of rebooking their airline tickets with a one-time fare difference and service-fee waiver to passengers whose travel plans are affected by the implementation of Malaysia’s Covid-19-driven Movement Control Order (MCO) and interstate travel ban. In a statement yesterday on its website, Malaysia Airlines said the versatility of changing tickets …

PETALING JAYA: Considering the new Movement Control Orders (MCO) and the state of emergency, which was declared today, the country’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic will not be affected. Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said this was because, with fundraising, trade, and investment activities continuing as normal and with all regulatory functions in place, capital markets will stay open. …

In the background of inquiries into the killing of flight attendant Christine Dacera, the Commission on Human Rights voiced outrage recently over what it said was victim-blaming and gender stereotyping, which it said just further disrespects the victim and brings further distress to the bereaved families. To remember, the morning after a New Year’s Eve celebration, Dacera was found unconscious …

It is important to expand the agricultural sector on a vast economic scale, on food lines, through the optimum use of infrastructure and technology in order to increase productivity and minimize imports. President Jokowi stressed that it is no longer possible to grow the agricultural sector in a traditional and routine way, but that it needs breakthrough and creativity. He …

It’s 2021 but here’s a plot twist that happened as Thai authorities charged four democracy activists with royal defamation with the protest movement rocking the kingdom put on hold because of a spike in cases of coronavirus. In a major upsurge in Thailand’s use of its strict lese majeste laws since a youth-led protest movement began last July, a total …

SINGAPORE – When tackling fake news, social media platforms are hindered by their commercial interests, the Singapore law minister said, stressing the need for the city-state law against online falsehoods, which critics say stifles free speech.K. Shanmugam, speaking on Thursday in an interview for broadcast at the Reuters Next conference on Tuesday, defended the new city-state law against Facebook’s concern …

Hotels in Malaysia are expected to lose all revenue streams with the implementation of another movement control order which restricts interstate travel. Yap Lip Seng, Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH), said that while the MCO is important, it would do more harm to the tourism and hospitality industry.“With the implementation of restrictions based on MCO …