KUALA LUMPUR – 1Malaysia Development Bhd trial has been postponed today by the High Court after the defence team in the trial was said to have a member self-quarantined due to suspected Covid-19 infection. Lead defence counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah informed the court that lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah received a phone call from his wife that his …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is most likely to lead the country instead of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said that while the coalition has not been decided yet, it will most likely be Anwar who will get the votes. The possibility of …

PUTRAJAYA – Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says that although the four senior ministers in the Perikatan Nasional government are of equal stature, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali would be taking charge of Cabinet meetings in he’s not around. “They are all equal. But I told the Cabinet Datuk Seri Azmin will handle the meetings and …

PETALING JAYA – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that a vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin may not be successful and predicts that the new Cabinet of his successor will last until the next general election. Dr Mahathir claimed that the PH coalition had 114 seats in the past but is now decreasing. “We had more than …

A patient of Manila Doctors Hospital, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, has died, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The confirmed death is the patient confined to ID PH35 at Manila Doctors Hospital in Manila City. The Philippine health department referred to the 35th patient who was a 67-year-old Filipino with no history of travel. The said Filipino has been …

President Rodrigo Duterte will be screened for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after several members of the Cabinet have confirmed they will be undergoing self-quarantine due to contact with infected citizens. This was reported by Duterte’s former aide and now by Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. Go explained in a statement that they must undergo COVID-19 training to make sure they’re “fit and …

The Philippine National Railways (PNR) has suspended work from Thursday till Saturday to give way to its Executive Building for “cleaning and disinfecting” as cases of COVID-19 have increased in the region. In an advisory, PNR stated that it would stop their work from March 12 through March 14, In adherence to the protocols developed by the DOH. Yet PNR …

To prevent coronavirus disease from spreading following exposure of the country’s top economic officials to COVID-19 patients, the Department of Finance (DOF), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) temporarily suspended operations on Thursday to disinfect their facilities. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Domínguez III said the DOF building in Manila …

Government Spokesperson related to Corona virus as well as Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, dr. Achmad Yurianto responded to the statement of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan who mentioned the risk of Corona virus contamination on the KRL-2 route on the Bogor-Depok-Jakarta City route was indeed possible. “It’s possible, …

Waves of rejection of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation bill still continue. In fact, the union gave an ultimatum if President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo continued to force the ratification of the bill. This time, as many as 2 million workers were claimed to be holding a mass strike, which part of three major labor unions in Indonesia. This number …