Geo Politics

PETALING JAYA: Former Prime Minister Najib Razak today refused to try to incite Malaysians to give individuals a one-off withdrawal of RM10,000 from their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Account 1 and to extend the loan moratorium with his call for Putrajaya. He said that he did not stand to benefit directly from these measures, adding that if these two conditions …

Despite the implementation for using all laws and all articles against protesters who breach the law and have little regard for other people’s rights, the government and security forces will escalate their reaction to the highly violent demonstrations. This is because of the relieved solution that the prime minister have and they set up commissions to find a way out …

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) stated that digital transformation will continue to play a stronger role in the growth and recovery of Metro Manila‘s economy in the midst of the pandemic. In view of this, NEDA Assistant Secretary for Regional Development Greg Pineda said growth by new offerings will commence from the services sector during the presentation of …

The students calling for an academic strike should not have any consequences, more than 700 graduates of the University of Ateneo de Manila said in a statement in support of the grassroots protest against the national government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and the recent typhoon attacks. The school’s official student paper, The GUIDON, announced this new development. The declaration …

The chief government whip Wirat Ratana-sate and Palang Pracharath Party MP are being tipped to head the parliamentary committee that will vet draft charter amendment drafts. In fact, For the first time, the 45-member committee, created after Parliament voted to approve two charter amendment drafts in the first reading of this week’s contentious two-day joint session, is scheduled to meet. …

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21- Each MP should be given the opportunity to help, reject or indeed withdraw from voting on the 2021 Budget, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said today as officials wrangle at RM 322.5 billion over Malaysia’s biggest investment plan. The Umno vice-president and a former MP proposed the proposal as an alternative to the bloc voting convention, …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that all laws and all articles will be enforced against protestors who breach the constitution. In a statement released from his office, in the face of street protests by pro-democracy demonstrators demanding his resignation, as well as reform of the monarchy and he’s serious about giving notice. He highlighted the government and different organizations had …

PETALING JAYA: In the event that Budget 2021 is not affirmed, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad states, respectful workers will still be paying their pay scales.  The former chief said that it is unfaithful to oppose Budget 2021, that respectful staff and frontliners will not earn salaries, pensions and remittances. A talk on the budget tabled in October did not go …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decided to declare a state of emergency in Batu Sapi in order to delay the forthcoming by-election scheduled for 5 December, in order to avert a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. A statement released on Wednesday evening (Nov 18) by palace comptroller Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin …

The recent night’s protest at Ratchaprason intersection in downtown Bangkok, police intend to arrest anti-government protesters who reportedly destroyed police headquarters, splashed paint, and fired slingshots at police. Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen, deputy spokesperson highlighted that demonstrators had hurled objects at the headquarters building and splattered paint all over the signboard until the protesters dispersed. Consequently, The police in Pathumwan …