BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and members of his Cabinet canceled plans to obtain AstraZeneca vaccine shots on Friday (Mar 12) after the country postponed their use due to fears of blood clots in some European countries, according to a health official. After a suspension of inoculations using the vaccine in Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, Prasit Watanapa, dean of …

KUALA LUMPUR – Mr Rasdi Zin, a committee member at his local mosque in Malaysia’s Selangor province, is well-versed in the imam’s Friday sermons, which advise Muslims on how to go about their everyday lives during the coronavirus pandemic. However, in recent weeks, he has observed an increased focus on vaccination, with the imam urging the congregation to register for …

KUALA LUMPUR: Rais Yatim, the president of the Dewan Negara, has officially advised the government that members of the Senate should be included on the list of Covid-19 vaccine frontline recipients. He said the letter was sent to Khairy Jamaluddin, the National Covid-19 Immunization Program’s coordinating minister, and Dr. Adham Baba, the health minister, this morning. “The letter (aims to) …

It’s around four months to go before the Tokyo Olympics and with warm-up rivalries dropped as a result of the pandemic, acrobat Caloy Yulo is centered around cleaning his strategy with an eye on potentially including the troublesome triple reverse somersault in his floor routine to seal a platform finish. In view of this, the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines …

The lead representatives and provincial leaders are urging to the public government to permit them to expose all travelers to COVID-19 testing. In view of this, The league of Provinces of the Philippines president and Marinduque Gov. Presbitero Velasco Jr. recently asked the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to consider the LPP’s situation as …

Unexpectedly, a sanction correction bill planned for its third perusing is in danger of being wrecked because of a Constitutional Court administering recently. Most of the court’ passes judgment on decided that parliament has the ability to draw up another constitution, however individuals who hold the ability to set up the constitution should initially choose in a choice whether they …

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has welcomed the Indonesian Internet Domain Name Registry (PANDI) to uncover a public advanced proficiency program at a gathering planned for November 2021 in Paris. In view of this, PANDI got the welcome on March 3, 2021. UNESCO intends to put together an overall meeting toward the finish of 2021 that …

MANILA – During the 11th Asean Military Operations Meeting (AMOM-11), held virtually on Wednesday, military officials from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) exchanged views on various security issues such as terrorism, cybersecurity, and the coronavirus pandemic. Maj. Gen. Edgardo de Leon, AFP deputy chief-of-staff for operations, represented the Philippines at the conference, revealing that the number …

KOTA KINABALU: Employers in Sabah cannot afford to pay RM1,500 to recruit new employees, as proposed under the Penjana 2.0 hiring incentive scheme, according to a party, and the government should rethink the ruling. The government is subsidizing RM600 of the RM1,500 for six months as part of the scheme, which lasts until June, but employees will have to pay …

KUCHING: Those calling for Putrajaya to appeal the “Allah” ruling, according to a Sarawak deputy chief minister, are being “ridiculous” because Malaysia is a multi-religious country. According to James Masing, the High Court’s decision that Christians should use “Allah” in their religious education demonstrates Malaysia’s religious freedom. “I believe the judge had considered all aspects of religious and cultural sensitivity …