KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) is advising the public to be cautious in buying and selling properties during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period to avoid falling prey to scams. MIEA noted that amid the MCO, the majority of Malaysians who are keen to buy or sell property will be relying…
Far too often, online marketers separate natural search engine optimization practices from pay-per-click (also known as PPC or paid search). Clearly, they both involve very distinct disciplines, but they may have a common landing page or potentially keyword and traffic data that can be shared to make initiatives more powerful and efficient. In this guide,…
SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one âchatâ at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content that is provocative but likely to…
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major yet preventable global health problem, with an estimated 10 million new cases worldwide in 2018, resulting in more than 1.5 million deaths, making it the leading infectious disease cause of death worldwide. An estimated one fourth of the worldâs population is infected with the TB bacterium, of whom 5â10% advance…
WHO today released a Checklist to enable Member States and their partners to assess the status of work at the national level to strengthen accountability to End TB, principally: national commitments made, actions taken on those commitments, monitoring & reporting approaches, and the nature of any high-level review mechanisms. The Checklist has been developed in…
PETALING JAYA: Simpang Renggam member of Parliament Dr Maszlee Malik (pix) took to Twitter today to give recommendations to Malaysians with regards to easing Movement Control Order (MCO) boredom. Pointing out that US Ivy League institutions provide free online courses, he said, âStill wondering how to kill time during MCO. Try this https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/here-are-380-ivy-league-courses-you-can-take-online-right-now-for-free-9b3ffcbd7b8c/â Read More…
GENEVA, 9 April 2020 â A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Childrenâs Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the…
31 Dec 2019 China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified. 1 January 2020 WHO had set up the IMST (Incident Management Support Team) across the three levels of the organization: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level, putting the organization on an emergency footing for dealing with…
 The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact across the world. Efforts to contain the coronavirus are vital to the health of the worldâs population, but they are also exposing children to increased risk of violence â including maltreatment, gender-based violence and sexual exploitation. As leaders of organisations committed to ending violence against children,…
 Following several stories by SaharaReporters on the unjust sacking of six nurses attached to the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, the state government has now told the affected persons to deny the reports by the online news publication before being reinstated into service. In a letter signed by Adeeyo Babatunde, Director of Administration…