METRO MANILA – Actress Julia Barretto has shut down the pregnancy rumors by showing a photo of her toned abdomen in her official Instagram account. The actress posted the photo on her Instagram account with the caption “FAKE NEWS :).” View this post on Instagram FAKE NEWS 🙂 A post shared by Julia (@juliabarretto) on Sep 21, 2020 at 3:48am …

KUALA LUMPUR – PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim failed in his bid to strike out the sodomy charges filed against him by lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz as the High Court today dismissed his application that would grant him full pardon granted on the case. High Court Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir said that the plaintiff (Mohd Khairul Azam) …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to the official data, over 15,000 Malaysian have lost their job between January until July 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the labour market especially the service sector. According to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan, the statistics were provided by the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore and that the service sector were worst hit …

China ramped up its rhetoric about Taiwan, labeling any support for its independence as “doomed to fail,” and threatened retribution against US diplomatic visits to the island.  After the conclusion of a civil war in 1949, Taiwan has been administered independently from China, but Beijing considers the island part of its territories pending reunification. The island is Washington’s flashpoint, pledging …

If the nation experiences a second wave of Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has pledged to give health volunteers more special grants. In fact, while presiding over a ceremony, the prime minister made the promise to pass 3,500 baht each to over 1.05 million volunteers nationwide who were working to curb the initial outbreak. A retroactive pay of 500 …

The new plaque symbolizing democracy installed by demonstrators from the Thammasat Unified Front and Demonstration at Sanam Luang has been destroyed overnight. In a ceremony led by protest leader Parit Penguin Chiwarak at 6.39am on Sunday, the plaque was inserted in cement at Sanam Luang to mark a new age of people’s control and to announce Thailand belongs to the …

Gravedigger Junaedi Bin Hakim toils in a Jakarta cemetery until almost midnight almost every day, arranging plots for fellow Indonesians in the midst of a renewed increase in coronavirus burials. They honestly shared that they are worried and terrified but this is part of their job and obligations said 43-year-old Junaedi, who regularly left work at 4 pm before the …

METRO MANILA – Malacañang confirmed today that President Rodrigo Duterte has nominated lawyer Michael Peloton as the new Commission on Elections commisioner today. Peloton, a lawyer, was nominated to the poll body for a term until February 2027. He will be replacing Commissioner Luie Tito Guia. Comelec Chair Sheriff Abas said that Peloton with his background on Information technology, will …

METRO MANILA – Philippine-born United States bet Grandmaster Wesley So delivered four wins in the last six rounds to share the US$250,000 (Php12.5 million) Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament with reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen on Saturday. With one points lagging behind the world champion Carlsen, So was able to turn it around with the win on Armenian Levon …

KUALA LUMPUR – Muar MP and Former Malaysian youth minister Syed Saddiq confirmed on Sunday that he has been offered a scholarship placement at the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew’s Senior Fellowship in Public Service program at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Saddiq announced is admittance into the School’s Senior Fellowship in Public Service Programme in a Facebook post. The …