5 pegawai kanan MARA dipanggil ke SPRM petang ini
KUALA LUMPUR: Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) akan memanggil lima pegawai kanan Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), hari ini, untuk dirakam keterangan berhubung dakwaan penyalahgunaan kuasa. Sumber SPRM berkata, mereka dijangka hadir ke ibu pejabat SPRM di Putrajaya, jam 3 petang ini. “Kami ada maklumat bahawa beberapa individu daripada MARA akan hadir pada petang nanti untuk […]
13 majikan’ ‘degil’ di Kelantan kena dakwa
Kota Bharu: Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial (Perkeso) mendakwa 13 majikan ‘degil’ di negeri ini di mahkamah atas pelbagai kesalahan sejak Januari tahun lalu sehingga semalam. Pengarah Perkeso Kelantan Nora Yaacob berkata, majikan terbabit didakwa kerana gagal membayar caruman, gagal mendaftarkan perusahaan, gagal mendaftarkan pekerja, gagal membayar faedah lewat bayar, dan gagal mematuhi saman. Katanya, majikan yang […]
Tumpu kawasan rendah liputan dos penggalak
Putrajaya: Tumpuan pemberian dos penggalak perlu terarah ke kawasan liputan rendah, khususnya bagi Johor yang bakal menjalani Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN), 12 Mac ini. Menteri Kesihatan Khairy Jamaluddin berkata, dos penggalak memberi perlindungan yang baik terutama dalam gelombang Omicron. Beliau turut berkongsi peta liputan dos penggalak di Twitter yang menunjukkan keseluruhan 57 peratus di Johor […]
Tentera Darat perketat kawalan sempadan Sarawak-Kalimantan
KUCHING: Pemerintahan Medan Timur Tentera Darat (PMTTD) memperketatkan kawalan susulan pembukaan semula sempadan negara yang dicadangkan bermula 1 Mac depan. Selain bimbang keselamatan sempadan dicerobohi pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) serta aktiviti jenayah rentas sempadan, kawalan ketat juga perlu dilaksanakan bagi mengelak lonjakan kes jangkitan COVID-19. Jurucakap PMTTD dalam kenyataan hari ini, memaklumkan pihaknya akan […]
California sizzles in February heatwave
LOS ANGELES: A heatwave was bringing unseasonably high temperatures to California on Thursday, sending sun-worshippers to the beach, but also sparking a brushfire. Forecasters issued a heat warning for the most populous US state through to Sunday, warning the mercury could hit a height-of-summer 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in Los Angeles, well above the average […]
Biden urges Americans to leave Ukraine as fears of Russian invasion mount
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden urged Americans Thursday to immediately leave Ukraine, as Russia’s live-fire drills and build-up of troops around the ex-Soviet state deepened fears of an invasion. Washington-Moscow tensions are at their highest since the Cold War, with some US estimates saying some 130,000 Russian soldiers are grouped in dozens of combat brigades […]
Covid-19: Biden sees mask requirements for children easing, but cautious on dropping all mandates
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 ― US President Joe Biden yesterday said mask requirements for children would likely to start to fall away given federal plans to begin vaccinating children under the age of 5, but said it was probably premature to drop Covid mask requirements entirely. Biden told NBC News in an interview that Omicron and […]
World’s biggest mobile show eyes up to 60,000 visitors
BARCELONA: Up to 60,000 people are expected to attend the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month, organisers said Feb 10, hoping it would resemble its pre-pandemic days despite the absence of several heavyweights. “We’re expecting somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 people,” said John Hoffman, executive director of the GSMA industry association which stages the annual […]
