Philippines – The Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Davao del Norte), previous House speaker is enduring an onslaught from gatherings and backers for people with handicaps over a live-streamed outburst where he involved chemical imbalance as an affront against a political rival. In view of this, Alvarez, at a mission rally in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Friday, ridiculed De Carlo …

MANILA – Senator Cynthia Villar apologized on Wednesday “humbly” apologized for her remarks and seeming “insensitive” comments against middle-class families. In a statement, Villar said her comments were not “meant to be an affront to the hardworking middle class of the country.” “I might have framed my questions and statements in such a manner that made it seem I was …

Thai social media users mocked China for authoritarian rule and likened President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh. A comparison that is also banned in China. “Thailand is poor, but China is Pooh,” read one viral tweet. Social media anger from Chinese communists over a Thai internet model’s comments on the virus from Wuhan has set off a storm. Uniting …

KUALA LUMPUR – Top Police today had confirmed that the man arrested for allegedly insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is mentally unsound. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said that the suspect, who was said to have made the insult in a Facebook posting had a medical record of mental health problems. The police were investigating the person …