Archive - 23 April 2020

This is a test of our determination to protect people and the country, he says.

Recipients are advised to continue practising social distancing and wearing face masks.

CORONAVIRUS | While initially doctors packed intensive care units with intubated patients, now many are exploring other options.

Muhyiddin Yassin says short, medium and long terms plans will be crafted by the Finance Ministry, Economic Planning Unit and the PM's Dept.

The Tanjung Karang MP had led Umno to its worst-ever defeat in GE14.

CORONAVIRUS | Muhyiddin Yassin makes the announcement during his Ramadan address this evening.

CORONAVIRUS | Annuar Musa says food aid would be purchased using money collected through a specially set up fund.

Sellers are not risking a third postponement on the KL wholesale market reopening, expect seafood shortage.

CORONAVIRUS | He promises the matter will be resolved to allow them to cope for the remainder of the two-week enhanced MCO.

The legal action was filed at the KL High Court registry, and named the police officer and the boutique hotel as defendants.

The alternative is for us to carry out all Ramadan activities at home, says Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri.

Police say 498 investigation papers were opened with 114 individuals held while 14 had been charged in court.

CORONAVIRUS | Jakarta Province recorded the highest overall fatalities with 301 cases.

An online poll by the National Security Council showed that 89 pct of the responses had agreed for the MCO to be extended.

CORONAVIRUS | On a positive note, the total number of patients who have recovered is 3,542 or 63.2 percent.

LETTER | A Jenga-esque scenario is being played right before our eyes following the seizure of Putrajaya by PN.

CORONAVIRUS | Lawyer claims the boy was handcuffed with other adult detainees when taken to the court.

The case management, was previously set on March 23 but was vacated following the implementation of the MCO by the gov't.

Shopee’s Raya campaign offers RM10 daily essentials; introduces a new feature on App.

These are among the advice the former foreign minister gave to the premier in an open letter today.

LETTER | The backdoor government must be protected to preserve his position and power.

COMMENT | Public policies in education must be made in a transparent manner in the full sunlight of consultation.

The closure of mosques and surau throughout the state is sufficient for now, say officials.

CORONAVIRUS | Tan Kok Wai reveals he has been receiving messages from his constituents in Cheras appealing for food aid.

CORONAVIRUS | Instructions were purportedly given to hand over food aid to PN reps for distribution in opposition constituencies.

CORONAVIRUS | Only students and those stranded away from their homes over a month will be considered for permission to travel, he clarifies.

They also register their protest that questions will not be allowed during the one-day sitting on May 18.

UPDATED 4.23PM | The additional one hour would extend the afternoon to night public transport hours from 4pm to 10pm daily, says Ismail Sabri

Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says affected residents can approach operations centre personnel for assistance.

COMMENT | When the rakyat violate the MCO, swift action will be taken. Not so for the VIPs.

UPDATED 6.40PM | Health Ministry says it has not provided the data to extend or lift the MCO.

CORONAVIRUS | Public servants have been leading the charge against the Covid-19 outbreak, it says.

CORONAVIRUS | All orange zones, areas with 20-40 cases, have improved to yellow zone status.

DOE’s Critical Materials Institute interim director Tom Lograsso: We’re going to allow Washington to figure this out.

The US is looking towards reducing dependence on other countries, especially China, for vital rare earths.

CORONAVIRUS | The sultan also wants the people to make necessary adjustments to their routines for the sake of overcoming the pandemic.

ZecOps chief executive Zuk Avraham suspects the hacking is part of a chain of malicious programs.

CORONAVIRUS | The US secretary of state cited links between those markets and zoonotic diseases.

CORONAVIRUS | NGOs also called on the government to reopen these clinics to help the B40 group.

CORONAVIRUS | 'Time bomb' waiting to happen if undocumented workers not tested for Covid-19 immediately, says M Kula Segaran.

UPDATED | 12.50PM | They also want the whistleblower protection and not anti-trafficking act to be applied.

What will happen if we waste water and no longer have access to clean water during this or any future pandemic?

CORONAVIRUS | Dr Amalina Bakri says she will be involved in recruiting healthy volunteers and vaccinating them.

CORONAVIRUS | Parliament later approved an expansion of the business the hybrid parliament could consider to include legislation.

MCO detainees could potentially manifest a third wave outbreak if the situation is unmitigated.

CORONAVIRUS | Strong, consistent messaging on avenues to obtain help for domestic violence survivors still needed, says the NGO.

Tell us your story so we can record it in a photo essay to remember this difficult period.

All sections of society must hold a substantive discourse on the type of development envisaged for the next five years.

‘It should push ‘green’ sermons amongst the religiously-inclined.’

CORONAVIRUS | The state gov't has to focus on issues arising from the MCO such as finding ways to reboot the economy, he says.

The Kinabatangan MP feels the Covid-19 outbreak has not given Sabah parties time to come to an understanding.

'I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,' Trump tweeted.

CORONAVIRUS | This major online shopping outlet is working to support e-commerce entrepreneurs and SMEs under the current pandemic.

'There is no such confrontation,' says a Foreign Affairs Ministry source, adding that all foreign vessels in Malaysian waters are closely monitored.

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

CORONAVIRUS | Rasah MP Cha Kee Chin said his constituency received only 150 packs, and they checked on the contents.

Bung Moktar also admits that some Sabah Umno leaders also felt slighted when none of them were appointed to Muhyiddin's cabinet.