The Indonesian Ministry of Health has stressed that the recently guided spatial clustering of COVID-19 vaccination by President Joko Widodo will take place by prioritizing people in high-risk areas. In view of this, Tarmizi stressed that the spatial clustering exercise would not include all areas in a province, as health workers would focus only on those at the highest risk …

A declaration condemning a court ruling denying bail to protest leaders has been released by 126 law scholars and legal experts. In view of this, the Academics from Chiang Mai, Thammasat, Chulalongkorn and Walailak universities, lawyers and human rights activists were among the 126 who signed the declaration. The conduct of the four protest leaders: Parit Chiwarak, Arnon Nampa, Patiwat …

SINGAPORE – An total of $2,000 in Covid-19 assistance was earned by each member of a Singaporean household, about 70% of which came from the broad-based Care and Support Plan, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Thursday (Feb 11). On average, each household earned around $4,000 from broad-based programs, much of which came in the form of cash transfers, …

PETALING JAYA: Some individual or non-contact sports and recreational activities have been permitted by the government to resume starting tomorrow. This includes sports such as tennis, badminton and table tennis, golf and gym events, two-wheel and four-wheel motor sports, jogging, brisk walking, cycling, and two-person exercise, as well as individual training for group sports such as football, sepak takraw, basketball, …

The Duterte administration called for a conference on food security to resolve pork supply concerns and a malnutrition crisis worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In view of this, Presidential Speaker Harry Roque said the Department of Agriculture will lead a summit aimed at improving the agricultural sector by collaboration between local government units where the private sector and other stakeholders. …

It has been a long time since the countries are adjusting to the pandemic and the tourism industry in the Philippines experienced an immense setback from pandemic-induced lockdowns that took international arrivals to their lowest level since at least 1999. Looking last 2020, the international visitors fell to just 1.48 million, down 82.05 percent year-on-year, tourism department statistics shows. That …

A day after a Bangkok court sent four of its representatives into pre-trial detention on royal defamation charges, Thai pro-democracy groups have vowed to escalate their demonstrations calling for monarchy reform and a new Constitution. Thousands of protesters gathered in central Bangkok to demand the immediate release of the leaders and to condemn the inactivity of the government against their …

President Joko Widodo urged regional governments to introduce collective activity restrictions by implementing a micro-based approach to sub-districts, towns, community units and neighborhood units. To this end, the Head of State pointed out that the government had worked in greater depth by enforcing a micro-scale lockdown. In view of this, Jokowi was of the opinion that such a measure did …

PETALING JAYA: A plan by a PPBM senator to pass laws to prosecute anyone found insulting the prime minister has been slammed by lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla, claiming it is worse than the Anti-Fake News Act passed by the government of Barisan Nasional (BN). He told FMT that while former Prime Minister Najib Razak was often criticized and assaulted during …

KUALA LUMPUR: As Putrajaya launches its immunisation program at the end of February, foreigners residing in Malaysia can receive the COVID-19 vaccine for free. Malaysia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Committee emphasized in a media statement released on Thursday (Feb 11) that Malaysians would be prioritized to receive the vaccination doses, but maintained that the decision to include foreigners is …