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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) blamed the delay in license plate manufacturing on budget limitations at the Land Transportation Office (LTO), after the agency was chastised by the Commission on Audit (COA) for failing to produce P2.159 billion in license plates. DOTr said in a statement that the mentioned backlog in plate manufacturing is attributable to the LTO’s lack of …

Until recently, Vietnam’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been an extraordinary success story. Once the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan was known in January 2020, significant outbreaks in other Asian countries were predicted. When Vietnam was one among the first nations to report human-to-human transmission, it was thought that a large-scale outbreak was unavoidable. Vietnam, on the …

Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines said on Wednesday that the “only danger” in changing opponents for next week’s world welterweight boxing title fight is shifting from a southpaw opponent to a right-handed opponent. After American Errol Spence Jr. was pulled out of the fight on Tuesday after a left eye injury, the 42-year-old Filipino Senator puts on his gloves to …

Despite missing out on gold in the keirin at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has praised track cyclist Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang as the true champion for the people of Malaysia. According to the prime minister, Malaysians are all pleased of Mohd Azizulhasni’s success, as he shown tremendous battling spirit in the final at the Izu …

Leaders of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party have supported him to run as a vice presidential candidate in next year’s elections, allowing him to continue in power for another six years after stepping down in 2022. The party’s general assembly, which meets next month, must approve the move. The president of the Philippines can only serve one six-year term. …

The 27th Ministerial Meeting of the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) has focused on the post-Covid-19 IMT GT strategy, which targets the five major problems. Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, stated that the IMT-GT Implementation Blueprint (IB) 2022-2026 will address the five major challenges. Related PostsASEAN MPs urges government for Parliament to reconveneDPM, AG and ministers …

As Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to push Asean to designate an envoy, the US claimed that Myanmar’s military leader was just buying time with a two-year election deadline. Blinken is virtually participating in a week of discussions with foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which is the latest attempt by President Joe Biden’s administration …

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) is requesting the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to immediately reconvene Parliament. This came after UMNO’s withdrawal of support for the PN government and news reports regarding federal lawmakers forbidden entry to the Parliament building since Monday following the sudden cancellation of ongoing special meeting of both Houses due to alleged Covid-19 …

Indonesia’s foreign minister urges Myanmar to approve the appointment of special envoy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), saying that only small progress had been made between Myanmar and rival sides. Six months after Myanmar’s junta seized power, the foreign ministers of ASEAN held a meeting to finalize the envoy with a task to end the violence and …

Maybank Singapore Ltd sued National Feedlot Corp Sdn Bhd (NFC) chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail and his two children over defaulting on two housing loan facilities for properties in Singapore. On July 19, Maybank Singapore has filed the suit at the High Court through law firm Messrs Benjamin Dawson. Related PostsMaybank Faces Marginal Loan Growth and A Drop of …