Archive - 9 April 2020

CORONAVIRUS | Eight were charged in Kuala Lumpur and 14 in Selangor.

They would also be allowed to operate their premises twice a week.

CORONAVIRUS | The funds will be distributed by the Terengganu Journalists Club to affected members.

Mazian Seliong, 35, was helping Meluan assemblyperson Rolland Duat Jubin deliver food along Sungai Ensiring in Sarawak.

In a live stream, the PKR president revealed a picture of a Freemason named Anwar Ibrahim who has a very different body shape.

CORONAVIRUS | Cases must be reported within two hours, and close contacts must be traced within a day.

CORONAVIRUS | The national automaker plans to produce 60,000 face shields.

CORONAVIRUS | Kuantan police chief says no such directives have been issued for the area.

CORONAVIRUS | While some aid is delivered, it is not sufficient for all households.

CORONAVIRUS | M'sia has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic shock in a timely and decisive manner, says the finance minister.

Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub replaces Mohd Bakke Salleh, who was told to leave his post just months before his tenure expires.

CORONAVIRUS | This is aimed at the land border between the state and Kalimantan, Indonesia.

CORONAVIRUS | The number of cases jumped by 1,459 with 13 more deaths recorded.

CORONAVIRUS | The country recorded 40 more deaths and 337 new infections.

The government has generally responded well to the Covid-19 crisis, but we are in uncharted waters and must all do our part.

CORONAVIRUS | Bersih and Engage say they are extremely grateful to the 1,091 donors who gave so generously.

CORONAVIRUS | Aid comes from government and private agencies to be used for frontliners.

CORONAVIRUS | He and three friends were detained for playing badminton at a hall in Shah Alam last Friday.

CORONAVIRUS | Non-Covid-19 patients are also being referred to district hospitals and university hospitals.

CORONAVIRUS | Syndicates have intensified their use of e-commerce, social media platforms to circumvent authorities.

CORONAVIRUS | The MPs say aid packages have been diverted to PN representatives for 'streamlining' or distribution.

CORONAVIRUS | 416 out of the 4,228 overall recorded cases involve foreign patients.

UPDATED 7.11PM | CORONAVIRUS | IRB's 2018 taxation database used by its system to determine eligibility of recipients, it says.

Residents in two housing complexes in the city centre are placed under an enhanced MCO.

CORONAVIRUS | The woman, who suffered from a thyroid disorder, was part of the Sarawak church gathering cluster.

UPDATED 7.52PM | CORONAVIRUS | The prime minister is expected to make an announcement on the next step after the briefing.

Policeman goes down the drain but all for a good cause.

CORONAVIRUS | Social media posts promoting the contest have since been removed.

CORONAVIRUS | The Communications and Multimedia Ministry says the initiative aims to entertain local music fans and encourage them to stay at home.

CORONAVIRUS | This brings the number of total recoveries to 1,608 or 38 percent of total cases.

CORONAVIRUS | Such implementation can be executed according to each location’s outbreak control level, researchers say.

CORONAVIRUS | Royal family out of quarantine after several palace staff tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago.

CORONAVIRUS | A comprehensive response from Asean is urgently needed in dealing with the pandemic.

CORONAVIRUS | Those who returned from travels and rescued from being stuck abroad during MCO, thankful for gov't efforts in helping them.

The former minister claims they were not evaluated based on performance but were instead booted out for being 'political appointees' of the previous government.

Party says allegation was cooked up by those spooked by PSB's rising popularity.

LETTER | It now has only three months left to survive financially before the accounts run dry.

Yeoh says Social Welfare Department severely overloaded with work.

LETTER | We hope he will spring into immediate action to uphold the rule of law.

CORONAVIRUS | Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob attributes the rise to people going to BSN to withdraw their Bantuan Prihatin Nasional.

Can't they differentiate between professional and political appointees, asks Anthony Loke.

CORONAVIRUS | Businesses will still suffer despite stimulus packages to contain economic fallout, says Gerakan deputy sec-gen Gary Lee.

