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TikTok user apologizes for video suggesting unkempt neighborhood is haunted

An Indonesian TikTok user had to deal with the police after she posted a video implying that a neighborhood in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan was haunted.

Man who killed 2 Filipinas with car at Lucky Plaza charged with dangerous driving

He did not enter a plea.

Man who killed 2 Filipinas with car at Lucky Plaza charged with dangerous driving

Manpower minister tears up over workers in latest emo display

Legislative body or Hallmark movie?

Manpower minister tears up over workers in latest emo display

Rape-slay convict Antonio Sanchez confined at Bilibid hospital after COVID-like symptoms

Former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez — who was convicted for the rape and murder of two university students...

Rape-slay convict Antonio Sanchez confined at Bilibid hospital after COVID-like symptoms

‘Tis the Season: Pinoys tweet about celebrating Christmas while world ushers September

“Different strokes for different folks” is how we’re justifying why there are now at least 225,000...

‘Tis the Season: Pinoys tweet about celebrating Christmas while world ushers September

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Online drug trafficking rampant in Bali during pandemic: narcotics agency

Online drug trafficking rampant in Bali during pandemic: narcotics agency

Authorities are reportedly using online platforms to monitor possible drug deals and also to raise awareness among the public.  

Bali records highest single-day spikes of COVID-19 cases 3 days in a row

Bali records highest single-day spikes of COVID-19 cases 3 days in a row

Bali recorded 169 new COVID-19 cases this afternoon.

Bali is the hardest hit economy in Indonesia: Jokowi

Bali is the hardest hit economy in Indonesia: Jokowi

Bali has taken the biggest economic hit in Indonesia from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Bali official allegedly committed suicide shortly before arrest for corruption

Former Bali official allegedly committed suicide shortly before arrest for corruption

Authorities are now investigating the incident.

Bali sees biggest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases 1 month after reopening to domestic tourists

Bali sees biggest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases 1 month after reopening to domestic tourists

The Bali provincial government reported 129 additional coronavirus cases this afternoon.

FooJohn returns for second act as jazz club

FooJohn returns for second act as jazz club

FooJohn the French Bistro and American Smokehouse may be dead, but fans of its live jams can soon return for more nights of spirited shows. Four months after the pandemic claimed...

King restores former royal consort to Thai court

King restores former royal consort to Thai court

The royal palace announced today that former Royal Consort Sireenat Wongvajirapakdi has been restored to her position and returned all the attendant titles as she had done nothing...

Another day, another 20 billion: ThaiGov wants to pay salaries for unemployed grads

Another day, another 20 billion: ThaiGov wants to pay salaries for unemployed grads

Graduates looking to enter the working world could get a pandemic-era boost after the COVID-19 task force committee endorsed a plan to subsidize their salaries at taxpayer’s...

Knife fight? Hopeless economy? Opinions vary on Finance Min’s surprise resignation

Knife fight? Hopeless economy? Opinions vary on Finance Min’s surprise resignation

When Thailand’s finance minister abruptly resigned after less than a month on the job, he might as well have said it was to “spend time with his family,” because few today...

Verses of Defiance: After arrest, Thai rapper Hockhacker to ‘push the boundaries’

Verses of Defiance: After arrest, Thai rapper Hockhacker to ‘push the boundaries’

Dechatorn “Hockhacker” Bamrungmuang was leaving his Bangkok home two weeks ago to take his wife to work when he discovered police cars blocking the way and officers ready to...

No prosecution for men who threw 29 pets out their window in animal abuse case, Secretary for Justice orders

No prosecution for men who threw 29 pets out their window in animal abuse case, Secretary for Justice orders

The two men hurled pets, including cats and rabbits, out of their flat last February.

