Geo Politics

PETALING JAYA: The government has been asked by Klang MP Charles Santiago to clarify its relations with Goldman Sachs on issues arising from the 1MDB scandal. In response to allegations that the US government was working with Goldman Sachs to prevent evidence related to the scandal from being provided to former Prime Minister Najib Razak, he said Putrajaya had a …

Given all the cash acquired just to get them, a congressperson on Thursday asked the public authority: Where is the nation’s inventory of the critically required COVID-19 immunizations? Sen. Panfilo Lacson said this on his social media account as he noticed that the nation has an asset of P126.75 billion for the acquisition of immunizations — everything except P10 billion …

A sanction correction bill was dismissed by the parliament in its third and last perusing and neglecting to get the help of a greater part of parliament individuals and at any rate 33% of representatives as the constitution required. In view of this, The bill got votes of help from 206 House delegates and two of the 250 representatives, while …

KUALA LUMPUR: Effective tomorrow, mosques and suraus in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Labuan will hold full-capacity prayers on their premises, with a 1.5m physical separation. The new ruling was made after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah gave his permission, according to Mohd Ajib Ismail, director of the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (JAWI). Friday prayers at …

PETALING JAYA: DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said today that the government’s new RM20 billion economic recovery plan was insufficient to lift the country out of recession. He said that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s new Pemerkasa stimulus package, which included just RM11 billion in fiscal injections compared to previous stimulus packages, was insufficient. This 50% discount or pay RM5,000 within …

KUALA LUMPUR: Over RM114 million in cash confiscated by police at Pavilion Residences after the 2018 general election has no ties to 1MDB, the High Court heard today. Lawyer Hariharan Singh, who is representing Umno in its effort to recover the confiscated funds, said there is “not a shred of evidence” that the funds came from former party president Najib …

The situation gets even unexpected as five individuals from President Duterte’s Cabinet are currently on deliberate isolate after either testing positive for COVID-19 contamination or having close contact with the individuals who had tested positive. Along with this is Secretary Delfin Lorenzana which is the head of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 yet affirmed recently that he was …

PETALING JAYA: Even as the government appears to be reconsidering the blanket big compounds, Umno Youth has become the latest political group to provide legal assistance to those fined RM10,000 for breaching the movement control order regulations. Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, the leader of Umno Youth, backed the government’s attempts to tighten standard operating procedures, but said the high fines would …

KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said today that the police hope to see non-Bumiputera and Orang Asli members make up 20% to 30% of the force in order to boost communications when dealing with cases. “I fear that our force could end up with 95% Bumiputera personnel, including those from Sabah and Sarawak. This is not something …

Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono repeated the public authority’s choice to import salt during a new gathering coordinated by the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment. A choice to import salt was taken at a gathering of the organizing clergyman for sea issues and venture. The clergyman affirmed to in any case be anticipating information identified …