11 mangsa banjir di Kelantan positif COVID-19
KOTA BHARU: Seramai 11 mangsa banjir di dua daerah di Kelantan positif COVID-19 sehingga Jumaat lalu. Pengarah Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri, Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin, berkata kesemua mereka dikesan hasil ujian saringan yang dilakukan sebelum memasuki pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS). Katanya, kesemua yang positif dihantar ke hospital dan Pusat Kuarantin dan Rawatan COVID-19 Berisiko Rendah (PKRC) […]
MOTAC lanjut tempoh kelonggaran syarat bagi syarikat pengendali pelancongan
PUTRAJAYA: Kementerian Pelancongan, Seni dan Budaya (MOTAC) bersetuju melanjutkan tempoh kelonggaran syarat yang diberikan kepada syarikat pengendali pelancongan yang dilesenkan di bawah Akta Industri Pelancongan 1992 (Akta 482), bermula 1 Januari 2022 sehingga 30 Jun 2022. Selain berkaitan kelonggaran dari segi keluasan premis, ia juga melibatkan kelonggaran kebenaran untuk menjalankan perniagaan lain dalam premis syarikat […]
Banjir: Permohonan penangguhan bayaran balik PTPTN bermula esok
KUALA LUMPUR: Peminjam Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) yang terkesan dengan bencana banjir boleh mengemukakan permohonan penangguhan bayaran balik pinjaman mulai esok sehingga 31 Mac 2022. PTPTN dalam kenyataan memaklumkan permohonan boleh dibuat melalui portal rasmi PTPTN (www.ptptn.gov.my/ PenangguhanBayaranBalikBanjir) atau hadir ke mana-mana cawangan PTPTN yang berhampiran. Tiada sebarang dokumen sokongan diperlukan semasa permohonan […]
RM900 juta anggaran kos baiki jalan akibat banjir
KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) menganggarkan kos semasa kerja pembaikan jalan Persekutuan dan negeri kelolaannya, bernilai kira-kira RM900 juta. Menteri Kanan Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, berkata anggaran itu berdasarkan penilaian tahap kerosakan selepas JKR melaksanakan pemeriksaan ke atas aset jalan. Katanya, pemeriksaan mendapati banyak kerosakan berlaku pada jalan, jambatan, longkang, cerun dan […]
Myanmar court defers verdicts in Suu Kyi trial to Jan 10, says source
YANGON, Dec 27 — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has postponed verdicts it was expected to make in two cases in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to January 10, according to a source familiar with the proceedings. The court had been due to rule on charges today that included the possession […]
Israel approves plan to double settlers in occupied Golan
GOLAN HEIGHTS: Israel’s government on Sunday approved a US$317 million plan to double the Jewish settler population in the Golan Heights, 40 years after it annexed the territory captured from Syria. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s cabinet voted in favour of the plan that aims to build 7,300 settler homes in the region over a five-year […]
Brazil flooding death toll mounts, thousands more displaced
SALVADOR, Dec 27 — The death toll from heavy rains that have battered the Brazilian state of Bahia since November rose to 18 yesterday, amid incessant torrents that have displaced 35,000 people, authorities said. Bahia firefighters confirmed the death of a 60-year-old man who drowned in a river in the south of the state yesterday. […]
Australia records first Omicron death, authorities stick to reopening plan
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Monday reported its first confirmed death from the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 amid another surge in daily infections, but the authorities refrained from imposing new restrictions saying hospitalisation rates remained low. The death, a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, marked a grim milestone for the country […]
MAHB, volunteers help more than 1,500 flood victims within airport areas
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has provided flood relief to more than 1,500 flood affected families within the airport vicinity nationwide. Areas that were badly hit by the flood include Sepang, Subang and Kuantan where MAHB and its local airport volunteers have reached out to provide rescue services, temporary shelter, food aid, basic […]