Gyms and massage parlors to reopen, restaurant dine-in hours extended as virus eases in Hong Kong

Gyms and massage parlors to reopen, restaurant dine-in hours extended as virus eases in Hong Kong

Restaurant dine-in hours will be extended to 10pm

Hong Kong man knifed in the neck, killed in broad daylight attack at MTR station

Hong Kong man knifed in the neck, killed in broad daylight attack at MTR station

The man was left lying in a pool of blood at Tseung Kwan O station

As Hong Kong’s performing industry reels from virus, local magician still wears a smile

As Hong Kong’s performing industry reels from virus, local magician still wears a smile

“We need people to gather at a venue so that we can perform," Fung says

Hong Kong man who planted kiss on pro-democracy lawmaker Tanya Chan cleared of indecent assault charge

Hong Kong man who planted kiss on pro-democracy lawmaker Tanya Chan cleared of indecent assault charge

Chan said she felt a "soft but dry" kiss on her right cheek

No mask in Jakarta? Lie in this coffin and think about your deadly life choices

No mask in Jakarta? Lie in this coffin and think about your deadly life choices

Indonesia has taken its obsession with deathly elements in its fight against COVID-19 to another level after Jakarta introduced a new punishment for mask violators.

Indonesia’s COVID-19 death rate exceeds global average 6 months into outbreak: task force

Indonesia’s COVID-19 death rate exceeds global average 6 months into outbreak: task force

Indonesia continues to record a high COVID-19 death rate as it marks six months since the first confirmed case was officially recorded in the country, with the latest figure of...

For Jakarta’s COVID-19 case tracers, each gruelling day blends right into the next

For Jakarta’s COVID-19 case tracers, each gruelling day blends right into the next

Aulia hasn’t had the time to take a breather during what she has described as an exhausting months-long marathon. Ever since Indonesia officially recorded its first COVID-19...

Man in North Jakarta apologizes after claiming to be a cop and cursing at cyclists

Man in North Jakarta apologizes after claiming to be a cop and cursing at cyclists

A man who claimed to be a cop and cursed at a bunch of cyclists in North Jakarta has issued a public apology and clarified that he isn’t, in fact, a police officer. 

TikTok user apologizes for video suggesting unkempt neighborhood is haunted

TikTok user apologizes for video suggesting unkempt neighborhood is haunted

An Indonesian TikTok user had to deal with the police after she posted a video implying that a neighborhood in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan was haunted.

Not again: Hundreds can’t make online credit card transactions due to CIMB outage

Not again: Hundreds can’t make online credit card transactions due to CIMB outage

Worst time for this to happen with bills due at the start of the month.

Syed Saddiq to lead ‘disruptive’ party of millennials after having no say in Bersatu

Syed Saddiq to lead ‘disruptive’ party of millennials after having no say in Bersatu

Farmer and educator among ‘Muda Malaysia’ members.

‘No foreign DNA’ on Nora Anne Quoirin’s body, analyst tells inquest

‘No foreign DNA’ on Nora Anne Quoirin’s body, analyst tells inquest

The lack of evidence shows there was no penetration.

Politicians post wrong Malaysian flags on Independence Day

Politicians post wrong Malaysian flags on Independence Day

After 63 years of ‘Merdeka,’ politicians still can’t get the number of stripes right.

Housing minister says RM170 million project approved ‘without my knowledge’; photos suggest otherwise

Housing minister says RM170 million project approved ‘without my knowledge’; photos suggest otherwise

Personal secretary blames Lim Guan Eng.

American convict Pemberton to get early release for good conduct

American convict Pemberton to get early release for good conduct

Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, who was convicted for strangling to death transgender woman Jennifer Laude in 2014, will soon walk away from prison after an Olongapo City...

Health Secretary Duque decries Senate proposal to charge him over PhilHealth mess

Health Secretary Duque decries Senate proposal to charge him over PhilHealth mess

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Board Chair and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III today decried a Senate finding which recommended his inclusion in the...

Lucena school distances itself from anti-Duterte teacher’s ‘dog’ post

Lucena school distances itself from anti-Duterte teacher’s ‘dog’ post

A Catholic school in Lucena City issued a statement yesterday saying that it does not support the action of one of its teachers, who became controversial for posting a meme...

Fulfilling ‘prophecy,’ man allegedly tries to stab Occidental Mindoro governor

Fulfilling ‘prophecy,’ man allegedly tries to stab Occidental Mindoro governor

A 53-year-old businessman was arrested yesterday after allegedly trying to stab Occidental Mindoro Governor Eduardo Gadiano inside the latter’s office in Payompon village in...

