MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he views the visit of Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as a reaffirmation of two nations’ commitment to revitalise their bilateral ties.
MANILA: Decision-making by consensus continues to be the central tenet of Asean, but that does not mean the grouping should keep silent over developments in member states that affect the wider region, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
PUTRAJAYA: A country that believes in humanity and values like fair, just and effective governance – that is the Malaysia that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim envisions.
Not only Filipinos heroize Jose Rizal. Malaysians, Indonesians, Bruneians also study Rizal as central to their histories. Scholars glean from Rizal’s life and works a Malay racial consciousness.
The recent news from Malaysia is that Anwar Ibrahim, who spent almost ten years in jail for sodomy and corruption charges that he says were both politically motivated, is now the prime minister after a narrow election victory over a conservative Malay Muslim Alliance.