‘Enam ahli keluarga maut akibat COVID-19 dalam 15 hari’
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukan seorang tetapi enam ahli keluarga termasuk ibu bapa dan adik seorang guru tadika, menjadi korban COVID-19 dalam tempoh 15 hari termasuk kehilangan ibu bapa dan seorang adiknya. Guru tadika, Farah Adilah Samsudin, melalui detik yang tidak pernah dibayangkan apabila turut kehilangan dua ibu saudara serta seorang bapa saudaranya daripada 13 ahli keluarga […]
Matrade urges SMEs to leverage on international trade agreements
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) has urged small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to expand into the international market through export activities and international trade agreements signed by Malaysia. Transformation and digital trade division senior director Amran Yem said competition among local players is stiff in the Malaysian market given […]
20 juta dos vaksin dijangka diterima sepanjang Julai
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia dijangka menerima sekurang-kurangnya 20 juta dos vaksin sepanjang bulan ini. Daripada jumlah itu, termasuk 500,000 dos vaksin Sinovac yang disumbangkan oleh kerajaan China pada pertengahan bulan Julai. Menteri Penyelaras Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan (PICK), Khairy Jamaluddin berkata, penghantaran baki 12 juta dos vaksin Sinovac akan turut diselesaikan kepada Malaysia pada bulan ini. Khairy yang […]
Mesyuarat Khas Parlimen bermula 26 Julai
KUALA LUMPUR: Mesyuarat Khas Penggal Ketiga Parlimen Ke-14 akan diadakan selama lima hari mulai 26 hingga 29 Julai dan 2 Ogos 2021 bagi Dewan Rakyat. Pejabat Perdana Menteri dalam satu kenyataan berkata, kerajaan turut bersetuju memaklumkan perkara itu kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah berhubung pemakluman itu. Sementara Mesyuarat Khas bagi Dewan […]
Parliament to reconvene for five days from July 26
PETALING JAYA: The Dewan Rakyat will reconvene on July 26, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday (July 5). The special sitting will last for five days between July 26 and Aug 2 while Dewan Negara will sit for three days beginning Aug 3 to Aug 5. The special meeting will be held centre around […]
Demand for death planning services on the rise
PETALING JAYA: Since the Covid-19 breakout, customer enquiries and business volumes for death planning have increased for bereavement care provider Nirvana Asia Sdn Bhd, said chief operations officer Datin Lee Jye Chyi. “The resulting lockdown has taken people away from the distractions of daily life and given them more time to contemplate about life in general […]
Exclusive: After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar’s junta bans executives from leaving
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Senior foreign executives of major telecommunications firms in Myanmar have been told by the junta that they must not leave the country without permission, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. A confidential order from Myanmar’s Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) in mid-June said senior executives, both foreigners and Myanmar […]
Australians trapped in vaccine ‘Hunger Games’, says top official
SYDNEY, July 5 — Getting vaccinated in Australia is like The Hunger Games a top health official admitted Monday, as the country battles scarce supplies during a growing Covid-19 outbreak. A vaccine shortage has led to panicked efforts by people looking to get jabbed, said Brad Hazzard, health minister for the country’s most populous state New South […]
State exco: Under Selvax, employers to pay RM350 for two Covid-19 vaccines doses per employee
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — Selangor executive councillor Datuk Teng Chang Khim today said that under the Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax), employers will have to bear the cost of two vaccine doses per employee for RM350. Teng, who is in charge of the investment, trade, industries and small and medium enterprises portfolio stressed that this […]
