SANDAKAN – Democratic Action Party (DAP) MP Vivian Wong warns the Philippines not to make any baseless claim on the issue immediately as such provocations are deemed irresponsible. The Philippines recently passed a new bill that requires the inclusion of Sabah as part of the country’s map on their passport. According to Vivian, the bill was purely a irresponsible act …

The Department of Corrections is working on proposals to turn 72 prisons nationwide into tourist attractions, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin announced. Attractions could include activities such as cooking competitions for chefs behind bars, and shops where visitors might purchase products made by prisoners. For five jails, which are pilot sites, the justice minister said the program was also being implemented. …

Around 200 right-wingers from Thailand launched a campaign to counter student rally, one of which is Free Youth group and its ally, the Free People movement, is aimed at pressuring the government to dissolve Parliament, write a new charter and end threats against its critics. Protests have taken place almost daily since mid-July to demand the government’s removal, with some …

The rival protest groups gathered in and around Bangkok, raising the political temperature in the midst of almost regular anti-government student demonstrations nationwide, and stirring fears of returning to street violence. On Monday, dozens of supporters rallied before Parliament in support of the government of Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. Thousands later joined an anti-government demonstration in the outskirts of Bangkok at …

Public health volunteers battling the Covid-19 pandemic have agreed not to go ahead with a strike even if they get less than half of the government’s promised bonus pay. The frontline volunteers have been credited with hard on-the-ground work to contain the virus outbreak. Earlier the government promised to send them a 19-month bonus of 500-baht on top of the …

Around 200 villagers from the Lahan tambon in Chaturat district gathered in a shrine next to the Bung Lahan swamp in protest at being barred from fishing and harvesting produce there after it was declared a game reserve by the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department in 2009. The rally was led by Tambon Lahan municipality’s mayor, Banyen Prompakdi, …

A party of about 30 farmers protested in Bangkok calling on the government to amend its ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos being used in agriculture. The prohibition on the usage of these two organic pesticides comes into effect on June 1 and some farmers reject it, finding certain insect management agents ineffective. Led by the Secretary-General of the Safe Farming …

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 …

Thousands of online or online motorcycle taxi drivers, or called ojek online (ojol) who are members of the Unified West Java Online Driver (DJOB) group took action in front of the Bandung City Hall on Monday,  July 13, demanding that the Bandung City Government immediately permit passenger transport services. Quoted from CNNIndonesia.com, the masses began to gather at Jalan Wastukencana …

Thai Airways International (THAI) has petitioned courts in three countries to in efforts protects its aircraft from being seized by its creditors. The creditors have sought to seize Thai Airways assets including its aircraft operating scheduled flights. A Thai government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat on Tuesday that cabinet was informed about the filing of debt-rehabilitation requests in foreign countries by Deputy …