The doctors provided medical and relief aid on board rubber boats for the victims of Typhoon Ulysses in Marikina. Recently, the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) reactivated its doctors on ship scheme to provide medical services and relief goods to families affected in the Bicol region by Typhoons Quinta and Rolly. In addition to delivering relief kits, on Saturday, PMA President …

Indonesia requested emergency permission to launch a mass vaccination program to fight the coronavirus in the archipelago by the end of the year, the president of the South-East Asian nation said on Friday (Nov 13). President Joko Widodo shared that the preparations were already advanced to spread the vaccine throughout the entire world. If approval is issued by the food …

The bill to change the charter introduced by the Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) is the least likely of seven bills to make it through parliament, although it is the most controversial. Any senators could also not show up for the first-reading vote on the seven drafts as they fear there may be tensions between anti-government demonstrators and pro-government backers …

The Typhoon Vamco unexpectedly barrelled into Vietnam, destroying buildings and injuring at least five people. In view of this, the storm made landfall with winds of up to 90kmh uprooting trees and tearing the roofs off houses and schools. Talking about this, Vamco is the latest in a string of storms over the past six weeks that have pummeled Vietnam, …

The extension of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) from November 9 to December 6, the trial of the Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor corruption case at the High Court here, which was scheduled to proceed today, has been postponed to 11th of December. Earlier this month, when the CMCO was extended to November 9, the graft case hearing was delayed. …

Parliament is taking a huge action in order to deal with false news and with this, the government will use current regulations. Looking back, on the 30th of January of this year the Anti-Fake News Act was officially repealed. In relation to this, current laws such as the Penal Code, the Printing and Printing Presses and Publications Act and the …

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, co-founder of the Democratic Movement, called off a scheduled campaign trip to Surat Thani on for fear that he might face resistance close to what he faced from a group of yellow-clad royalists in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Instead in the 20th of December, regional administration organization (PAO) election there Mr Thanathorn went to Phangnga to assist with his …

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Department (BMKG) has received an earthquake early warning receiver system from the Garut Disaster Mitigation Agency in West Java that will enable the local government to conduct prompt mitigation efforts. The system can detect and generate on a computer screen digital records of earthquakes and is connected to other WRS instruments in Indonesia, acting head …

The government has introduced a scheme to help finance small businesses 13th month payout, but companies worry the loan conditions are not enticing enough for distressed businesses that can spend the capital elsewhere or simply want to close down entirely. To date, some 21,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have received funding under the COVID-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises …

President Rodrigo Duterte would not trivialize the plight of the victims of Typhoon Ulysses as he says he wants to dive in the floodwaters with them. Only those who just don’t like the President claim he sympathize with all the victims of this typhoon because the true message of the President is this. Duterte stated he wanted to swim with …