Geo Politics

The declaration made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers regarding the immediate reconvention of the Parliament has been noted by Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. However, he pointed out that the Agong did not give any exact date for the reopening of the Parliament. In a discussion on Bicara Harakah, he said that the Agong did not …

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers claimed yesterday that it is unnecessary to extend the current State of Emergency beyond August 1 which is its supposed end date. It was one of the seven recommendations concluded from the special Conference of Rulers meeting as stated by Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal Tan Sri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad …

Surprisingly, The House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez shared recently that he is keeping his choices open for a potential bid in the 2022 decisions after President Rodrigo Duterte guaranteed to help him should he run for VP. In view of this, He shared that without a doubt, the president’s warm help and uplifting statements will weigh intensely on whatever choice …

Unexpectedly, Three alliance parties and the resistance are making a bound together remain to strip the Senate of its ability to participate in choosing a chief by looking to modify the sanction through 14 alteration drafts. The Bhumjaithai, Democrat and Chartthaipattana parties alongside the resistance coalition on Wednesday documented 14 drafts between them looking to redress different segments in the …

President Rodrigo Duterte won’t ever help out a potential yet “legitimately incorrect” and “politically persuaded” examination by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the great many killings in his conflict on drugs that will simply affront the Philippine equity framework, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Resistance officials and common liberties bunches said equity was finding Duterte as they invited the move …

The Supreme Court requested the late Herminio Disini, a partner of the late tyrant Ferdinand Marcos, to pay the public authority P1 billion in mild harm and P1 million in praiseworthy harms for his job in the granting of the $2.2-billion Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) venture to Westinghouse Electric Corp. The court expected Disini to take responsibility for applying …

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has the power to call for the formation of an administrative body like the National Operations Council (Mageran). Before the Conference of Rulers meeting tomorrow, the Langkawi MP said in a virtual interview that his proposal to form a Mageran was not meant to overthrow or to …

Parliament can open in September or October under strict SOP according to the new recovery plan of the government, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. According to him, in the third phase of the plan, if the new Covid-19 cases will continue to go below 2,000 each day and the vaccination rate is at 40 per cent of the …

Quarantine protocols in Metro Manila and Bulacan will ease to general community quarantine (GCQ) with “some restrictions” starting June 16, President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Monday. The quarantine level in the two areas will last until June 30. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the only difference in the GCQ with “some restrictions” classification in Metro Manila and Bulacan is that …

The Philippines on Tuesday denied that it wrote a letter to Taiwan seeking for COVID-19 vaccines. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque told ABS-CBN News when asked to confirm the report and confirmed the country has denied that. Taiwanese media initially reported that an official from Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center confirmed that the Philippines “sent a letter to us” seeking to …