Raja Perlis harap pelantikan Ismail Sabri bawa kestabilan negara
KANGAR: Raja Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail berharap pelantikan Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob sebagai Perdana Menteri kesembilan akan membawa kepada kestabilan negara. Baginda juga berharap Ismail Sabri mampu mengurus dan menangani pandemik COVID-19 yang memberi kesan mendalam terhadap kehidupan rakyat. “Beta ingin merakamkan setinggi-tinggi ucapan tahniah kepada Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaacob di […]
MR D.I.Y. sumbang PPE bernilai RM432,000
SHAH ALAM – Peruncit perkakas rumah terbesar di Malaysia, MR D.I.Y. Group (M) Berhad (MR D.I.Y.) menyumbangkan peralatan perlindungan diri (PPE) bernilai lebih RM432,000 kepada 136 pusat perkhidmatan penjagaan kesihatan dan kecemasan di seluruh negara. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif MR D.I.Y. Group (M) Berhad, Adrian Ong berkata, inisiatif tersebut dijalankan melalui usaha sama dengan Malaysia Relief […]
Selangor terima lebih 7 juta dos vaksin
SHAH ALAM: Sebanyak 7,499,702 jumlah dos vaksin diterima Selangor daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan sehingga semalam. EXCO Kesihatan Awam, Perpaduan, Pembangunan Wanita dan Keluarga Selangor, Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud berkata, daripada jumlah itu, 3,874,982 dos vaksin adalah Sinovac; 3,364,920 Pfizer dan 259,800 AstraZeneca. “Dari aspek kumpulan sasar, penerima vaksin adalah mengikut janji temu yang sudah diberikan menerusi […]
MAHB cautiously optimistic about domestic traffic
KUALA LUMPUR: While prospects for the aviation sector remain subdued by travel restrictions, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is growing optimistic over a resumption of airline traffic in the domestic sector given the rapid pace of Covid-19 vaccination in the country. The airport operator said there have been some early signs of cautious cross-border traffic arrangement in […]
Petronas Dagangan, Petronas Gas shares perform mixed after announcing Q2 results
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — Shares of Petronas Dagangan Bhd showed strength in early trade Tuesday, but Petronas Gas Bhd continued to be under pressure. At 10.25am, Petronas Dagangan increased 24 sen to RM19.04 with 15,400 shares transacted. On the other hand, Petronas Gas fell four sen to RM15.96 with 77,800 units changing hands. Yesterday, […]
Nestle eyes growth from plant and alternative foods
PETALING JAYA: Nestle is seeing strong uptake and acceptance of plant-based foods among consumers in general and is expecting this business segment to grow in the near future. The food manufacturing company that’s headquartered in Switzerland said this trend towards new types of food such as alternative meat is a global one and is fast […]
G7 to meet on Afghanistan deadline, Taliban recognition
KABUL, Aug 24 ― Leaders of the Group of Seven countries were set to discuss today whether to seek an extension to an August 31 deadline for the evacuation of thousands of people trying to flee Afghanistan and whether to recognise or sanction a Taliban government. Widespread chaos punctuated by sporadic violence has engulfed Kabul’s […]
10 days later, Haiti earthquake victims struggle to cope
LES CAYES, Haiti: Survivors of the earthquake that killed 2,200 people when it struck Haiti 10 days ago are wavering between feeling resigned to the destruction and fighting for help as they struggle to cope with their daily needs. “I’m slowly resuming my work,“ Edouard, a motorcycle taxi driver, told AFP. “But it hasn’t been […]
Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza over fire balloons
TEL AVIV, Aug 24 ― Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early today. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the air strikes that targeted what the military said was a weapons production […]
