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Myanmar military to hold annual armed forces day
NAYPYIDAW (Myanmar), March 27 — Myanmar’s junta holds its annual Armed Forces Day parade today in a show of force as it struggles to contain a growing armed resistance that has captured broad swathes of territory. The military has suffered
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Six presumed dead, search and rescue suspended
BALTIMORE, March 27 — Authorities yesterday suspended their search for six people missing after a packed cargo ship slammed into a Baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse and blocking one of the busiest US commercial harbours. “Based on the length
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Baltimore ship passed two inspections in 2023
SINGAPORE, March 27 — Singapore’s port authority said today that the cargo ship that slammed into a Baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse and blocking one of the busiest US commercial harbours, had passed two overseas inspections in 2023. “The
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In Johor, three men charged with illegally dumping construction solid waste
JOHOR BARU, March 27 — Three men, including a company owner, were charged in the Sessions Court here today with allegedly dumping construction solid waste at an unauthorised location in Pontian last year. The three were charged separately before Judge
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10 police reports filed on KK Mart ‘Allah’ socks controversy, public urged to be patient
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain today said a total of 10 police reports have been filed in relation to the sale of controversial socks at KK Mart. He
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More than half teachers teaching science in Sarawak’s primary schools not trained in subject
SIBU, March 27 ― Over half of the teachers teaching science subjects in Sarawak’s primary schools are those who were not trained in the subject, said Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee. The Deputy Minister I for Education, Innovation and Talent Development
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Retail chain group worried over risk of ‘malicious persecution tactics’, after KK Mart’s ‘Allah’ socks fiasco
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA) has expressed its worry and fears of “malicious prosecution tactics” by certain quarters after the “Allah” socks issue triggered boycott calls against convenience store chain KK Mart. In a
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Public assembly arrests, probes down by half in 2023, but cops say organisers must get DBKL nod before gathering
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) revealed that there were only 91 investigations and arrests from public assemblies last year, which was half that seen in 2022, and said it indicated better respect for the constitutional right
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Alam Flora manages six to seven tonnes of waste daily at five Ramadan bazaars in Putrajaya
PUTRAJAYA, March 27 ― Alam Flora Sdn Bhd (Alam Flora) is managing between six to seven tonnes of domestic waste generated daily at five Ramadan bazaars around Putrajaya this year, namely in Precincts 3, 9, 11, 14, and 16. The
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High food prices at Ramadan bazaars not under city council’s purview
JOHOR BARU, March 27 — The Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) said it is not responsible for the high food prices at the Taman Suria Ramadan Bazaar here, which recently made the rounds on social media. Johor Baru mayor Datuk
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