CORONAVIRUS | Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the second phase of aid will begin on April 10 involving an allocation of RM6 million.

UPDATED 3.35PM | CORONAVIRUS | The initial order was to expire tomorrow.

A group of panellists say the right way is to debate on the economic stimulus package, get it passed and then spend the money.

Statistics Dept survey finds self-employed to be the worst-hit by the economic downturn.

CORONAVIRUS | More people spending their time at home doing gardening to fill in their time and for food security.

LETTER | Transactions should not be affected for there is always a clause for an extension of time (EoT).

CORONAVIRUS | Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers says this is to prevent the industry from collapsing due to losses incurred.

CORONAVIRUS | Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry says the claim is 'imaginary' and wants Tedros to apologise.

LETTER | What mindset are the banks in?

Tripp’s close friend Diane Spreadbury was quoted as saying that she succumbed to a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.

CORONAVIRUS | It feels like we're treating their sense of self-importance rather than Covid-19, he says of 'privileged' group.

LETTER | A case-by-case risk assessment needs to be done by law enforcers when receiving a complaint.

CORONAVIRUS | Governors, mayors, physicians have voiced alarm for weeks over crippling scarcities of personal protective gear for healthcare workers.

COMMENT | The various initiatives, benefits and exemptions explained.

CORONAVIRUS | New York is home of the nation's worst coronavirus outbreak, with about 78,000 cases and 3,600 deaths.

CORONAVIRUS | UPM's Dr Farina Mustaffa Kamal says pet owners could be infected by Covid-19 as reported by the World Organisation for Animal Health.

CORONAVIRUS | US officials warned Americans to expect alarming numbers of coronavirus deaths this week.

CORONAVIRUS | Pahang now has two such areas with the other being Jerantut.

CORONAVIRUS | DAP veteran reiterates his proposal that restrictions be eased for certain areas to restart the economic engine.

App facing security issues with one school experiencing 'zoombombing' where an uninvited abusive man joined a video meeting naked.

CORONAVIRUS | Mohd Zuki Ali says savings from the allowance reduction to be channelled to Covid-19 Fund.

It is facing backlash from users over lack of end-to-end encryption and uninvited guests crashing into video meetings.

CORONAVIRUS | Barjoyai Bardai, however, warns that a prolonged MCO can make it extremely difficult to restore the economy.

CORONAVIRUS | Annuar Musa says food contributed by caring Malaysians, but number of residents cause confusion.

CORONAVIRUS | Only half of caretakers working on MCO but team committed to the care and safety of over 40 orangutans there.

Will there be more unity among MPs to support supplementary budgets and new legislations initiatives after the MCO ends.

CORONAVIRUS | Essential goods such as rice, flour, cooking oil, sugar to be given to 22,992 Orang Asli in the state, says Hee Loy Sian.

Bangladeshi worker at a church rectified his honest mistake after being informed by a priest.

CORONAVIRS | About 400 passengers of Ruby Princess have tested positive for Covid-19 and 15 died.

CORONAVIRUS | The LPPSA cannot assume all civil servants have working spouses, says Cuepacs president Adnan Mat.

CORONAVIRUS | Communications minister put on 'special leave' for two months and got a pay cut for breaking rules.

CORONAVIRUS | It will be due to shrinking household incomes or consumption because of Covid-19, charity says.

'Our personal actions during this pandemic will impact on another’s health safety, our carbon footprint and ultimately, the environment we live in.'

CORONAVIRUS | The number will rise again if normal life is allowed to resume too quickly, researches of a study warn.

CORONAVIRUS | Noor Hisham laments that people still conducting activities which violate the MCO, like visiting relatives.

He concedes he no longer has a path to victory after a string of decisive nominating contest losses.

It appeals to the gov't to enable private zoos to continue surviving to look after the welfare of their wildlife.

CORONAVIRUS | A 'balik kampung' exodus could spread the disease further, the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia warns.

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.