Geo Politics

Malaysia – Around 53,000 members of Penggerak Komuniti Negara (PKN) formally declared their membership in Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) recently. Nor Hizwan Ahmad, a former adviser to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin, led the announcement. Nor Hizwan, who is also the chairman of PKN, said that the declaration during the party’s formal debut is consistent with the NGO‘s …

Malaysia – So far, 27 people have died as a result of the catastrophic floods that devastated the nation on Saturday, the greatest death toll since the previous big floods in 2014. Twenty of the deaths were recorded in Selangor, while seven were confirmed in Pahang. As of Friday afternoon, 20 people have been reported dead in floods in Selangor, …

Thailand – The bureau endorsed new boost bundles named New Year’s presents to animate spending during the happy season. Along with this,The bundles incorporate an assessment derivation for individual citizens of up to 30,000 baht when buying labor and products, an augmentation of the current co-installment sponsorship conspire and a cut in property move and home loan charges. As indicated …

Malaysia – The Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone (M-WEZ) involves two Umno politicians directly. According to Malaysiakini, the Umno pair of Dewan Negara Deputy President Datuk Seri Mohamad Ali Mohamad and former Melaka Deputy Speaker Datuk Ghazale Muhamad own firms that have been given concession areas in the project. It was uncovered when checking on a new Klebang reclamation project under the M-WEZ that …

Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has seen as a few lacks in the execution of projects, undertakings and exercises (PPAs) of the six part offices of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2020. In its combined for public government-organizations, the COA said deficient documentation, low asset usage and unutilized reserves, unapproved store …

Thailand – Equity Minister Somsak Thepsutin might have messed himself up by getting an imperial acquittal for “hotshot” serving time for designing one of the country’s costliest defilement cases. It has blown up by harming Mr Somsak as a clergyman as well as conceivably his future political possibilities. Half a month prior, the absolution was distributed in the Royal Gazette …

Philippines – In their most recent accommodation to the Commission on Elections, candidates looking for the undoing of official competitor Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr’s. Certificate of Candidacy presented another affirmation expressing that the court has no records of the respondent’s consistence or installment of fine in his duty case. In a 67-page Memorandum and Formal Offer of Evidence, candidates through …

Malaysia – Ten individuals have been reported missing after floods in Pahang, with eight of them suspected to have been carried away by two water surge occurrences in Bentong. Ismail Abdul Ghani, deputy director of operations at Pahang Fire and Rescue Department, said three people, including a six-year-old child, were reported missing last night in an incident at a chalet, …

Malaysia – Political analysts believe the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is set to use Saturday’s historic election success to extract concessions, including increased autonomy. The party won 76 of the 82 seats in the state legislature, giving the state’s governing parties their highest gain in five decades and reaffirming prior warnings about rising rejection of peninsula power in Borneo state, …

Thailand – The previous Bangkok lead representative Bhichit Rattakul has joined the group of Chadchart Sittipunt as he lobbies for the Bangkok lead representative political decision. In view of this, Mr Chadchart, who is running in the following gubernatorial race as a free, disclosed Mr Bhichit, 75, as an individual from his campaigning group during a visit through Bang Khunthian …