Geo Politics

Gua Musang MP Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has formally requested to sit with the Independent bloc in Dewan Rakyat, making him the first UMNO MP to do so after the party withdrew its support from the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government. An official letter containing this request, dated July 26 was received by Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun. Tengku Razaleigh …

Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon has ignored MPs’ motion requests to be debated prior to commencing with the daily agenda during the sitting. Puchong MP Gobind Singh and Sepang MP Mohamed Hanipa Maidin brought up their filed motions to refer de facto law minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee. According to Mohamed Hanipa, the motion …

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed on third and last perusing two estimates that would build up a virology organization in the nation, just as a middle for infection anticipation. In view of this, Representatives predominantly endorsed the proposition as a reaction to the Covid pandemic, in a bid to all the more likely prepare the Philippines in research …

Surprisingly. contrary to President Duterte’s claim that he fired 43 Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel allegedly involved in the “pastillas scheme,” they have actually reported back to work but are facing criminal and administrative charges, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has expressed it to the public. In his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 26, Duterte claimed that …

Opposition MPs demands Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for answers regarding the National Recovery Plan (NRP) that he tabled in Parliament this morning. However, this caused a commotion in the Parliamentary as the PM was absent and made Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz respond on behalf of the prime minister in which the Opposition MPs were …

OCTA Research called for “circuit-breaking” lockdowns as it said a flood in COVID-19 contaminations has started in Metro Manila where the exceptionally contagious Delta variation might be playing a factor. The call came as specialists distinguish more instances of the Delta with neighborhood transmission and as President Rodrigo Duterte cautioned Monday a re-visitation of the lockdowns of 2020 is conceivable. …

The resistance’s reactions against President Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) are normal, Malacañang said recently as it protected his choice to zero in on the organization’s dubious conflict on drugs. Pundits have asserted that Duterte’s SONA needed substance, saying the President committed an excessive amount of time on the medication war regardless of whether individuals needed to …

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that the success of the National Recovery Plan (PPN) is dependent on the support of all parties as the Covid-19 crisis needs to be approached as a whole nation rather than as a whole government. The Prime Minister asked all parties, including the government, the people, non-governmental organizations and other parties to join forces and …

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s motion to debate the Emergency ordinances has been turned down by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun saying that it has been submitted too early. Azhar explained in a letter that the rejection was because it has been submitted on July 12 and before the notice for the special parliamentary meeting was issued …

For ecological campaigners, President Rodrigo Duterte’s 6th and last State of the Nation Address was disillusioning for its inability to make reference to activities to ensure the climate and moderate the effects of the environment emergency. Duterte’s last SONA was the longest since 1986 however it didn’t set out any plans on how the public authority will address environmental change …