MANILA, Jul 16 (PNA) - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law which would harness innovation efforts to help the poor and the marginalized and enable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to be part of the domestic and global supply chain.
Date: 16 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippines News Agency
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Jakarta, Jul 16 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) passed a science and technology national system bill into law at its plenary session here on Tuesday.
Date: 16 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Antara
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 16 (Bernama) - The law on wildlife conservation needs to impose stern penalties on poachers and wildlife trafficking activities to protect the endangered species, according to the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry,
Date: 16 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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MANILA, Jul 15 (PNA) - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill which will impose heftier penalties for gender-based sexual harassment including catcalling and wolf-whistling in public spaces.
Date: 15 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippines News Agency
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MANILA, Jul 15 (PNA) - Like senior citizens and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), students will now be granted a 20 percent discount on all public utility vehicles as long as they present their school IDs.
Date: 15 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 15 (Bernama) - The moratorium on migrant workers from Bangladesh is expected to be lifted next month the soonest, Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said.
Date: 15 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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MANILA, Jul 12 (PNA) - The Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of two lower court employees --a clerk of court, who took out from court a computer set containing information on drug cases; and a court sheriff, for soliciting money from a complainant.
Date: 12 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippines News Agency
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Myanmar’s banking and financial services industry is making progress in complying with international-standard regulations, which were imposed in 2017 in a bid to reform the industry, U Soe Thein, vice governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM), said at a financial education talk recently.
Date: 12 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Myanmar Times
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PORT DICKSON, Jul 13 (Bernama) - Amendments to the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act (Act 466) in Parliament will enable not only the estate workers to receive health and security facilities properly but it would also be extended to workers of the other industries.
Date: 13 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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SHAH ALAM, Jul 10 (Bernama) - The fast track divorce process introduced by the Selangor Syariah Judiciary Department (JAKESS) is not merely to end a marriage without steps taken for the couple to reconcile, according to the department.
Date: 10 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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SINGAPORE, Jul 10 (Bernama) - Singapore is reviewing a procedure, in particular to notify the prisoner and the petitioner of the clemency outcome some time in advance of the notification of the execution date.
Date: 10 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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MANILA, Jul 10 (PNA) - A Supreme Court (SC) official on Wednesday said the court acted independently in acquitting former President and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on plunder charges filed against her two years ago.
Date: 10 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippines News Agency
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MANILA, Jul 10 (PNA) - The Supreme Court (SC) sanctioned a lawyer in connection with an anonymous complaint filed against him in 2002 for sexually harassing students at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City.
Date: 10 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Philippine News Agency
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The government has outlined measures to boost national revenue for 2020 while ensuring the effectiveness of state investment projects.
Date: 10 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Vientiane Times
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Denpasar, Bali, Jul 9 (ANTARA) - The Denpasar state court has sentenced Algerian defendant Mohammed Kherici (34) to nine months in jail for stealing two cameras from a room in a hostel, which he was sharing with a guest.
Date: 09 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Antara
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 9 (Bernama) - A Nigerian national and his Malaysian wife were fined RM4,500 by the Magistrate's Court here today on a joint charge of cheating a nurse into handing over RM1,550 in cash earlier this month.
Date: 09 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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KOTA BHARU, Jul 9 (Bernama) - The Kelantan government's decision to withdraw its lawsuit against the Federal government and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) over oil royalty claims shows the spirit of federalism between the state and Federal governments, says Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
Date: 09 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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JOHOR BAHRU, Jul 8 (Bernama) - Three construction waste disposal companies were fined RM15,000 each by the Sessions Court here today after they pleaded guilty to disposing scheduled solid wastes at unauthorised areas around Johor Bahru, from July 2018 to January this year.
Date: 08 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 8 (Bernama) - Deputy Defence Minister Senator Liew Chin Tong and Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) president Datuk Azwanddin Hamzah are exploring the possibility of an out of court settlement in the suit over the publication of two articles on social media on the communist uniform issue.
Date: 08 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 8 (Bernama) - The trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is facing 25 corruption and money laundering charges involving RM2.28 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) funds, will commence on Aug 19 as fixed earlier.
Date: 08 July 2019; Type: Legal News; Source: Bernama
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