ASEAN – The Philippines will have national and municipal elections on May 9, 2022, to elect a new government. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m., according to the Commission on Elections. Check your status on COMELEC’s online precinct locator before arriving to your voting site so you don’t get any surprises on election day. Following …

Malaysia – DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke today explained that Pakatan Harapan (PH) could not cooperate with Perikatan Nasional (PN) for the 15th general election (GE15) as the latter is part of the current government. The Seremban MP was responding to Amanah’s deputy president Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub who urged the PH leadership to be open to talks with PN, and …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, the vice president of Umno, stated that the party must become stronger in order to rule efficiently. He said that if the party becomes stronger, it would be able to help Malays who have struggled since the coalition’s loss in the 2018 general elections. According to him, they all need to accept that their …

Malaysia – The fact that the Barisan Nasional (BN) is participating in 35 four-cornered contests in the Johor state election does not give the party an edge in scoring easy victories, according to BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said that BN was confident in its own abilities and was unconcerned about the large number of applicants seeking …

Malaysia – In the run-up to the Johor votes, a Johor Umno leader slammed former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for threatening to reveal proof of the country’s purported shaky finances, calling it “political intimidation.” Muhyiddin seems to have forgotten his prior job in government, according to Johor Umno deputy leader Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed. “Let us not forget …

India – An Indian official said that India has lodged a formal complaint with Singapore over a comment made by the country’s prime minister regarding the number of Indian legislators facing criminal charges, marking a rare case of disagreement between the Asian allies. In Singapore’s parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the comment while participating in a …

Malaysia – Under the current government of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Malaysia may once again have a deputy prime minister. According to a report which cited an unidentified source, Ismail Sabri met with his predecessor and Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin the other day in order to discuss the situation and may make a statement next …

Malaysia – Under the current Sarawak state Cabinet, Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen claims there is a “unprecedented concentration of power” in the hands of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. The Padungan assemblyman stated in a statement that Abang Johari’s consolidation of power significantly beyond that of previous chief minister Tun …

Malaysia – Malaysians who have been affected by some of the worst floods to hit Peninsular Malaysia have complained that government aid has not yet reached them, despite the fact that the continuing natural catastrophe has been happening for more than a week. A number of people, including hawker Rohkiah Abdul Aziz from Kampung Kubu Gajah in Selangor, have claimed …

Malaysia – It will be Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri’s first visit to Indonesia as Prime Minister after taking the oath of office on August 21, 2021. A significant new phase in Malaysia-Indonesia ties will begin when Malaysia’s Prime Minister meets with Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) for the first time. Efforts to recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic …