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MTUC: Don’t take advantage of workers
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today urged employers not to take advantage of their workers who have lost their overtime income and commissions due to Covid-19 Its secretary-general J. Solomon said that although non-essential business premises were not
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COVID-19: DRB-Hicom has reported one positive case of its subsidiary
KUALA LUMPUR: DRB-HICOM Bhd has informed that an employee of its subsidiary, DRB-HICOM Auto Solutions Sdn Bhd (DHAS) in Pekan, Pahang has been tested positive with COVID-19. “The staff contracted the virus from her husband, who was in the contact
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Indian tourists stuck in Bali, Kuala Lumpur and Uzbekistan cries for help
The total number of novel coronavirus-positive cases in India has risen to 169. Three fatalities have also been registered. Italy has lost 2,500 people to Covid-19 and these numbers don’t seem to be slowing down. The novel coronavirus has impacted
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Doctor: ‘I stay at work for you, you stay at home for us’
KUALA LUMPUR: A doctor has put Facebook to good use by sharing a quote to remind Malaysians to stay at home during the two-week Movement Control Order period. Dr Gee Teak Sheng, a consultant neurosurgeon from Pantai Hospital, Penang today
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Movement control order: ‘Just stay at home’, says Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of the Movement Control Order entered the second day today, with the people continued to be advised to stay put at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Indeed, the implementation of the
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MCMC assures continued access to communication services
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has assured that Malaysians will be able to continue to have access to the broad range of communications services during the Movement Control Order from March 18 to 31. MCMC in a
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COVID-19: ‘Caremongering’ to help exposed groups
KUALA LUMPUR: A good samaritan has started a ‘caremongering’ group on social media site, Facebook, to help the vulnerable groups of people following a nationwide Movement Control Order, in Malaysia from March 18 to 31 to combat COVID-19. An expatriate
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Malaysians believed to be among thousands at tabligh rally in Sulawesi
JAKARTA: Malaysians are believed to be among thousands of tabligh participants at the Ijtima of Asia 2020 event in Indonesia. A Malaysian Embassy spokesman in Jakarta said although the embassy had issued an order banning Malaysians from attending the programme, scores of Malaysians are believed
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Movement control order: People are not serious and taking lightly
KUALA LUMPUR: A large group of civilians is still defying and not taking the movement control order seriously following its enforcement, today. Dang Wangi district police chief, ACP Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan Abdullah said, most of them had given absurd reasons
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COVID-19: 117 new cases recorded today – Adham
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today said 117 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were recorded in the country. Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the new total of the coronavirus recorded in the country has increase to 790. “About 80 of
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