At least 170 overseas Filipino workers who died of COVID-19 sent home this year

At least 170 overseas Filipino workers who died of COVID-19 sent home this year

Around 264 remains of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been sent home from Saudi Arabia in 2020, with many of them dying of COVID-19, an official from the Overseas Workers...

2020 Hindsight: PM Lee gives mixed marks to Singapore’s COVID response

2020 Hindsight: PM Lee gives mixed marks to Singapore’s COVID response

Calls out triumphs and missteps in first Parliament speech since election.

Man who killed 2 Filipinas with car at Lucky Plaza charged with dangerous driving

Man who killed 2 Filipinas with car at Lucky Plaza charged with dangerous driving

He did not enter a plea.

Manpower minister tears up over workers in latest emo display

Manpower minister tears up over workers in latest emo display

Legislative body or Hallmark movie?

Open wide: Fatburger fans gets third outlet at Newest Mall

Open wide: Fatburger fans gets third outlet at Newest Mall

Get stuffed on sinful fast food and milkshakes.

Sex-positive NUS group cancels ‘BDSM workshop’ after participants doxxed

Sex-positive NUS group cancels ‘BDSM workshop’ after participants doxxed

Petition accusing group of promoting sexual violence ID’d its Telegram channel members.

7 Yangon townships partially locked down as coronavirus rages

7 Yangon townships partially locked down as coronavirus rages

Every day of the past week has brought a rising tide of bad news amid rising COVID-19 cases in Yangon as the virus marches through the city – second wave! Attributed to those...

Myanmar woman’s suicide attempt leaves Singapore family with impossible debt

Myanmar woman’s suicide attempt leaves Singapore family with impossible debt

May Thu never told her family she was suffering. Sure, she spoke of leaving her job in Singapore, but didn’t blame the family whose house she kept clean. After the pandemic shut...

Lowering the Bar: Cheeky Yangon pub owners defy shutdown order with this one stupid trick

Lowering the Bar: Cheeky Yangon pub owners defy shutdown order with this one stupid trick

Yangon’s bars are finding creative ways to skirt a new shutdown order issued last week in response to snowballing COVID-19 cases. Some unhappy proprietors already reeling from...

Yangon Zoo: Please adopt these lovely animals

Yangon Zoo: Please adopt these lovely animals

Struggling to care for its animals, the Yangon Zoo is putting them up for adoption. Myanmar’s oldest and second-largest zoo is appealing to the public to adopt its tigers,...

Some Yangon bars vow to defy shutdown order amid 2nd-wave angst

Some Yangon bars vow to defy shutdown order amid 2nd-wave angst

A number of Yangon’s nightlife proprietors have quietly vowed to remain open despite a new order that all bars, clubs and karaoke venues nationwide close again in the face of...

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FooJohn returns for second act as jazz club

FooJohn returns for second act as jazz club

FooJohn the French Bistro and American Smokehouse may be dead, but fans of its live jams can soon return for more nights of spirited shows. Four months after the pandemic claimed...

Work hard, play hard: lyf Sukhumvit 8 Bangkok is the newest co-living concept that brings all the millennial-essential amenities to the table

Work hard, play hard: lyf Sukhumvit 8 Bangkok is the newest co-living concept that brings all the millennial-essential amenities to the table

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Lourd de Veyra’s new book ‘Marka Demonyo’ is ‘probably’ his most political yet

Lourd de Veyra’s new book ‘Marka Demonyo’ is ‘probably’ his most political yet

Marka Demonyo (“Demon’s Mark”), a palm-sized book of poems that’s inconspicuously crammed with 46 verses on everything from fisting and silver screen...

Shop at ‘Bartendar Bazaar’ and help Bangkok’s struggling F&B folks

Shop at ‘Bartendar Bazaar’ and help Bangkok’s struggling F&B folks

Find stylish face masks, savory jams, sweet-scented candles and more in a hidden downtown bar where a flea market-slash-charity event will raise money for those in the struggling...

Adios Artbox: Open-air Nana hangout abruptly ends long run

Adios Artbox: Open-air Nana hangout abruptly ends long run

One year and three months after it landed in a private park by BTS Nana, open-air market Artbox will welcome its last guests today.  A popular destination packed with stalls...

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