KUALA LUMPUR: Students in Malaysia will return in phases to schools, starting on Mar 1 with pre-schoolers as well as primary 1 and primary 2 students. Senior Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said in a press conference on Friday (Feb 19) that the majority of the primary students will return to school a week later, on March 8. “For …

PETALING JAYA: After the Federal Court’s decision today to fine Malaysiakini RM500,000 for contempt of court, the Malaysian Bar expressed its concern about the long-term impact on media freedom. Bar President Salim Bashir also urged the Malaysian people, “by writing nefarious and malicious comments online and in the media,” to refrain from violating the right to free expression. He also …

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 …

In focusing for an immunization course of events prior to unveiling articulations, Sen. Risa Hontiveros told the Public Team Against Coronavirus, in the midst of a few postponements in the shipment of the seriously required pokes. Four days past February 15th, which specialists recently said was the “characteristic date” for the scaled down rollout of Pfizer immunizations to medical clinics, …

Thailand’s administration experienced harsh criticism in Parliament over its Covid immunization strategy, with resistance administrators blaming experts for being too delayed to even think about beginning vaccinations and depending overwhelmingly on a solitary antibody maker. For this reason, Thailand has requested 2,000,000 dosages from Sinovac Biotech for its initial antibody turn out and has gotten 61 million portions from AstraZeneca …

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has communicated its advantage in supporting the waste administration area and in assisting with reinforcing the usage of Indonesia’s round economy. To squander the executives have been quite possibly the strongest business areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, steps should be taken to fortify the area as a supporting variable to Indonesia’s financial development, …

Malaysia and the Philippines Civil Society Organizations encourage the 10 Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to designate the whole area a “no dumping ground” for hazardous waste and plastic waste. The 10 Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are urged by Malaysia and the Philippines Civil Society Organizations to declare the …

PETALING JAYA: As Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said today, the government will start rolling out 5G infrastructure and technology services by the end of 2021. Muhyiddin revealed that RM15 billion will be invested in 5G deployment projects nationwide over the next 10 years, speaking at the virtual launch of MyDigital and the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint. “With this, Malaysia will …

KUALA LUMPUR  – On Friday, Malaysia’s highest court found the Malaysiakini news portal in contempt of court over comments made by readers considered insulting to the judiciary, in a case widely seen in the Southeast Asian nation as a measure of media freedom. Malaysia’s attorney general filed an application last year to cite Malaysiakini and editor-in-chief Steven Gan for contempt …

There’s a change of approach from Risa Hontiveros as China needs to pay for the harm it caused and the marine abundance it took from the West Philippine Ocean which she said now adds up to P800 billion. Referring to information distributed by worldwide diary Environment Administrations a year ago, Hontiveros said the assessed estimations of reefs obliterated by China …