Hampir 75,000 tandatangani petisyen desak KPM tangguh buka sekolah
SHAH ALAM – Petisyen dalam talian yang mendesak Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) menangguhkan pembukaan sekolah yang dijadualkan pada 1 September depan sehingga kini berjaya meraih hampir 75,000 tandatangan. Setakat jam 11 pagi Jumaat, petisyen yang bermula Ahad lalu itu ditandatangani seramai 74,626 orang. Kempen yang dilakukan menerusi laman web change.org berkenaan menyasarkan penyertaan seramai 100,000 […]
Tokyo Paralympics to be held without spectators -reports
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held mostly without spectators, as Japan’s capital remains under emergency lockdown amid a surge in novel coronavirus infections, local media reported on Friday. Organisers agreed late on Thursday to limit spectators at the Paralympic events, set to begin on Aug. 24, similar to the Olympic Games […]
CIMB supports over 250,000 people, SMEs under payment assistance plan
KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have provided assistance to over 250,000 individuals and small and medium enterprise (SME) customers to-date under the CIMB Payment Assistance Programme since its launch on July 7, 2021. In a statement on Thursday, the group said this assistance has an approval rate of virtually 100%, […]
Algeria leader calls wildfires ‘disaster’, says 22 arsonists arrested
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria has arrested 22 people suspected of being behind the most devastating wildfires in the country’s history that killed 65 people, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thursday, calling the fires a ‘disaster’ and urging the preservation of national unity. Dozens of forest fires have hit mountainous areas in northern Algeria since Monday, […]
Those aged 12-15 with comorbidities, all 16 to 17 year olds to get vaccinated from mid-Sept, says Health Ministry
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will begin vaccinating teenagers in mid-September, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) in a circular dated Aug 12 said this will involve those aged 12 to 15 who have health conditions and those aged 16 to 17 with or without health conditions. National Covid-19 Immunisation […]
