KUALA LUMPUR— The Malaysian gold market is expected to trade lower this year amid lingering fears of global recession coupled with the Bank Negara Malaysia’s (central bank) four times overnight policy rate (OPR) hike in 2022, says Public Gold executive…
Read moreSenior U.S. defense officials are expressing optimism that a high-level visit to the Philippines will pay off, possibly with an agreement for expanded military cooperation and greater access to Philippine military bases.U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Aus…
Read moreCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is expected to visit Beijing next week looking to borrow more than $4 billion for a high-speed railway line that will connect Cambodia’s capital with the economic hub on the Thai border.The deal would be the latest symb…
Read moreThe United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China’s push into the Pacific.The embassy is starting small, with a charge d’affaires, a couple of State Department staff and a handful of local employ…
Read moreMyanmar’s military government announced Wednesday that it is extending a state of emergency it imposed when it seized power two years ago, a move that appears to set back its plans for an election that had been expected in August.The announcement on st…
Read moreLim Yong Chin (“Lim”), a 39-year-old medical doctor, founder and director of the Access Medical Clinics group, was charged in Court on 1 February 2023 for cheating, sexual offences against a minor, voyeurism and traffic offences.Lim was charged with ch…
Read moreKUALA LUMPUR— Malaysia is weighed down by limited choices in selecting athletes for the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from May 5 to 17.The Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF) vice-president Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim said it landed in this p…
Read morePUTRAJAYA (Malaysia)— Malaysia will set up a Cyber Security Commission as part of efforts to strengthen cyber security in the country, said Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.Speaking at the monthly gathering of the Communications and Di…
Read moreMANILA – More than 1,600 private schools in the Philippines were shut down, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from 2020 to 2022, Philippine Vice President and Education Secretary, Sara Duterte-Carpio said, yesterday.After a significant decrease in 2020, du…
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