Geo Politics

President Duterte has warned that if Vice President Leni Robredo decides to run for president in the 2022 elections, things would not be easy, as it would be her’ nightmare. The President aired his gripe against Robredo, who during the attack of Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses, which left scores dead in the middle of major floods in Luzon, he accused …

 It’s surprising that the Police use water cannon to fire tear gas solution at protesters attempting to cut outside parliament erected via razor wire. In view of this, The line of concrete barriers and razor wire installed near the Bang Krabue intersection in front of the parliament in Dusit district at around 2.30 pm was reached by a group of …

President Rodrigo Duterte signed two administrative orders authorizing additional compensation to be given directly in touch with COVID-19 patients to frontline health staff and to public and private health employees. In view of this, AO No. 35 approved the awarding during the state of national emergency of active threat service pay to health employees working on the frontlines. Meanwhile, AO …

The on-going issue for Vice President Leni Robredo’s legal team asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to investigate the alleged complicity between Solicitor General Jose Calida and former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. who both moved to impede Associate Justice Marvic Leonen in the poll protest, in fearfully close but unrelated motions. The lawyers of Obredo advised the PET-sitting Supreme Court …

MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR—Tan Sri Tommy Thomas Former attorney general said holding the highest legal office within the nation had uncovered him to the true nature of Malaysian politicians in for all intents and purposes major way.He made the remarks in a legal podcast that for all intents and purpose,  specifically reported by The Edge.Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in spite of …

The Province of Isabela, which was recently hit by historic floods in the midst of the Ulysses typhoon strike, does not have adequate funds to screen people in coronavirus shelters. Whatever capital the province does have, It will be diverted into improving its relief facilities and evacuation centers. The governor shared that now that there is no further rain, they …

Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) shared that the anti-graft body expects unethical practices and misuse of authority in Malaysia to grow in the coming years. According to a story by The Star today, he said this is because of the vulnerable and dynamic climate that Malaysia currently finds itself in, but did not …

Malaysia’s most wanted man claimed in the first audio recordings of Jho Low released that more than US$1 billion (RM4.11 billion at today’s exchange rate) that ended up in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s private bank accounts came from 1MDB and was not part of the generous contributions from the royal family of Saudi Arabia. The fugitive said King Abdullah of …

The extension of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) from November 9 to December 6, the trial of the Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor corruption case at the High Court here, which was scheduled to proceed today, has been postponed to 11th of December. Earlier this month, when the CMCO was extended to November 9, the graft case hearing was delayed. …

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, co-founder of the Democratic Movement, called off a scheduled campaign trip to Surat Thani on for fear that he might face resistance close to what he faced from a group of yellow-clad royalists in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Instead in the 20th of December, regional administration organization (PAO) election there Mr Thanathorn went to Phangnga to assist with his …