ASEANEWS HEADLINES: PHNOM PENH, Laos- District Development Fund disburses US$8.5 million

December 14, 2021December 20, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEANEWS HEADLINES: PHNOM PENH Laos- District Development Fund disburses US$8.5 million

The UN Capital Development Fund
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From 2005 to 2021, the District Development Fund has disbursed US$8.5 million to carry out 1,049 projects serving rural communities.

A report on the achievements of the Fund was delivered on Friday at a workshop chaired by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Mr Nisith Keopanya.

The projects comprised 550 social projects, with 256 being related to education and 294 to public works.

The 499 economic projects comprised 248 investments in public works, 231 in agriculture, 17 in trade, and three in environmental protection.

Saravan province received financing for 93 projects from 2005-2011, while support for Better Service Delivery was provided to 27 districts in four provinces through 259 local investment projects from 2008 to 2012

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Govt announces 1,138 new Covid cases, 3 deaths
The government on Monday reported 1,138 new Covid-19 cases across the country while three more have died after contracting the coronavirus. The new figures bring the total to date to 90,458, including 250 people who have died, according to the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

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ASEAN Covid-19 Table – 12 December 2021

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Asean as a whole has reported more than 14.3 million COVID-19 cases. Of this, more than 540,000 are active cases as of December 12.

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 219 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

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FILE – This March 29, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square. Facebooks parent company Meta announced Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, that it has expanded its ban on postings linked to Myanmars military to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses. It had already banned advertising from such businesses in February. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) /

December 9, 2021

BANGKOK (AFP) – Facebook parent Meta will ban all pages and accounts belonging to Myanmar military-backed businesses, it said, expanding its restraints on the country’s armed forces.

Myanmar’s secretive military has extensive business interests, with tentacles in industries as diverse as transportation, textiles, tourism and banking. Activists and rights groups said they funded crackdowns and abuses even before the February coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and launched a bloody crackdown on dissent.

In late February Facebook removed all accounts linked to the military, also known as the Tatmadaw, citing the junta’s use of deadly force against anti-coup demonstrators. It also banned military-linked firms from advertising on its platforms.

Meta “will now also remove Pages, Groups and Accounts representing military-controlled businesses”, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

The decision was “based on extensive documentation by the international community of these businesses’ direct role in funding the Tatmadaw’s ongoing violence and human rights abuses in Myanmar”, it said, adding it would use the report from a 2019 United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission into the military’s economic interests “as the basis” for its actions.

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Today’s Paper: December 14, 2021

SINGAPORE:

Creator of Netflix series Squid Game is The Straits Times Asian of the Year

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 08: Hwang Dong-hyuk attends the “Squid Game” Guild Screening at NeueHouse Los Angeles on November 08, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Netflix)

A 50-year-old South Korean filmmaker who has captured the world’s imagination with a dystopian survival drama that throws up uncomfortable questions about contemporary society has been named The Straits Times Asian of the Year.

SINGAPORE – A 50-year-old South Korean film-maker, who captured the world’s imagination with a dystopian survival drama that throws up uncomfortable questions about contemporary society, has been named The Straits Times Asian of the Year.

Every year, the editors of The Straits Times pick a person, a group or an institution that in their judgment has significantly impacted Asia in the year past. Mr Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Game, was chosen this year for an expression of creativity that, while fictional and not without flaws, holds up a useful mirror to society.

The Netflix series created by Mr Hwang has emerged as more than a mere television show, said the citation to the award.

READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/creator-of-netflix-series-squid-game-is-the-straits-times-asian-of-the-year

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Total cases:2,145,241
Recovered:2,055,265
New cases:+4,000
Deaths:20,964
Rank:24

Man dies after Moderna jab following Sinovac

WRITER: SUTTHIWIT CHAYUTWORAKAN

Emergency medical staff from Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn perform CPR on a man who developed chest pains, fell unconscious and died after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)

SAMUT PRAKAN: A man died at his home in Muang district late on Tuesday night shortly after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna, following an initial dose of Sinovac in September.

Police were called to house 66/189 at Moo 5, tambon Bang Muang in Muang district about 12.30am, Pol Capt Adithes Phocharoen, a duty investigator, said on Wednesday.

They found Sithipol Bovornkittipaisal, 26, lying dead on the ground floor of the house. There was no sign of physical assault.

Sithipol’s mother Sopa Khotpakdi, 50, said her son had recieved the first dose of Sinovac vaccine in early September, but did not say where.

He had also placed an order for Moderna vaccine with Synphaet Theparak Hospital. He went to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon and was inoculated with the Moderna vaccine.

He returned home with no sign of side effects, she said.

However, late on Tuesday night, while playing on his phone on the second floor of the house, Sithipol began experiencing chest pain and breathing difficulties.

Ms Sopa said she called for an emergency team from Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn. While waiting, relatives carried Sithipol, who was by then unconscious, down to the ground floor.