KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s proposal to invoke an emergency rule in Malaysia to rein in a spike in coronavirus cases has been met with a frosty response from both political rivals and civil society leaders, who branded the move disproportionate and unjustified. Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday (Oct […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s proposal to invoke an emergency rule in Malaysia to rein in a spike in coronavirus cases has been met with a frosty response from both political rivals and civil society leaders, who branded the move disproportionate and unjustified. Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday (Oct […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are gauging whether a rally in bond yields to their highest in months can run further, as markets increasingly price in chances that a fiscal stimulus deal is signed in Washington regardless of who wins the Nov. 3 election. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields US10YT=RR, which move inversely to bond prices, […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Embattled Malaysian leader Muhyiddin Yassin has weathered a seemingly unending storm since being sworn in as Prime Minister on March 1. In the past eight months, he has fended off no-confidence motions and potential defections by exercising the full extent of his executive powers to remain at the helm. Please subscribe or […]
SINGAPORE – A disciplinary complaint against lawyer M. Ravi has been filed with the Law Society by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) on Friday (Oct 24). The complaint relates to “possible professional misconduct” by Mr Ravi, the AGC said in a statement on Friday evening. It was filed because Mr Ravi had neither apologised nor retracted […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – One of the most prominent leaders of more than three months of anti-government protests in Thailand was freed on bail on Friday (Oct 23) and pledged to keep up the campaign to remove Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa was arrested on Oct 13, when a few hundred protesters scuffled with […]
SINGAPORE – A total of 930 low-income families with school-going children received brand new foldable tables and chairs from the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC). The move was to help create a conducive environment for home-based learning. Of the 930 families, 880 of them got a set of study table and chair, while the remaining […]
SEOUL – Public concern over the safety of flu shots has grown in South Korea as the authorities reported 36 cases of deaths after vaccination as at 1pm on Friday (Oct 23), putting strain on their efforts to curb a potential “twindemic” of winter flu and the coronavirus. The country is still grappling with the […]
SINGAPORE – The death of a 13-year-old girl who fell from height after crashing into a railing while riding a fixed-gear bicycle has been ruled a misadventure. Delivering her findings on Friday (Oct 23), State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam also said there is an ongoing review of the use of such bicycles, which some have said are not […]
KUANTAN – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday (Oct 23) arrived at Istana Abdul Aziz in Kuantan, the capital of eastern Pahang state, for an audience with the King, New Straits Times online news reported. The meeting comes amid expectations that the premier is seeking assent from the constitutional monarch to invoke emergency powers. […]