KUALA LUMPUR – According to a decree published late on Thursday (Jan 14), Malaysia’s emergency will not see any government reforms while it is in force, which means that unpopular Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will remain in power despite threatening to lose his parliamentary majority this week. This comes as the decision to suspend Parliament during the emergency – which …

The Duterte administration is assuring the nation that they were preparing to secure 148 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but an official acknowledged that this would also depend on the worldwide availability of vaccines, 80% of which had already been bought by other nations. The latest pronouncement of vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. came as the government seeks to ease …

Alternative media network AlterMidya and three affiliates of its network asked the Ombudsman’s Office to fire three officials of the anti-communist task force of the government over their baseless red-tagging, a tactic that endangers those identified as insurgents and terrorists. In view of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, AlterMidya, Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Media Center filed criminal and …

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon defended the non-profit organization after President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned that PRC is hungry for money. PRC was running after the government over some of its unpaid debts. Gordon says over the radio, “We’re not greedy. All I’m saying is let’s be careful with our words because we were …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy said today that the Covid-19 vaccine which will be expected to be released in the first quarter for next year is not for treating the infection but rather a prevention against the disease. Dr Subramaniam added that when the vaccine was injected to a host, it would …

MANILA –  Philippine National athletes on Friday showed their gratitude to the Duterte administration for recovering their full month salary amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial, he will do his best to make Duterte and the country proud and will dedicate it to the Philippines if he wins the gold medal. Marcial is currently in …

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin held a meeting today with the top brass of Perikatan Nasional (PN) government with the preparation of the preparation for the Dewan Rakyat session which will start tomorrow. In a televised address yesterday, Muhyiddin said that he hopes all MPs can put aside their differences and unite for the sake of …

KUALA LUMPUR – DAP MP Tony Pua has rejected the formation of any government with the backing of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak. The stinging remarks came in after Najib allegedly lobbying for Barisan Nasional to support the Opposition leader Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s bid as the prime minister. Pua said that Najib is the “biggest crook in the country” …

KUALA LUMPUR – Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob defended his daily press briefing by saying that it is crucial to let the public know about the government’s effort to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. Sabri is responding to Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh comments on the recent National Security Council’s recent communication blunders on it Work from home (WFH) policy. …

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says that the government will do its best to ensure that ample supply of the country’s water resources is being managed sustainably. Muhyiddin said that doing this will contribute to the overall achievement of the national key performance index of 99% of water supply coverage, 80% connected sewerage system services and …