JAKARTA, Indonesia (ViaNews) – One of Indonesia’s vice presidential candidates, Sandiaga Uno, promised to give millennials ministerial posts if he becomes the winner on the upcoming presidential poll 2019. Uno, a prominent entrepreneur wants to give posts of Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Communication and Information, and Minister of Research and Technology to…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (ViaNews) – Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo introduced a new term. “Genderuwo politician” is used to describe politicians who influence people by spreading the propaganda of fear and uncertainty. “Such politics is unethical; how can [the politicians] frighten their own people? This is called genderuwo politics, [because it] spreads fear,” the president said in…
MANILA, Philippines (ViaNews) – “Red October.” This is the purported plan of several political groups, allegedly led by the Communist Party of the Philippines, as they conspire to unseat Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. For weeks, the Philippine military has been on an all-out mode to convince the public that it truly exists, citing intelligence reports…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Malala Yousafzai is a human rights activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Despite her impressive curriculum at such an early age, 21 years old, her popularity among the Pakistan population is somewhat low. Let’s find out why. She was born in the small village in the Swat District in the…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Pakistan’s security agency, froze the account of an ice-cream vendor in Karachi who reportedly received a Rs2.25 billion (Indian Rupee) transfer into his bank account. The FIA began an investigation to determine the details of the bank transfer and has also been questioning five officials of…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – The former prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Captain Safdar (retired) were released from Adiyala Jail this afternoon (Sept 19). Such recent developments received a mixed response from different strata of society. In some political circles, the news of their release made headlines in all…
MANILA, Philippines (ViaNews) – Families of the victims of drug-related killings here know too well that they are lacking in both influence and resources. Still, they took up the cudgels for their loved ones as they recently sought grievance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for the widespread and cold-blooded…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Early this year, the diplomatic relationship between Pakistan may have started off on the wrong foot. Relations between the two countries might have been tense under the Obama Administration but this year’s spat between the two troubled allies appears to be part of a deeper rift, a divide that’s only widening…
MANILA, Philippines (ViaNews) – A new traffic scheme, which was claimed to solve the Metro Manila’s traffic congestion wants to prohibit that driver-only vehicles travel through any of the 23.8 km (14.8 mi) of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), the most important Highway in the Manila metropolitan area. After the recent suspension of…
NEW DELHI (India) – Concerned by escalating trade war standoff with the U.S, China is eyeing close relationship with India as it continues to explore new ways of offsetting any losses that may come into being. The country has come under immense pressure in recent months on the Trump administration imposing import tariffs as it…
