KUALA LUMPUR – On Nov 17, Malaysia announced that it had entered into an agreement with China to engage in the promotion of a safe and efficient antibody vaccine as part of efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the deal, in effect for an initial duration of five years, priority access to COVID-19 vaccines produced by China will be …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decided to declare a state of emergency in Batu Sapi in order to delay the forthcoming by-election scheduled for 5 December, in order to avert a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. A statement released on Wednesday evening (Nov 18) by palace comptroller Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin …

Speaking at the opening of the 2020 West Java Investment Summit held digitally in Bandung, The Governor noted that as the economy in the region grows rapidly over the next one to three decades, locals residing in the Rebana Metropolitan area should not become mere spectators. In view of this, The West Java provincial government aims to raise the rate …

The recent night’s protest at Ratchaprason intersection in downtown Bangkok, police intend to arrest anti-government protesters who reportedly destroyed police headquarters, splashed paint, and fired slingshots at police. Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen, deputy spokesperson highlighted that demonstrators had hurled objects at the headquarters building and splattered paint all over the signboard until the protesters dispersed. Consequently, The police in Pathumwan …

President Duterte has warned that if Vice President Leni Robredo decides to run for president in the 2022 elections, things would not be easy, as it would be her’ nightmare. The President aired his gripe against Robredo, who during the attack of Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses, which left scores dead in the middle of major floods in Luzon, he accused …

The President is still going through different issue but here’s another thing he tries to manage. It’s about how he recently approved the advance payments for vaccines for COVID-19, marking a change in the posture of the chief executive who formerly rejected allowing advance payments for the drug to end the pandemic of coronavirus. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced that …

There’s an update about the anticipated campaign for mass vaccinations to be carried out in December by Indonesian President Joko Widodo faces a pause after the country’s food and drug agency cautioned that because of insufficient results, it would not be able to provide emergency authorization until late January. The President shared  last week that Indonesia planned next month to …

 It’s surprising that the Police use water cannon to fire tear gas solution at protesters attempting to cut outside parliament erected via razor wire. In view of this, The line of concrete barriers and razor wire installed near the Bang Krabue intersection in front of the parliament in Dusit district at around 2.30 pm was reached by a group of …

President Rodrigo Duterte signed two administrative orders authorizing additional compensation to be given directly in touch with COVID-19 patients to frontline health staff and to public and private health employees. In view of this, AO No. 35 approved the awarding during the state of national emergency of active threat service pay to health employees working on the frontlines. Meanwhile, AO …

The on-going issue for Vice President Leni Robredo’s legal team asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to investigate the alleged complicity between Solicitor General Jose Calida and former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. who both moved to impede Associate Justice Marvic Leonen in the poll protest, in fearfully close but unrelated motions. The lawyers of Obredo advised the PET-sitting Supreme Court …