PETALING JAYA: DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said today that the government’s new RM20 billion economic recovery plan was insufficient to lift the country out of recession. He said that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s new Pemerkasa stimulus package, which included just RM11 billion in fiscal injections compared to previous stimulus packages, was insufficient. This 50% discount or pay RM5,000 within …

Amidst the issues going through, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he has gotten the applicant records for minister posts designated by government alliance parties, demanding he has the last say on a bureau reshuffle. Talking at Government House, the PM said the following stage would be a historical verification on every one of the applicants which would take some time. …

The Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan have squeezed for coordinating the advancement of the Tanjung Adikarto fishing port with the Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA). In view of this, Pandjaitan offered the expression while noticing the development work of the fishing port in Yogyakarta. Along with this, The Sea Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Public …

SINGAPORE — The stock of Singapore Airlines soared Monday after the city-state announced it was in talks with Australia to create an air travel bubble. After surging as much as 8.49 percent earlier in the day, Singapore Airlines shares were up 5.47 percent in afternoon trade. SATS, a subsidiary company that offers in-flight catering, was up 3.43 percent, while SIA …

PUTRAJAYA: According to National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysia will continue with the purchasing of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines because there is no proof that the vaccine triggers blood clots. He said that AstraZeneca had told Malaysia about the vaccine’s side effects, and that no evidence has been found to link the vaccine to cases of blood clots …

KUALA LUMPUR: Over RM114 million in cash confiscated by police at Pavilion Residences after the 2018 general election has no ties to 1MDB, the High Court heard today. Lawyer Hariharan Singh, who is representing Umno in its effort to recover the confiscated funds, said there is “not a shred of evidence” that the funds came from former party president Najib …

President Duterte has requested offices to utilize all administration resources for guarantee that the immunizations would arrive at helpless networks. In a public location on Monday, Duterte glided concocting portable inoculation groups that would serve individuals in ghetto territories. Health Secretary Franciso Duque III, nonetheless, said carrying immunization to the ghettos would act moves such like absence of labor to …

The situation gets even unexpected as five individuals from President Duterte’s Cabinet are currently on deliberate isolate after either testing positive for COVID-19 contamination or having close contact with the individuals who had tested positive. Along with this is Secretary Delfin Lorenzana which is the head of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 yet affirmed recently that he was …

SINGAPORE: Following January’s strong numbers, sales of new private homes dropped by around 60.5 percent in February, as developers held off on new home launches during the Chinese New Year season. According to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday, developers sold 645 units last month, compared to 1,632 units in January, except executive condominiums (Mar 15). …

PETALING JAYA: Even as the government appears to be reconsidering the blanket big compounds, Umno Youth has become the latest political group to provide legal assistance to those fined RM10,000 for breaching the movement control order regulations. Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, the leader of Umno Youth, backed the government’s attempts to tighten standard operating procedures, but said the high fines would …