At the United Nations General Assembly session, Vanuatu again criticised the Papua issue. The Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Bob Loughman, in a speech at the 75th UN session (UNGA 2020), accused Indonesia of committing human rights violations in Papua. Vanuatu is one of the countries in the Pacific that has highlighted alleged human rights violations in Papua. Vanuatu also supports …

The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) of Indonesia opened their voices about the accuracy of the results of the COVID-19 virus swab test it that being carried out. They also said about the equipment being used to carry out the swab test was following laboratory protocol standards. Deputy VII BIN Wawan Hari Purwanto said BIN uses two RT PCR kits of …

PETALING JAYA – Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) respects Sabah’s decision in yesterday’s election, says PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) was able to secure a simple majority win and the right to form a new state government. According to Anwar, The people of Sabah has fulfilled their responsibility despite the country in recovery movement control order …

KOTA KINABALU – The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah alliance has unanimously picked Sabah Bersatu chief Datuk Hajiji Noor as their chief minister candidate. The decision was announced at a press conference today at the Magellan Sutera Resort today. The announcement came in a day after leaders of GRS negotiated with Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin to pick a chief minister. …

The North Korea expressed sorrow that a South Korean man had been shot dead to avoid the spread of coronavirus, the national security advisor of the South said, in the midst of increasing public and political indignation. The apology emerged in a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae from the United Front Department of the North, which manages cross-border …

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that the Indonesian nation and other nations were facing a very tough trial. Millions of people around the world exposed to COVID-19. Jokowi also said world economic growth had slowed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic growth of the number of large countries had decreased significantly since the outbreak. “The Parmusi Congress …

In a coordination meeting for the leadership of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (PC-PEN) of the Ministry of Institutions 2020, Minister of Defense Syahrul Yasin Limpo confirmed the availability of rice for national needs until the end of the year. “The first planting season from January to June 2020, there were 23 million tons of carry-over …

METRO MANILA – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assured the public that before the vaccine be made available, the government will make sure the public safety is the utmost priority and that caution will be strictly observed in the vaccine registration. The FDA is expecting a vaccine to be approved for use in the country by April 2021. …

METRO MANILA – The PBA is now officially back after the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases issued a provisional approval to go ahead and resume its season. The suspended Philippine Cup is set to resume on October 11 in Clark City, Pampanga. The league will send teams to the city in two batches in preparation for the season. …

When more than 1,000 from around the world have applied for paramilitary ranger volunteer positions in the area, young people have little concern in serving in the struggle-torn deep South. On Friday, a total of 1,077 contestants underwent a physical fitness test at the Ingkhayuthaborihan military camp in Pattaya’s Nong Chik district.. When more than 1,000 people from around the …