There are three airlines that have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Transportation for violating health protocols in their operations. The three airlines have violated the rules stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Transportation Number PM 56 Year 2020 Amendments to the Regulation of the Minister of Transportation Number PM 78 Year 2017 concerning Imposition of Administrative Sanctions …

West Jakarta Mayor Uus Kuswanto is currently recovering after being infected with Covid-19 at Pertamina Central Hospital, South Jakarta. Uus is one of the Provincial Government of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta officials who is positive for Covid-19. He said he was recovering and had left the treatment room. “Thank God, I am getting better, I have left the …

MANILA – Metro Manila mayors may likely agree to extend the general community quarantine (GCQ) for another month even when the Covid-19 cases subsides. According to Parañaque City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) chairman Edwin Olivarez he believes that keeping the GCQ raised for another month would be benefitial to curb the spread of the virus. Olivarez said that …

METRO MANILA – International medical journal, The Lancet has listed the Philippines 66th out of 91 countries in terms of suppressing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of August. Lancet notes that one of the key part to blame is the President Rodrigo Duterte’s “medical populism” on the issue. The list was based on the new cases of Covid-19 per million …

METRO MANILA – Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has recovered from the coronavirus disease COVID-19, the Pontificio Collegio Filippino announced on Wednesday. The recovery was announced almost 2 weeks after  the cardinal contracted the virus. He was assymptomatic and went on a self-quarantine. According to Fr. Gregory Gaston, PCF Rector, The Tagle’s brings great joy for the whole church. He …

Indonesia reported an extraordinary regular spike in the Covid-19 death toll with 160 deaths, raising the total count to 9,837.  The Central Java province recorded the largest number of deaths with 42, followed by Jakarta with 30, East Java with 25, Banten with 16 and West Java with 11, the initial epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic. On the same day, …

MANILA – Former speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has declared that the Duterte administration’s pandemic response “a failure”. The statement came in from his local radio program in Davao del Norte, Alvarez said that he prefers the next Philippine President to not be just a man who shows courage but also someone who has brains. He did not endorsed anyone he might …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to the official data, over 15,000 Malaysian have lost their job between January until July 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the labour market especially the service sector. According to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan, the statistics were provided by the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore and that the service sector were worst hit …

If the nation experiences a second wave of Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has pledged to give health volunteers more special grants. In fact, while presiding over a ceremony, the prime minister made the promise to pass 3,500 baht each to over 1.05 million volunteers nationwide who were working to curb the initial outbreak. A retroactive pay of 500 …

Gravedigger Junaedi Bin Hakim toils in a Jakarta cemetery until almost midnight almost every day, arranging plots for fellow Indonesians in the midst of a renewed increase in coronavirus burials. They honestly shared that they are worried and terrified but this is part of their job and obligations said 43-year-old Junaedi, who regularly left work at 4 pm before the …