Govt plans insurance scheme to protect the poor
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will roll out an Insurance Protection Plan for poor households that lost their source of income following the death of their family heads. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the plan was expected to benefit some 268,000 poor households registered under the e-Kasih system. Ismal Sabri said, each household […]
Without Sosma, Malaysia would be at the mercy of criminals and terrorists, says home minister
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Parties who do not agree with the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012 are those who want to make room for criminals and terrorists to dominate the country, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. The minister said this applied to those who did not support the motion to […]
S.Korea’s total Covid cases top 10 million as crematoria, funeral homes overwhelmed
SEOUL: South Korea’s total coronavirus infections topped 10 million, or nearly 20% of its population, authorities said on Wednesday, as surging severe cases and deaths increasingly put a strain on crematories and funeral homes nationwide. The country has been battling a record Covid-19 wave driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant even as it largely […]
Downpour halts China’s search for jet crash victims, black boxes
WUZHOU (China), March 23 ― Heavy rain in southern China today halted the search for victims and flight information black boxes that could tell why a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane plunged into a mountainside two days earlier with 132 people on board. Rain water was filling the depression in the soft soil caused by […]
New Zealand lifts most vaccine mandates as Omicron outbreak nears peak
WELLINGTON, March 23 ― New Zealand’s government said today it would lift vaccine mandates for a number of sectors including teaching and police from April 4 as the current Covid-19 outbreak nears its peak. New Zealand’s response to the pandemic won plaudits overseas and kept hospitalisations and deaths low. But public anger over sustained domestic […]
Conflict over plan to move South Korean presidential office
A CONFLICT between the incoming and outgoing presidential administrations is escalating over a plan to move the South Korean presidential office to a defence ministry compound. This has raised concerns among many over the smooth transfer of power as the ruling and opposition blocs are refusing to budge over the controversial relocation plan. According to […]
Peniaga didenda memiliki, jual Android TV Box
Kuala Lumpur: Seorang peniaga dihukum denda RM4,000 di Mahkamah Siber, di sini, hari ini, selepas mengaku bersalah atas pertuduhan memiliki dengan tujuan menjual kelengkapan komunikasi yang tidak diperakui Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia (SKMM). Hakim M M Edwin Paramjothy menjatuhkan hukuman itu selepas Khor Ooi Heong, 42, selaku Orang Kena Saman (OKS) mengaku bersalah atas pertuduhan […]
Lawatan Ismai Sabri ke Vietnam tingkat kerjasama hubungan diplomatik
HANOI: Lawatan rasmi dua hari Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob ke Vietnam bukan sahaja dapat mempertingkatkan kerjasama dua hala hubungan diplomatik dan ekonomi, tetapi juga hubungan rakyat kedua-dua negara. Ismail Sabri berkata, tujuan lawatan itu antaranya untuk meningkatkan hubungan Malaysia dan Vietnam seiring dengan sambutan Jubli Emas, iaitu ulang tahun ke-50 hubungan diplomatik […]
Sindiket guna Wechat tipu mangsa
KUALA LUMPUR: Lebih 50 profil aplikasi sosial Wechat palsu dibuka setiap hari oleh setiap pekerja sindiket penipuan pusat panggilan (calling center) bagi memperdaya mangsa. Sindiket yang berpusat di sebuah unit kondominium di Mount Kiara, di sini, turut menghantar data setiap kenalan mangsa ke dalam group WhatsApp sebelum ketua sindiket menjalankan proses penipuan. Kegiatan sindiket yang […]
