Hospital swasta sedia terima sejumlah pesakit COVID-19 – PHPN
KUALA LUMPUR: 2 Feb — Fasiliti kesihatan di hospital swasta kini bersedia menerima sejumlah pesakit COVID-19 bagi membantu mengurangkan kesesakan pesakit-pesakit COVID-19 yang kini mula memenuhi fasiliti kesihatan kerajaan. Pengerusi Nexus Penjagaan Kesihatan Swasta (PHPN) Datuk Dr Jacob Thomas berkata hospital swasta menyediakan sebanyak 71 unit ventilator kepada hospital kerajaan di seluruh negara ketika kes […]
Petrol dealers demand clarity on fuel ceiling price issue
PETROL dealers are in the dark over the issue of fuel ceiling price which has been steadily increasing since mid-November 2020. Without a ceiling price, petrol station operators’ cashflow will remain tight as they will have to buy fuel at higher prices, making the cost of holding stocks more expensive, said the Petrol Dealer Association […]
Pentagon awards US$30m in rare earths funding to Australia’s Lynas
(Feb 2): The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday said it has awarded $30.4 million to Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths Ltd to build a Texas facility for processing specialized minerals used to make weapons, electronics and other goods. China is the world’s largest producer of rare earth minerals and has threatened to stop their export […]
Foreign investors withdrew RM535.5 mln net local equities last week
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 – Foreign investors withdrew RM535.5 million net of local equities during the third week of 2021 compared to the RM288.4 million sold in the preceding week. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd economist Adam Mohamed Rahim said international investors started the week by disposing of RM199.7 million net of local equities on Monday […]
‘Private hospitals must step up in Covid fight – before being forced to do so’
KUALA LUMPUR: Private hospitals should make concessions now to take in Covid-19 patients from government hospitals before they are ordered to do so under the emergency ordinance. Public health specialist Dr Aidalina Mahmud said the government’s stance of not forcing private hospitals to take Covid-19 patients could change if cases continue to climb. She said […]
Report: Parents struggle to find textbooks for students preparing to go back to school after missing most of 2020’s classes
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Parents in several states including Selangor, Melaka and Negri Sembilan are unable to find textbooks for the new school year, causing concern that this could further hamper their children’s education disrupted by Covid-19. According to The Star, Amanda Tan, a parent from Selangor, said textbooks for her 12-year-old son could […]
First batch of Pfizer vaccine to arrive on Feb 26
KUALA TERENGGANU: Malaysia is expected to receive the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Feb 26, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Once it arrives, the vaccine will be distributed in stages to the states within a week or two. The Health director-general was speaking to reporters after participating in the Covid-19 […]
Nicol dinobat atlet terunggul sepanjang zaman
KUALA LUMPUR: 1 Feb — Bekas ratu skuasy negara Datuk Nicol David dinobatkan sebagai pemenang Anugerah Atlet Terunggul Sepanjang Zaman Sukan Dunia dengan meraih undi majoriti dalam undian dalam talian yang ditutup pada jam 9 malam tadi. Sebagai calon tunggal Asia, juara dunia sebanyak lapan kali itu, ternyata unggul sebagai pendahulu sejak hari pertama undian dibuka pada 8 Jan lalu apabila menerima 318, 943 undi, kelebihan […]
