KUALA LUMPUR- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah left for a special five-day visit today to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana, said that the special visit was made at the invitation of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan. In a statement released today …

PETALING JAYA: Football and other sports competitions with viewers will be permitted from Jan 1, but this will depend on the restrictions on travel affecting the local venues, coupled with strict distancing regulations and health checks.Senior Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said sports and leisure activities and competitions in areas with a maximum of 4,000 spectators or 10 percent of …

Few days left till 2021 and the new year’s sustained higher oil and food prices could cause the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to remove monetary assistance from the ailing economy prematurely and jack up rates, raising the urgency of a compelling fiscal stimulus. In view of this, the supply fluctuations have kept food prices high and may be vulnerable …

Alternative media network AlterMidya and three affiliates of its network asked the Ombudsman’s Office to fire three officials of the anti-communist task force of the government over their baseless red-tagging, a tactic that endangers those identified as insurgents and terrorists. In view of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, AlterMidya, Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Media Center filed criminal and …

According to a recent report, an increasing need for a sharper emphasis on sustainability issues is obvious in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).Jointly conducted by the United Overseas Bank and the Institute for Emerging Market Studies of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the researchers also found that Chinese …

IPOH: All Perak assemblymen will receive an equal annual allocation of RM200,000 each from next year, either on the government bench or the opposition, following a decree by the state ruler.Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad, presenting the state budget at the state assembly today, said it would involve a total allocation of RM11.8 million per year. He said this was a …

KUALA LUMPUR – A spokesman for the Singapore Ministry of Transport said that Singapore and Malaysia are still in talks over the twice-delayed High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, which has until Dec 31 before officials have to make a final decision on its status.On Sunday, the Ministry referred to a Malaysian news article citing an unnamed source that said Malaysia plans …

In order to strengthen the economy, The Indonesian-South Korean Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK-CEPA) was signed in Seoul by Indonesian Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto and South Korean Trade, Industry, and Energy Minister Sung Yun-mo. The partnership happened during the COVID-19 pandemic only shows the willingness of both nations to jointly forge trade ties in the light of the global economic …

In order to investigate reports of irregularities in the government-funded scheme designed to aid the pandemic-hit tourism sector,  Thailand discontinued its domestic travel subsidy program before the peak holiday season. For the Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Yuthasak Supasorn, the authorities are reviewing allegations of collusion and fraud in the “We Fly Together” project which provides up to 40 percent …

President Rodrigo Duterte has requested for the swift formation of a separate department for Filipino migrant workers appears to pave the way for the contentious priority legislation to be implemented. In view of this, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, his long-time assistant, certified Duterte as an urgent 1949 Senate Bill just filed the last 14th of December. The bill creates a …