METRO MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in his first-ever address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, fully and unequivocally affirmed his country’s legal victory against China over the South China Sea. In a recorded speech for the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly that was released early morning, Duterte said that he stands by a …

METRO MANILA – The Department of Tourism on Wednesday announced that top tourist destination, Boracay Island, to soon open doors to local tourist even from areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) after six months of closure. Tourist from areas under the GCQ classifications will be allowed to visit the island while foreign tourist will still remain prohibited. Boracay Inter-Agency Task …

KUALA LUMPUR – Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah is currently receiving treatment at the National Heart Institute (IJN) since yesterday. According to Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, Al-Sultan Abdullah’s is in a good condition and His Majesty is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon. He said that Agong was admitted …

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said on Tuesday night that the United Nations must ensure that once the vaccine has been discovered, it must be made available to all. Muhyiddin said that the Covid-19 pandemic has taken so many lives and has exposed the capacity and effectiveness of our health sector. The socio-economic impact has been …

The Ministry of Industry is proposing a new car tax exemption to increase the national automotive industry’s enthusiasm. This proposal expected to last until the end of 2020. Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita directly expressed the proposal. He proposed relaxing the tax on new car purchases by 0% or reduce motor vehicle taxes (PKB). “We have proposed to the …

Regarding the shooting that killed Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in Intan Jaya Regency, Papua, the Commander of the XVII / Cenderawasih Military Region Command Major General of the Indonesian National Army (TNI) Herman Asaribab ordered his staffs to investigate. “The team has departed since Sunday directly to Hitadipa District to carry out a deepening and investigation of the shooting incident of …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned that if the anti-government demonstrations continue, the country will miss an chance to move forward. Speaking after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Gen Prayut said the organizers of the demonstrations had already made their true intentions clear, and that the people had to judge for themselves. The Unified Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD), with …

The Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) has been joined by three Thai cities, along with 52 other cities from 27 countries that will now become lifelong learning cities. As excellent models of how lifelong learning can become a practice by showing that successful strategies can promote the growth of inclusive, secure, stable and prosperous communities, Chachoengsao, Chiang Mai …

The Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, said that the distribution of wage or salary subsidies goes smoothly. According to data per 18 September 2020, a realization of stage I salary subsidy distribution has reached 2,484,429 people or 99.83 % of the total stage I recipients of 2.5 million people. For phase II, the distribution has reached 2,980,346 people or 99.34 …

State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) provides a promo with fare of Rp 0 or free specifically for the Ciranjang – Cipatat route (round trip) on the departure period of 21-30 September 2020. Presently people can avoid congestion on the Puncak route, Bogor because the train transportation to Bandung via Cianjur is now available. This happened because of …