Tag: Politics
As Filipino doctors seek reforms to save lives, Duterte responds with...
Doctors’ letter cited huge gaps in testing and monitoring, the lack of social safety nets, and failure to provide for workers’ needs as they returned to jobs
Hong Kong govt’s election delay may be unlawful, bar association says
Delay follows 12 pro-democracy candidates being disqualified from running for elections over perceived subversive intentions and opposition to new security law
Malaysians have a right to be nervous as govt creates new...
With ministers struggling to control a once pliant media, a department famed for dirty tricks and misinformation gets the nod to restart operations
US cybersecurity firm says Beijing-linked hackers target Vatican ahead of talks
Hackers also infiltrated computer networks of the Hong Kong Diocese, they say
Hong Kong University sacks veteran democracy activist
Governing council decision reversed an earlier decision by the university senate that there were not enough grounds for a dismissal
Malaysia’s Najib found guilty of corruption in first 1MDB case
Allegations of corruption over 1MDB have hung over Najib for more than five years
Philippine Catholic church leaders find Duterte’s State of the Nation address...
One nun described the speech as narcissistic and centered on what he likes and does not like
Malaysia faces crucial graft test as Najib’s first 1MDB verdict looms
Prosecutors allege more than $1 billion made its way into his personal accounts
Duterte delivers State of the Nation address as anger snowballs over...
Govt’s capacity to create a mess of policy is matched only by its enthusiasm to blame vulnerable citizens for their plight and crackdown on critics
UN poverty report on Malaysia falls on deaf ears
Envoy accuses Malaysian govt of ‘statistical sleight of hand’ in claiming it has a poverty rate of 0.4 percent