en-my-hotdailynews: 2015-01-22 Malaysia Southeast Asia

Binay faces new allegation as Senate probe resumes
Philippine Star
Vice President Jejomar Binay gestures while denying allegations of corruption during a televised press conference at the PICC in Pasay City in 2014. ERNIE PENAREDONDO. MANILA, Philippines - The Senate inquiry into the corruption allegations against ...

Mayor Binay a no-show at fresh Senate probe on Makati 'anomalies'   Inquirer.net
New issues vs VP – solon   Tempo
LIVE: Senate hearing on overpricing of parking building   Rappler
Gulf Times
Manila Standard Today
Coconuts Manila
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AsiaOne

Youth gathering to be held on sidelines of 27th Asean Summit in November
AsiaOne
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak attends the 17th ASEAN-China Summit during the 25th ASEAN Summit in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Print. PUTRAJAYA - A gathering of youth will take place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit to bring them closer to each ...

Can Malaysia Shape ASEAN Beyond 2015?   The Diplomat
Malaysia set to create Asean Community by Dec 31 this year   The Borneo Post
ASEAN Community To Further Strengthen Integration Process   Bernama
The Sun Daily
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An emotional meeting...
Gulf Daily News
Pope Francis's last full day in the Philippines earlier this week, began with an emotional youth gathering at a Catholic university in Manila, where he was moved by a question posed by a 12-year-old girl who had been abandoned. 'Many children are ...

Filipinos' priceless question and selfless action   AsiaOne
JI plot: Why cell signals turned off during Pope visit   ABS CBN News
Pope Francis' statements on climate change spark bit of a controversy   Yuma Sun
Huffington Post
Inquirer.net
Malaya
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Thai workers in Israel are dying, and it's got to stop
Bangkok Post
Praiwan Seesukha, a healthy 37-year-old Thai man from Isan, went to sleep on the night of May 21, 2013, and never woke up. On a tiny desk in the cramped room in Israel where he died were sheets of paper on which he'd methodically written down his ...

HRW: Thai workers' rights abused on Israeli farms   Arab News
'Treated Like Slaves': Israel Faces Criticism Over Violations of Migrant Worker ...   VICE News
Thai migrant workers in Israel face serious labor abuses: report   TODAYonline
spyghana.com
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Build partnerships to solve problems, various faiths urged
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: In a globalised world, people of various faiths need to build partnerships to solve the world's problems, said a New York imam. Shamsi Ali, chairman of the Al-Hikmah Mosque in Astoria, Queens, New York said the Quran outlined four levels ...

Continuous Dialogues Needed To Minimise Inter-religious Conflicts - US Imam   Bernama
Free speech excludes religious insults, interfaith forum told after Charlie Hebdo ...   Malay Mail Online
ADVICE FOR PERKASA, ISMA: Understand the Quran before thinking of jihad ...   Malaysia Chronicle
The Malaysian Insider
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AsiaOne

Diplomatic fallout over Indonesia's executions
AsiaOne
Indonesian police patrolling the maximum security prison Nusa Kambangan in Central Java province prior to the scheduled executions of six drug convicts. The six, two of them women, were executed by firing squad, and were from Indonesia, Brazil, the ...

Indonesian Foreign Ministry Says Execution of Drug Convicts Will Not Harm ...   Global Indonesian Voices (GIVnews.com)
Executions in Indonesia provoke international reaction   Journal of Turkish Weekly
Indonesia's have right to withdraw their envoys: Minister Laoly   ANTARA
The Straits Times
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High-rise littering: Singaporean fined S$19800, to serve five hours of Corrective ...
Malay Mail Online
A screenshot of the man throwing a cigarette from his unit. — TODAY picSINGAPORE — A man was fined S$19,800 (RM53,522) for repeatedly flicking cigarette butts out of his flat — the highest fine meted out for high-rise littering to date. The man, 38, was ...

$19800 fine for high-rise litterbug   AsiaOne
S$19800 fine, CWO for high-rise littering   TODAYonline
Man fined $19800 for throwing cigarette butts out of Compassvale flat   The New Paper
Channel News Asia
The Straits Times
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Chinese Militants Using Malaysia As Transit Route To Join Islamic State
malaysiandigest.com
Last week, we reported (Read Here) that Indonesian citizens were detained in suspect of using Malaysia as a route to Syria and Iraq to fight for the militant group Islamic State (IS). Yesterday, Home Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi revealed that ...

Malaysia to offer free visas for tourists from China   Asia Cruise News
Over 300 China nationals transit M'sia to join IS   The Star Online
'Malaysia a transit point for over 300 on their way to join IS'   The Borneo Post
Business Insider Australia
Bernama
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SC sides with Bacolod bishop on 'Team Patay' issue
Philippine Star
Since putting up the controversial tarpaulin that listed pro- and anti-RH senatorial candidates in February 2013, the diocese of Bacolod has not taken it down. Photo taken yesterday shows the Team Patay-Team Buhay tarp on the façade of the San Sebastian ...

Comelec order instructing church to take down tarp unconstitutional   BusinessWorld Online Edition
SC sides with Bacolod bishop in 'Team Patay' issue   GMA News

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2 who convicted Erap junk disqualification
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines - Two Supreme Court (SC) justices who voted to junk the disqualification petition against Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada had voted to convict him of plunder in 2007 when they were Sandiganbayan magistrates. Associate Justices Teresita ...

Estrada: No plans for another Palace run–for now   Inquirer.net
Erap's sons jubilant over SC ruling to junk disqualification case   InterAksyon
Court junks plea to disqualify Estrada as mayor   Gulf Today
Philippine Star
Tempo
BusinessWorld Online Edition
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