KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s flagship budget airline AirAsia Group is set to lay off hundreds more jobs as the company is still reeling in with the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the economy. It’s Malaysian unit and subsidiary AirAsia X Bhd also plans to cut staff. The affected staff will be informed within 72 hours. The company will also be …

MANILA – With the franchise renewal application of ABS-CBN denied by the House of Representative, Vice President Leni Robredo urged the public to remember the names of the representatives who voted against the renewal and hold them accountable. [A] Pahayag ni Vice President Leni Robredo ukol sa pagbasura ng Kamara sa franchise renewal ng ABS-CBN Full text here: https://t.co/BH8ZRQklor pic.twitter.com/0fySxewzE5 …

The pre-employment card program which is being predicted by the government to help economically affected communities due to the Covid-19 outbreak was not as smooth as expected. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found that the pre-employment card program is actually saturated with issues. The KPK recommends that the batch 4 Pre-Employment Card program be paused. The reason is that the …

Indonesia’s economy has been hit hardly due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic where thousands of workers get laid off. This was announced by the head of the COVID-19 countermeasure acceleration team, Doni Monardo, on Monday, April 13. “The layoff affected at least 1.6 million workers according to the reports from a number of state ministers,” said Doni in today’s press conference …