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Covid 19: LinkedIn offers free job postings for frontliners
Job postings for critical roles in healthcare are rising around the world, including in Malaysia. The healthcare sector is seeking professionals including doctors and nurse in the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has announced
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Man pleads not guilty to insulting Agong
KUALA LUMPUR: A e-hailing driver pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to eight counts of improper use of the network facilities by transmitting offensive communications against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Twitter last month. Sufazrin Amin Ismail,
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Downpour, strong winds causes flash flood in Kampung Tasik
IPOH: An hour-long downpour and strong winds, which started at 5pm, caused flash flood in Kampung Tasik, Pengkalan Hulu located about 170 kilometres from here today. According to a Perak Civil Defence Force (APM) spokesman, five houses and a car
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MCO: Redang, Perhentian island quieter than the monsoon season
KUALA TERENGGANU: The atmosphere during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period in Redang Island and Perhentian Island is quieter than during the monsoon season. This is due to the current circumstances during which no tourism activities are allowed, and the
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MCO: Homeless in Terengganu to be given temporary shelter
KUALA TERENGGANU: The homeless in Terengganu will be housed at several locations during enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO), said State Welfare, Women Development, Family and National Unity Committee chairman Hanafiah Mat today. He said the move was taken
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MCO: 13 individuals were charged in two states
KUALA LUMPUR: Thirteen individuals in two states were charged with defying the Movement Control Order (MCO), twelve of them pleaded guilty and were fined between RM500 and RM1,000 mainly or sentenced to prison for a few days, while the remaining
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Two men were killed by lightning during a thunderstorm
ALOR SETAR: Two men were killed by lightning during a thunderstorm while sheltering in a shed in front of a house in Kampung Hujung Bechah, Sik at 5.30pm yesterday. Sik district police chief DSP Abdul Razak Osman said, in a
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Perhilitan Johor rescues an adult male tapir wandering in Jementah
JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) rescued an adult male tapir, which was believed to have been lost and wandered away from a jungle, at a factory in Jementah, near Segamat Monday. Its director Salman Saaban
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MCO: Police detected new tactic of ketum smugglers
TANAH MERAH: The police have detected a new tactic by ketum (Mitragyna speciose) smugglers during the Movement Control Order (MCO) using the ‘essential services’ leeway given by the government for lorries transporting food supplies. Kelantan police chief, Datuk Hasanuddin Hassan,
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MCO: Nine individuals held ‘wild party’ at house were charged
TAWAU: Nine people, including two minors, who held a ‘wild party’ at a house during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, were today charged in the Magistrate’s Court for violating the order. The accused, Kamaruddin Yusuf,19; Muhd Usman Jamal, 23;
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