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Gov’t committed to uplift 500,000 Risda smallholders
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed to uplifting the income of some 500,000 smallholders nationwide through the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda). Rural Development Minister Datuk Dr Abd Latiff Ahmad said RM461 million had been allocated to implement Risda’s development programme initiatives. Among
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Parents must inculcate good hygiene practices in their children
KUALA LUMPUR: Parents need to inculcate the importance of good hygiene and social distancing practices in their children before preschools and kindergartens reopen in two weeks’ time. Children are certainly excited to see their friends again after being apart for almost
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Multiple stimulus packages reduce widespread economic hardship — Economists
KUALA LUMPUR: The enormous and multiple stimulus packages rolled out not just by Malaysia but all over the world are considered appropriate and necessary to alleviate widespread economic hardship and to reduce longer-term damage to economies, say economists. Professor of Economics at
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Single mother sets up ketupat palas business from home
KOTA BHARU: The implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) following the COVID-19 pandemic since mid-March has provided a window of opportunity for the public, especially housewives, to start their business from home. A check by Bernama at Tanjung Chat here
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Treat MySejahtera as our best friend throughout RMCO
KUALA LUMPUR: The use of the MySejahtera application has become a new normal for Malaysians as a means of helping the government, especially the Ministry of Health (MOH), in monitoring the spread of COVID-19 infection in the country since April
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Jawi to hold special prayers for Palestine
KUALA LUMPUR: Special prayers (solat hajat), prayers of supplication seeking safety (doa selamat) and for protection from harm (Qunut Nazilah) will be be performed in selected mosques and surau in the green zones across the Federal Territories after Maghrib prayers beginning
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Man makes good use of MCO to create can crusher
MIRI: The Movement Control Order (MCO) period has been used by Chua Eng Hin from Limbang to invent a can crusher dubbed ‘machine gun’ with a budget of less than RM100 using recycled iron rods and the flywheel of an old
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In awe of majestic Mount Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: When Rossiti Maineh Karim joined Sabah Parks as a general worker in 1992, not once did she imagine she would be assigned to go on research and survey expeditions to Mt Kinabalu. When she was young, she did dream
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Man’s body found in drain
GEORGE TOWN: A man’s body was found lying in a drain near the Botanical Gardens waterfall at Jalan Kebun Bunga here yesterday. The victim, S. Govindaraju, 51, had been reported missing for two days and his family had lodged a police
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Malaysian missions in Europe hold video conference discussions
KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-one Malaysian missions in Europe recently discussed on Malaysia’s overall engagement in the region, including issues related to palm oil, trade and investment through video conferencing (VC), said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Amidst gradual easing of the Covid-19
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