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MCO: Submission of Isa Samad’s corruption case postponed to April 21
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed April 21 for submission by parties in the corruption case involving former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, who is facing one charge of criminal breach of trust and nine charges
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MCO: Tailor gives away handmade fabric face mask
KANGAR: A tailor here utilised his free time during the current nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) by sewing and distributing handmade fabric face mask as a gesture of goodwill. Ng Teck Gen, 48, who runs Oz Home sewing and embroidery
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MCO: Homeless people in Sarawak receives attention
KUCHING: The enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO) may be a blessing in disguise for the Sarawak government in dealing with the homelessness issue. Sarawak Welfare, Community Well-being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah today
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Permission to operate liquor factory revoked
PUCHONG: Permission to operate under the Movement Control Order (CPP) issued to the liquor factory, Heineken have been canceled. Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa made the announcement via his Twitter account today. “It was canceled this morning because
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PAS demands Heineken’s factory permit pulled amid MCO
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS requested Putrajaya to reverse the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry’s decision to allow Heineken Malaysia Bhd to operate during the movement control order (MCO). In a statement today, PAS condemns that alcohol is not listed as
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COVID-19: Malaysia joins global ‘Solidarity Trial’ launch by WHO
KUALA LUMPUR: The ‘Solidarity Trial’, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), will see Malaysia’s involvement in an international effort to test several drugs in treating COVID-19. Malaysia’s Health Ministry (MOH), in a statement today, said the WHO globally coordinated
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Singapore identifies another dormitory as a new cluster
SINGAPORE: Singapore which gazetted two foreign workers’ dormitories as isolation areas on Sunday has identified another dormitory as a new cluster. The new cluster of Tampines Dormitory at Tampines Place has so far reported three new confirmed cases, said a
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COVID-19: ‘TikTok’ family who tested positive recovered
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Teluk Intan Hospital Emergency and Trauma Department head Dr Samsu Ambia Ismail, who tested positive for COVID-19, and whose cheerful ‘TikTok’ video went viral recently, has now recovered and discharged from the hospital. The happy
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Boris Johnson hospitalised for tests after persistent coronavirus symptoms
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, though Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government. Johnson, who
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Is mother nature striking back?
As COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, one gets the uncanny feeling that Mother Nature is beginning to reclaim what she has been losing to man over the years – fresh air, clear waters, natural vegetation and wildlife. One tends
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