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Kok: Smallholders will benefit from mixed cropping
KUALA LUMPUR: Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok said the ministry would work with the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry to continue the mixed cropping programme for oil palm smallholders. Kok said the programme could help smallholders cope with the problem
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University holds special convocation for graduate battling with cancer
MACHANG: Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) yesterday held a mini convocation ceremony specially for Abdul Halim Mat Hassan, 25, who is suffering from stage four nasal cancer at his home in Kampung Kok Kiak Baka, here. UMK vice-chancellor, Prof Datuk Dr Noor
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Polio case: Vaccinate yourself before going to Sabah-Health Ministry
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today advised people traveling to Sabah to ensure they have completed their immunisation against polio after a case of polio infection was confirmed in the state. In a Facebook post, the ministry also advised the public to
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Yusoff takes four hours polygraph test on molest claim
KUALA LUMPUR: Muhammed Yusoff Rawther has undergone a polygraph test in Bukit Aman in connection with his allegation that he was molested by PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Oct 2 last year. A Bernama check at Bukit Aman
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Mental health case: Woman claiming to be Samy Vellu’s wife wants to be intervenor
KUALA LUMPUR: A woman alleging to be the wife of former MIC president Tun S Samy Vellu is seeking to be a party in Datuk Seri S Vell Paari’s suit to have Samy Vellu’s mental health determined by the court.
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Loving single father multitasks between tending to daughter while working
PUCHONG: As the Malay proverb goes “the more weight of the eyes, the heavier the shoulders that bears”. Such was the fate of a man who had to bring his daughter to work in to safeguard his rice bowl. It
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Police nab knife wielding man in Bukit Bintang
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested a Bangladeshi man, believed to be mentally unsound, after he was acting aggressively while armed with a knife in Jalan Bukit Bintang yesterday. Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan Abdullah said the man
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Two suspected IS members charged in court
Two suspected Islamic State members who returned to the country last month after being expelled from Syria were charged in separate Sessions Courts in Sepang yesterday with travelling abroad with the intention to commit terrorism. Ahmad Naim Zaid, 34, and
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Yeoh: ‘Safe and Unsafe Touch’ campaign has positive impact on children
The “Safe and Unsafe Touch” campaign, featured in five one-minute videos in collaboration with Google, has a positive impact on children from becoming victims of sexual crimes, the Senate was informed. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh
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Health Ministry seizes RM142mil in medical products over three years
The Health Ministry, through the Pharmaceutical Enforcement Division, has conducted 4,169 raids for the past three years against licensed pharmacy premises, private clinics and other premises found to have violated various laws and regulations. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham
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