PUTRAJAYA – Consumers in areas currently placed under Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) are being encouraged to shop online to help curb the spread of the Covid-19 infections. According to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, the move can also limit crowd gatherings and movement of individuals in places such as restaurants, malls and others. …

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday urged several members of cause-oriented groups to avoid mass gathering during President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 27 to lessen the spread of the coronavirus disease. PNP Chief Gen. Archie Gamboa made the appeal to groups planning to conduct physical protest to avoid gatherings and just do the …

KUALA LUMPUR – CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd (CIMB) has announced two new digital solutions for customers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve accesibility to the company’s offering. The two online solutions includes an online-to-branch application process for individual banking customers and the Biz Financing Portal for small and medium enterpises (SMEs) In a statement, …

MANILA – The Department of Finance (DoF) may be consider banning the online selling of sin products such as liquor and ciggarettes in a bid to prevent the spread of counterfeit items. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said that they will move to ban the online sales of ‘sin’ products if seller found to have sold it to minors. Trade Secretary …

MANILA – Malacañang revealed on Tuesday that the upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Duterte will be on a different format as the country continues its campaign against the coronavirus pandemic. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that he still has not yet to receive a confirmation on whether the president would physically attend at Batasang Pambansa Session …

Vietnam will host the much-delayed 36th ASEAN Summit via teleconference, aims to tackle regional public health issues and funding to support its fight against Covid-19. According to Deputy Director-General of the ASEAN Affairs Department, Usana Peeranon, this summit will be the first ever to take place via online/teleconferencing in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Vietnam will be the host for …

MANILA – June 12, 2020 will mark the 122nd Anniversary of the Philippine Independence. Instead of the annual in-person celebration and festivities, “Araw ng Kalayaan” will go virtual and online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizer of the festivals from different part of the world will be hosting different online events throughout the month of June. This year’s …

Trade barriers including tariff and non-tariff restrictions will be limited to support the economies of ASEAN members amid the coronavirus pandemic, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said in a statement. Vietnam, who is also the chair for this year’s Asean summit, hosted an online meeting with economic ministers in Southeast Asia and China, Japan and South …

MANILA – Social media personality Emman Nimedez on Sunday revealed that he had acute myeloid leukemia. Nimedez uploaded a 10-minute video on his YouTube channel, where he confesses his toughest battle yet. He also thanked everyone  for their support. In the video, Nimedez revealed that he was initially admitted to the hospital for a fever, which they thought was due …

Thailand’s new online learning system scheduled to launch in July due to covid-19 may alienate some children from receiving an education. A resent study has found that 10% of students were found to have no internet at home. Some of those lacking access to the online teaching and learning system also live without electricity. Many children do not have internet …