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PUTRAJAYA has decided to extend the movement-control order (MCO) in Selangor, Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Penang till 4 Mar 21, said Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The Senior Minister said the new order will start on 19
THE national Covid-19 immunisation programme will begin on 26 Feb 21, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on 16 Feb 21. Malaysia is set to receive the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on 21 Feb
Remittances shrank by just less than 1% in 2020 despite the displacement of close to half a million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) due to the global health crisis, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.
The first Covid-19 vaccine shots in Thailand will begin by the end of Feb 21 as the first 200,000 doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine are scheduled to arrive on 24 Feb 21, the government said
The House of Representatives has deferred by a week its deliberations on the Resolution of Both Houses 2 (RBH 2), which seeks to amend restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. Ako Bicol party-list Rep.