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Mafi: 43 controlled fresh markets of Fama gross RM23.6 mln
SEREMBAN: Forty three Controlled Fresh Markets (PST) under the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) in the country recorded a sales value RM23.6 million as at June 19, said Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister 1, Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah. The
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Making confinement centres safer for mothers, babies
KUALA LUMPUR: First-time parents Adrian and Shirley (not their real names) were delighted when their baby son was born in 2017. Like many other new mothers, Shirley decided to stay at a confinement centre here for 30 days after her
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Gold for Hup Wei, another silver for Jonathan in Kazakhstan
KUALA LUMPUR: National high jumper Lee Hup Wei has strengthened his chances of earning a berth in the Tokyo Olympics after winning the Qosanov Memorial Athletics Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, yesterday. The 34-year-old secured the gold after clearing 2.10 metres (m),
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Student badly hurt in crash while out to get internet access for PdPR session
LARUT: A female student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Datuk Haji Hussein who needed to get telecommunication network access to follow a home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) session, suffered serious injuries after being involved in a road crash on Friday. Siti
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COVID: ‘Doa selamat’ ceremony triggers cluster in Sandakan
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 25 COVID-19 positive cases were detected yesterday involving the Kampung Nelayan Tengah Cluster in Sandakan, which was triggered through a doa selamat (prayer of supplication seeking safety) ceremony, said Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk
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Covid: MOH detects 22 more positive cases involving beta , delta variants
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) of the Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected 22 more Covid-19 positive cases involving two variants of concern (VOCs) between June 11 and yesterday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor
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309 illegal immigrants nabbed in integrated OPS
DENGKIL: The Immigration Department arrested 309 illegal immigrants out of 715 individuals inspected during an integrated operation carried out at the settlement near a construction site in Dengkil, early this morning. Those detained comprised 280 men and 29 women, aged
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SOP violation: Taiping factory compounded, ordered closed
IPOH: A rubber glove processing factory in the Kamunting Raya Industrial area in Taiping has been ordered to close immediately and issued a compound notice of RM25,000 for failing to comply with the standard operating procedure (SOP) of the Movement
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Delivery workers honoured, thankful to receive food, petrol assistance
JOHOR BAHRU: A group of delivery service workers here expressed their gratitude when their services were recognised and they were chosen to receive free food and petrol assistance yesterday. Afiq Fariz Zulkifli, 21, said since becoming a full-time rider two
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11 men held to assist probe into Butterworth funeral procession
BUTTERWORTH: Police have arrested 11 men to assist in the investigation into a group of individuals for allegedly violating the Movement Control Order’s standard operating procedure (SOP) of being involved in a funeral procession from Teluk Air Tawar to the
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