Threats, assault against critics mar 2024 election: Amnesty Indonesia
The human rights NGO identified at least 16 incidences of intimidation, police reports and physical assault that targeted activists between the start of the campaign period until…
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New vote counting platform criticized over data errors
Among the complaints was that the vote counts shown on the platform were different from those on the manual C1 forms photographed or scanned by poll workers.
Filipinos urged to conserve water, food, power to cushion El Niño impact
However, a government official warned that aside from conserving energy, people must also brace for the worst.
Landslide-hit Davao site listed as ‘high risk’ since 2008
Lawyer Mark Penalver noted that Apex Mining placed its bus depot within the no-build zone, accounting for the high number of its workers buried in the landslide.
Former Sarawak governor Taib Mahmud passes away
As Sarawak's longest-serving chief minister from 1981 to 2014, he was instrumental in transforming Sarawak into a modern economy through what he called the "politics of…
Quiboloy admits he is in hiding amid kill plot
It was the first time in weeks for the self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” to speak to the public amid the congressional inquiries that had been seeking his presence.
Timely win for Malaysia’s vernacular schools as courts affirm constitutional status
MCA publicity bureau chairman Chan Quin Er said Malaysians can be assured that their children’s right to mother tongue education is protected.
‘Accommodating 2,000 new students impossible’: Deans of South Korea’s medical schools
The statement comes after the Education Ministry held an emergency meeting with presidents from 40 medical universities in the country to urge schools to thoroughly guide students…
Prabowo team says poor regions will get free meals first
A member of the Prabowo-Gibran campaign team, stated that the free lunch and milk program, which was aimed at 82.9 million schoolchildren, would be implemented gradually, with…
First Muslim to be sentenced to caning for khalwat (close proximity) in Terengganu
Mohd Affendi pleaded guilty to being with a woman in her 30s who was not his wife or “mahram” between 1.10 AM and 2.15 AM on January 25 on the third floor of a building…