The City of Manila shared that they released a P38.4 million down payment to AstraZeneca for 800,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. In view of this, Manila PIO said the sum was a 20 percent down payment taken from the budget of the city. The coronavirus vaccine from the Swedish-British drug maker has an efficacy of 70 percent and requires …

PETALING JAYA – US investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has made $2.5 billion payment that was promised to the Malaysian government to settle the accusations related to the 1MDB. The funds will be used to repay the outstanding debt of the controversial state fund. The source with knowledge of the settlement has confirmed that the payment was transferred to …

Malaysians returning from overseas would have to pay a total of RM30 to RM150 to be screened for Covid-19 upon their admission into the country from now on, whereas non-citizens would have to pay higher rates depending on the form of testing carried out, new rules released by the government said. The updated rules released on June 26 and entering …