Indonesia would no longer allow mining waste to be disposed of in the ocean to alleviate concerns about the environmental impact of the production of nickel used in electric vehicle batteries. In view of this, The South-east Asian country, the world’s largest producer of nickel, has not officially banned so-called deep sea tailings (DST), but it could delay planned projects …

SINGAPORE — On Thursday, Singapore Airlines announced a net loss for the October-December quarter of 142 million Singapore dollars ($106 million), marking the company’s fourth consecutive quarterly loss as the coronavirus pandemic struck the global air travel industry. The result is comparable to a net profit of SG$315 million in the same period a year earlier. But the loss for …

PETALING JAYA: An MP says the “highest ever” trade surplus recorded last year by the country is nothing to be proud of as it is a product of a very poor domestic economy. MP Ong Kian Ming from Bangi also said that this year the domestic economy is likely to remain lacklustre. Earlier, Senior Economy Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali reported …

KUALA LUMPUR – To ensure compliance with its coronavirus lockout, Malaysia is taking a tougher approach, even as it introduces stringent Chinese New Year measures that will limit reunion dinners to only family members staying in the same home. At his regular Covid-19 briefing on Thursday, Senior Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob revealed the most stringent protocols for the festive …

The Senate Public Services Committee is expected to hold an investigation into Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers activities, with motorists currently paying more than twice their normal licensing fees for cars. The inquiry was initiated by a resolution filed by Sen. Grace Poe, who chairs the panel and who wants to investigate the application of the Department of Transportation Department …

It’s intense how the ruling Palang Pracharath Party is being pushed by its supporters, likely at the detriment of coalition unity, to field a candidate in a by-election in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Rong Boonsuaykwan, Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Palang Pracharath MP and leader of the Area 8 party group of MPs, said representatives of the province want the party to challenge …

President Joko Widodo emphasized the micro or local-level enforcement of public activity prohibitions. The president issued instructions at the small cabinet meeting just now, so that COVID-19 is managed more efficiently by maximizing the performance of PPKM. The President urged that a micro-based or local solution be implemented. The goal of the micro strategy is to implement PPKM, beginning at …

SINGAPORE: The World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Annual Meeting that was due to take place in Singapore in May has been rescheduled to August. The Geneva-based WEF, which postponed the event by 12 days in May last month, said on Wednesday 3 February that it will now be held from 17 to 20 August. “Although the World Economic Forum and …

PUTRAJAYA – From Thursday (Feb 4) to Feb 17, Malaysian authorities placed four areas in the state of Terengganu and Perak under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (MCO) after reporting an increase in Covid-19 incidents. Under the enhanced MCO, residents of Felda Tersat and the construction site of the TNB quarters in Kuala Berang, Terengganu and Felda Lasah and Kampung …

KUALA LUMPUR – There are currently more than 600 Malaysians registered with the Malaysian Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, most of whom are businessmen and professionals employed with different companies, and a few of whom are with their families, the Malaysian Embassy in Myanmar said. The Embassy advised all Malaysians in Myanmar to remain calm, alert and to continue to comply …