SERDANG: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today visited the Quarantine and Treatment Centre for low-risk Covid-19 patients at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) here. The prime minister was accompanied by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, Ministry of Health (MOH) secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Chen Chaw Min and Health director-general Datuk…
KLANG: A 44-year-old clerk who was waiting for her turn to buy items at a pharmacy in Taman Bayu Perdana here suffered an injury after being attacked by snatch thieves today. The woman suffered light injuries to her neck, knee and head after she was dragged by a snatch thief who had snuck up on…
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…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal government will cooperate with state governments, specifically in Sabah and Sarawak, to ensure all assistance announced under the people-centric economic stimulus package (Prihatin) reaches them as quickly as possible. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) said he was aware that those living in longhouses in Sarawak, Orang Asal settlements and in…
The status of the recently introduced Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) has been under the limelight for sometime now. It does not seem likely that this law will come into force until late 2013, until all the operational details are made official. Meanwhile, it’s important to understand the recent developments, the progress made by the CRTC…
I’m not a huge reality television show watcher, but what I do like to watch are competition shows. Whether it’s sports or competitive cooking, I like watching how people respond to pressure. (After all, as entrepreneurs we’re always under pressure!) ?Cut Throat Kitchen,? a new cooking competition show, is the perfect analogy for how we…
JASIN: Soldiers on duty under the movement control order (MCO) helped solve a theft case within six hours after it occurred in Bemban, near here, yesterday. Together with the police, the soldiers arrested a thief who had earlier stolen cash from donation boxes at a mosque and temple in Jasin and Selandar respectively. The three…
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Sunday said arrogance of humans against God, sin and all sorts of wickedness were responsible for the Coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Ayokunle made this assertion in his sermon on a cable television on Sunday. The cleric…
Twitter has ramped up its advertising offerings. It now allows brands and companies to market their products directly to their customers through their Twitter feeds. These feeds are now being extended to television. It is expected that the conversation on television will become an extension of the conversation on twitter. Already tweets are appearing on…