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Conserve environment, no amount of money can restore it
KUALA LUMPUR: With the global community busy with addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, many may have forgotten that today is World Environment Day. The celebration, since 1972, calls for the commitment of all quarters to protect the environmental ecosystem so that
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82 Indonesian illegal immigrants deported from Sabah today
TAWAU: A total of 82 illegal immigrants from Indonesia, including five women, were deported to their homeland via the Tawau Port to Nunuka, in the republic today. The National Security Council (NSC) director in Sabah, Sharifah Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof,
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Proposed Economic Recovery Plan needs to aid micro, small business
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Short-Term Economic Recovery Plan needs to pay more attention to micro and small enterprises as they are the groups most affected by Covid-19 that is harming the national and global economies. Former executive director of the Malaysian
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Eight men playing sepak takraw held for violating MCO
ALOR STAR: Eight men who were playing sepak takraw got off on the wrong foot when they were held by police for violating the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) at the Bandar Perdana Phase 6 playground in Sungai Petani yesterday. Kuala
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Details of Bersatu Supreme Council meeting to be announced today
KUALA LUMPUR: Details of last night’s Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Supreme Council meeting will be announced at a press conference today (June 5). Bersatu secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin, when met by reporters, said all questions regarding discussions at the
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Special message on Short-term Economic Recovery Plan by PM today
KUALA LUMPUR: While awaiting the government’s decision to extend or lift the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), which expires this Tuesday, Malaysians will look forward to an announcement on the Short-term Economic Recovery Plan in a special message by Prime Minister
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Temporary measures bill on Covid-19 is on the card
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is drafting a Temporary Measures Bill to mitigate the social and economic impacts of Covid-19, said the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti). The ministry said the survey and valuable suggestions for the Bill, which has been
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Mercy: Undocumented workers urged to get COVID-19 screening
KUALA LUMPUR: A humanitarian group in Malaysia is urging undocumented workers, one of the country’s fringe communities, to get tested for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. MERCY Malaysia, a volunteer relief organisation providing medical and humanitarian services domestically and internationally, has been
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Temperature checks, eat in classroom among MOE’s guidelines
KAJANG: Temperature screening before entering the school compound and eating in classroom during recess time are among new normal practices that students need to adapt when schools reopen. Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said the guidelines stipulated that teachers
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Lim: Government should have the confidence to convene Parliament on Covid-19
Malaysia must learn the lessons of the best practices in the world in the invisible war against Covid-19 and not be the only country which cannot unite the energies of the people to face the Covid-19 pandemic because of inability
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