Archive - 30 April 2020

Financial institutions are expected to make announcements on Friday about policy changes for customers who want to go ahead with the moratorium.

CORONAVIRUS | Several countries including Ireland, Malaysia Spain and Britain have reported such incidents.

CORONAVIRUS | Senior executives are also taking up to 20 percent pay cuts.

CORONAVIRUS | The service was initially provided to frontliners and healthcare workers battling Covid-19.

CORONAVIRUS | Hardware, vehicle spare parts and agriculture input stores are also allowed to open.

CORONAVIRUS | However, only four mosque officials allowed to take part and Health Ministry guidelines need to be adhered to, says CM.

CORONAVIRUS | The association will put out an online video to celebrate the event.

CORONAVIRUS | He says this will happen in stages and some industries will open up earlier than others.

CORONAVIRUS | Some lifts only measure five feet long and three feet wide.

As a global leading shoe company, Bata feels responsible towards all its stakeholders including the communities in which it operates across countries and regions.

Prior to the appointment, he was the Ministry of Finance secretary-general of Treasury.

With COVID-19 affecting communities across our nation, some need more help than others. These are people who might otherwise fall through the cracks and be overlooked and forgotten.

CORONAVIRUS | More businesses are expected to be allowed to resume operations by Monday.

CORONAVIRUS | Early results of the new detection method are encouraging.

He wants to know the real reason why some are protesting his recent appointment YPG chair.

Furthermore, the Registrar of Societies has never registered any Rohingya organisation in Malaysia.

The appointment was nominated by Boustead's largest shareholder, the Armed Forces Fund Board.

Bersatu's situation in the southern state suggests that the party has no clout in the PN coalition.

CORONAVIRUS | The aim is to transform the wholesale market up to the standards of its counterparts in Japan.

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UPDATED 6.49PM | CORONAVIRUS | Traditional medicine is used as a complementary treatment to help speed recovery and not as the main treatment.

UPDATED 6.32PM | CORONAVIRUS | Health DG says ministry's focus is only on detecting positive cases.

CORONAVIRUS | This is after its last two patients were discharged from Raja Perempuan Bainun Hospital yesterday.

He replaces Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir, effective tomorrow.

It comes in the wake of several reports of crashes and deaths involving e-hailing riders.

The three left for home in the same car from a police station to collect documents but things took a tragic twist.

UPDATED 5.48PM | CORONAVIRUS | Two new deaths have been reported while 84 patients, who recovered, have been discharged.

Harapan presidential council says SOPs set by Dewan Rakyat earlier can facilitate sitting for at least two weeks.

The group said the worsening situation had forced it to offer unpaid leave and induced salary cuts among high-income earners.

Banking institutions urged to roll out means to conclude loan/financing payments under the moratorium.

China’s response comes after US President Donald Trump said that Beijing "will do anything they can" to make him lose his re-election bid in November.

A news report today also quoted sources alleging Umno vice-president set to helm Malaysian Airports Holdings Bhd.

We can only win battle against pandemic if we are in it together. There must be solidarity.

The 398 employers have applied to carry out retrenchment and wage cut exercises involving 15,597 workers in the MCO period.

The state has not recorded any new cases of Covid-19, says Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah.

Blu Inc Media employees receive email informing that print and digital publications cease today.

Johor Bersatu chief, however, is confident that an amicable solution can be found.

Send aid to operation centres at enhanced MCO areas instead, says Ismail Sabri.

Its Chief Executive Ben van Beurden says due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Shell is also suspending the next tranche of its share buyback programme.

COMMENT | It took a judge to say what the attorney-general should have.

Abolish 5 pct RPGT for properties sold after five years for people who need to sell such assets during Covid-19 crisis.

CORONAVIRUS | Twenty-nine million voters participated in the April 15 parliamentary election, says Yoon Tae-ho.

Ramada Hotel says as a result of Covid-19 crisis, continued operation no longer viable.

The veteran actor was diagnosed with cancer in 2018.

CORONAVIRUS | Penang (with 4 active cases) and Perak (2) are two more states that are approaching complete green zone status.

Facebook Malaysia country director Nicole Tan says people want to be inspired by Ramadan traditions.

CORONAVIRUS | Its chairperson Mohd Ibrahim foresees bleak Labour Day for Malaysian workers.

Ismail Sabri says they may also be sent to 11 special prisons if the need arises.

Deputy CM says the decision would take effect immediately after taking into consideration feedback gathered from the public.

If Johor Bersatu had stayed neutral on PN formation it would have stronger bargaining chip, say Sheikh Umar and Taqiuddin.

Previous dates have been vacated following the extension of the ongoing MCO.

CORONAVIRUS | Matter will be discussed during the special ministers' meeting on the MCO, says Ismail Sabri.

CID director Huzir Mohamed says the force will not compromise when it comes to investigating crimes.

CORONAVIRUS | Facebook’s head endorses measures while Tesla’s founder condemned them as anti-democratic.

It said such actions go against the purpose of implementing social distancing and breaking the chain of infection.

To deny the need to create is to deny the very fabric of our being.

Permas assemblyperson says the appointment as well as other issues are preventing aid from being distributed to the people.

CORONAVIRUS | Gov'ts need to ensure that it is both safe and effective, journal Nature says.

CORONAVIRUS | The package features cash payouts of 100,000 yen per citizen, says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

CORONAVIRUS | Judicial commissioner says this in his written judgment after revising the sentence to community service.

CORONAVIRUS | Its earlier draft memo had called for reopening of Iraq border crossing into Syria to deliver Covid-19 aid.

Older persons should find ways to stay active during this time to continue to age healthily, says Wong Teck Wee.

CORONAVIRUS | Air pollution has fallen dramatically as hundreds of millions have stayed at home in past month.

His parents were unable to return to Russia when travel restrictions were imposed due to Covid-19 outbreak.

CORONAVIRUS | A former state rep urges the High Court to review the sentences against Noor Azmi and Razman.

CORONAVIRUS | Death toll for coronavirus in US tops 60,000.

Despite the annual salary and bonus paid to them being way lower than that earned by private sector employees, Cuepacs president Adnan Mat says.

CORONAVIRUS | Looking after such vulnerable communities will also benefit the health of citizens, a group of NGOs argue.

COMMENT | Today, the Selayang wholesale market stands as a monument of all that is wrong with this country.

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

The causes include low occupancy in the last few years and increased competition from new hotels and the proliferation of homestays.

The total revenue for the month plunged by 52.9 percent compared with the same month a year ago, the International Air Transport Association announces.