Malaysia – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri will meet with Zuraida next week before meeting with Muhyiddin. He also said he would meet President Bersatu’s Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin after meeting Zuraida. “Yesterday she attended the cabinet meeting as usual. As I said before her, her position will not change until she confirms her resignation from the cabinet.” Plantation Minister …

Philippines – It’s an intense deal as few individuals from Partido Reporma have reported their abdications from the party after leading figure Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson declared his takeoff in the wake of getting word that it would uphold one more competitor all things being equal. In view of this, Partido Reporma still can’t seem to openly declare who they …

METRO MANILA – ABS-CBN chairman emeritus Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III has tendered his resignation and left the network and other Lopez-owned companies on Thursday, citing ‘personal reasons’. The announcement came just as the company held it’s first stockholders’ meeting since the house rejected it’s application for a franchise renewal. ABS-CBN made the announcement through the Philippine Stock Exchange, citing that …

Predee Daochai, co-chair of Kasikornbank and chair of the Thai Bankers’ Association, expected to become Deputy Prime Minister and at the same time serve as Finance Minister, resigned on Friday. In related news, PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC) on Friday told the Stock Exchange of Thailand of the resignation of its director Supattanapong Punmeechaow. The potential minister, now 60 years …

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) that was tendered four months ago. “We likewise affirm that the President has accepted the resignation of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Eliseo Rio, Jr.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.\ …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 MCO lockdown advice issued by the Women’s Affairs Ministry that urges women to dress up at home and avoid nagging their husbands sparked criticism claiming it promotes gender stereotypes. Now, Mariam Mokhtar, a Malaysiakini columnist, calls for the resignation or dismissal of the minister saying she is out of touch with 21st Century Malaysia and has …

PETALING JAYA – MACC chief Commissioner Latheefa Koya has tendered her resignation as Malaysia’s anti-graft chief, saying she was not pressured into quitting by anyone and just decided to return to her practice as a human rights advocate. She said she handed in her resignation letter to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, subject to the King’s approval on Monday    …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Edge reported Friday evening that Tan Sri Tommy Thomas filed his resignation as Malaysia’s Attorney General. A source says that Thomas sent his letter to the interim prime minister who appointed him as AG. Thomas was the Attorney General from June 2018, marking his second term this year. As AG, he was persistent to go after …

KUALA LUMPUR – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has just resigned as Prime Minister at 1.45pm this afternoon after a flurry of activities and intense peculation that he would lead his political party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) and form a new government with other new coalition partners. The Prime Minister’s Office announced on their official twitter page that Dr Mahathir …

KUALA LUMPUR  – While there is no definite date when the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to step down, he says that his promise remain. As to whatever the outcome from the presidential council, he will resign after APEC. PM Mahathir added that he has no idea if the date of power transition will be announced at the Pakatan …