Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 at , Economy | News by BERNAMA/ pic by MUHD AMIN NAHARUL THE unemployment rate in Malaysia rose to 5.3 per cent in May this year, registering 826,100 unemployed persons, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin (picture) said the unemployment rate further…
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Number of home seekers rose post-MCO announcement – iProperty
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 at , News | Property by BERNAMA/ pic by TMR FILE THE number of home seekers post-Movement Control Order (MCO) announcement increased to 45 per cent, according to a survey by iProperty.com.my. The property portal said its survey revealed that 24 per cent of the respondents, who were not looking to…
Action taken against 1,000 officers over Auditor-General’s Report 2012-2018
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA/ pic by BERNAMA ACTION has been taken against 1,000 officers for flaws and weaknesses contained in the 2012-2018 Auditor-General’s Report. Auditor-General Datuk Nik Azman Nik Abdul Majid said of the total, 255 of the officers were penalised, 604 officers were freed and proceeding still on going…
Fresh lockdown for 250,000 in Manila as virus surges
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , World by AFP / pic by AFP About 250,000 people in Manila will go back into lockdown, an official said Monday, as the number of new coronavirus infections in the Philippines surges. Residents in Navotas, one of 16 cities that make up the sprawling capital of 12 million people,…
Corporate results: Aurora Italia, Reservoir Link Energy, Protasco, Can-One, VSTECS Pericomp and GHL
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , Markets | News Aurora Italia gets nod for LEAP Market IPO Aurora Italia International Bhd has received Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd’s approval to list on the Leading Entrepreneur Accelerator Platform (LEAP) Market, tentatively scheduled for end-July 2020. The homegrown premium jewellery brand’s proposed initial public offering (IPO) will involve…
Jupiter moves closest to Earth tomorrow
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , World by BERNAMA / pic credit : Space.com BANGKOK – Stargazers are invited to see Jupiter at its brightest with the naked eye tomorrow (July14) when the planet reaches its closest point to Earth. Jupiter will reach opposition, the point in a planet’s orbit when it is on the…
COVID-19: Seven new cases – Health DG
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA / pic by BERNAMA Seven new positive cases of COVID-19, including six imported cases, were reported in Malaysia today, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (picture). He said this brings the cumulative figure for positive cases to 8,725, with 83 being active cases with infectivity. “The…
Motion to vacate post according to constitution – Mohamad Ariff
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA / pic by BERNAMA Former Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (picture) said his termination from the post was in accordance with the constitution. He said this was reasonable and observed all the principles in the constitution. “I do not have a problem,…
COVID-19: As at 12 noon, 13 July | New positive cases = 7 | Total positive cases = 8,725 | Recovered & discharged cases = 1 | Total recovered cases = 8,520 | Death case(s) = 0 | Total death cases = 122 | Active cases with infectivity potential = 83 (Source: MoH)
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , Breaking News COVID-19: As at 12 noon, 13 July | New positive cases = 7 | Total positive cases = 8,725 | Recovered & discharged cases = 1 | Total recovered cases = 8,520 | Death case(s) = 0 | Total death cases = 122 | Active cases with…
Azalina first woman to hold Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker’s post
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA/ pic by BERNAMA PENGERANG Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (picture) made history today as the first woman to hold the Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker’s post, effective today. Azalina, 57, was elected after Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin tabled a motion proposing for…
787 returnees ordered to undergo home quarantine – Ismail Sabri
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA/ pic by BERNAMA A TOTAL of 787 out of 793 Malaysians returned home via the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) yesterday have been ordered to undergo mandatory home quarantine while six individuals were taken to hospitals. Senior Minister (Security…
APEC 2020 to be held in November as scheduled – Azmin
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , Economy | News by BERNAMA/ pic by BERNAMA THE Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will be held in November as scheduled, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (picture). Despite the ongoing global battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, he said Malaysia is determined to fulfill…
Heavy rain causes flash flood in Muar
Monday, July 13th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA / pic by BERNAMA Heavy rain since early today caused a flash flood in 22 low-lying areas in Muar, including the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital. Over 60 mm of rain fell since 4 am and the situation was worsened by the high tide phenomenon in the…
China starts taxing its citizens for global income
Friday, July 10th, 2020 at , World by BLOOMBERG / pic by BLOOMBERG China has started tracking down some of its citizens living abroad to collect taxes, surprising expatriates who never had to pay levies back home on overseas income, according to people familiar with the matter. State-owned enterprises operating in Hong Kong, which has…
Fake pilot scandal prompts US to block Pakistan’s flag carrier
Friday, July 10th, 2020 at , World by BLOOMBERG / pic by BLOOMBERG Pakistan’s national airline has been barred from flying to the U.S. as a result of a scandal in which almost one-third of the nation’s pilots were found to have faked certifications. The U.S. Transportation Department notified Pakistan International Airlines Corp.’s lawyers in…
Malaysia sought Hong Kong’s help in hunt for 1MDB fugitives
Friday, July 10th, 2020 at , News by BLOOMBERG / pic by BLOOMBERG Malaysia’s police sought help from Hong Kong authorities in its 1MDB probe that includes the hunt for Jho Low, the alleged mastermind behind the billion-dollar scandal. The police have sent letters and information to their Hong Kong counterparts to seek help in…
Al Jazeera documentary seditious, inaccurate – IGP
Friday, July 10th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA / pic by BERNAMA The Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown documentary aired by international news agency Al Jazeera recently is inaccurate and contains sedition elements, and this has led to public anger, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said. He said the documentary had hit a sensitive nerve among Malaysians with its contents swayed…
Malaysia records five local transmission cases – Noor Hisham
Friday, July 10th, 2020 at , News by BERNAMA / pic by BERNAMA After two days of zero local COVID-19 transmissions, Malaysia recorded five such cases today, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that out of the 13 new cases reported today, the five local transmissions involved three Malaysians and two foreigners,…
Malaysia Airlines, Japan Airlines commence joint-business partnership
Friday, July 10th, 2020 at , Business | News by BERNAMA/ pic by TMR FILE MALAYSIA Airlines Bhd (MAB) and Japan Airlines (JAL) are set to launch a joint business partnership on July 25, 2020 where the two carriers will cooperate commercially on flights between two countries. Through this partnership, MAB and JAL will take…
COVID-19: Singapore records 191 new cases, 16 in community
Friday, July 10th, 2020 at , News | World by BERNAMA/ pic by BERNAMA SINGAPORE – Singapore reported 191 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours, bringing the infection tally to 45,613 cases. According to the brief noon data released by its Ministry of Health (MOH) today, there were 16 cases in…