KUALA LUMPUR: Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (pix) today announced that Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) personnel will receive RM200 per month throughout the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO). She said the incentive was an appreciation of their roles and services as front liners as the country sought to combat…
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 426 fraud cases with regard to the sale of face masks have been reported nationwide during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period until yesterday, with losses amounting to RM3 million. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy director Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said 30 individuals, including 10 local women, have…
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government will issue full payments for April to June to rickshaw peddlers affected by the Covid-19 outbreak next month. State Tourism Development, Arts, Culture and Heritage Committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin said each rickshaw peddler would receive a sum of RM500, which included an allowance of RM300 and a one-off cash…
KOTA KINABALU: In an effort to curb Covid-19 outbreak, the Sabah government issued several more new directives today including a 14-day quarantine order at designated centres for individuals and students from overseas who entered the state directly. State secretary Datuk Safar Untong said students and individuals who came back to Sabah from other states during…
Whistleblowers are the first line of defence against corruption, crime and cover-ups, according to a 2019 paper by the All–Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on whistleblowing in the UK. For Sambo Abdullahi, head of internal audit at the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, it has been one long tortuous journey. Over the past two years, he has been…
Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has debunked media reports claiming that his administration had backed down on paying the N32,000 new minimum wage. The governor said that workers on Grade Level 1 to 6 had been paid their March salaries with the new minimum wage template. A section of the mass media had on…
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government will allocate up to RM75 million under an initiative to rejuvenate the economy that has been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (pix) said the money, in the form of financial incentives, will be disbursed in three components. The first is directed at those considered most…
KUALA LUMPUR: Police are offering a 50% discount on traffic summonses for fine payments made online between Wednesday and Sunday. Federal police traffic investigations and enforcement department director DCP Datuk Azisman Alias said today that the fine settlement via the e-payment campaign was offered in conjunction with the 213th Police Day commemoration. “The campaign is…
European aviation giant Airbus said Monday it would cancel the planned dividend payment for 2019 and also abandon its earnings forecasts for the current year because of the economic uncertainty sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-airbus-cancels-dividend-due-coronavirus.html Views: 0
Dayo Ojo, a football player with Enyimba Football Club of Aba, has been abducted by gunmen in Ondo State. Ojo was kidnapped on Sunday alongside a friend identified as Benjamin Iluyomade of Abia Comet. SaharaReporters learnt that the two footballers were waylaid on Benin-Owo Road in Ondo State. Another player identified as Emma James, who…