Archive - 17 July 2020

Wong Tack says until today they were in the dark over the waste facility location.

The food riders complain about unfair payment and shoddy data recording by their companies.

The Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia says it is ready to work with the government on the issue.

The state disaster management committee is checking its stock of PPE.

Analysis for the revision was done in 2019 and needs updating due to the pandemic, says an economist.

Noor Hisham says the award reflects the dedication and sacrifice of all front-liners.

The Pekan MP says Mahathir simply wanted to deny Anwar the PM post.

The US Navy claims to operate wherever international law allows.

SLIM POLLS | The breakaway Bersatu faction may choose to contest against other opposition parties.

The plaintiffs sued over unfulfiled general election promises.

The US Department of Defence will continue its investments and defence cooperation with Asean.

CORONAVIRUS | He adds that schools must provide face masks if there are students or staff showing symptoms during the schooling session.

They have sought justice across three different governments to no avail.

Abdul Hamid Bador says this is to ensure that a reliable supplier is picked.

UPDATED 10.51PM | The former minister has left the graftbuster's headquarters after a long questioning session.

UPDATED 6.30PM | CORONAVIRUS | Ten of the new cases, involving seven Malaysians, were imported, says the Health DG.

Noor Amin Ahmad believes Harapan could still be in power.

In his claim, the carpet trader alleged a conspiracy over land deals which caused him to suffer huge losses.

MP SPEAKS | I just could not accept the suggestion that I should be the prime minister of this unholy coalition.

Such a ban can hit the ruling Communist Party from the highest levels down to its rank-and-file and is certain to draw retaliation.

COMMENT | Under international law, Beijing’s maritime claims in the South China Sea are simply not credible.

The report is expected to be presented to the prime minister by end-August.

This comes after the health minister said contract medical officers can pursue further study abroad, at their own expense.

1MDB TRIAL | Shahrol Azral tells the court that he was not aware that IPIC was not listed as a guarantor.

This is in relation to the Kuwaiti connection to a 1MDB asset and repayment of 1MDB debts.

The court reverses a Court of Appeal order for High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali's recusal from the trial.

'I lost my son and his death has yet to be avenged, so I want to claim damages.'

COMMENT | It may be too early to judge his performance as the Dewan Rakyat speaker.

CORONAVIRUS | The unprecedented decline in demand forced producers to make record output cuts and pump hundreds of millions of barrels of oil into storage.

The online platform will incorporate the Jom Transform Programme, of which MDEC is a strategic partner, to accelerate local businesses’ digitalisation plans

The Perikatan Nasional government made the right decision to not reimplement this programme, it adds

LETTER | Elected representatives need to face serious repercussions for hate speech and offensive and discriminatory language and conduct.

He says no other candidates are contesting for the post.

It will compete against more than 350 works from 20 countries for the award at the film festival to take place in Italy from Dec 3 to 5

International human rights NGO condemns Zulkifli's directive as prejudicial and harmful.

'Elected and parachuting Members of Parliament are increasing displaying bad behaviour in public...'

The airline says its will operate more flights on modern, fuel-efficient aircraft such as its new A350s and 787s.

It's time for politicians to accept the reality of this 'new normal' of M'sian politics, where no party shall command an overwhelming majority.

JAG and 12 women's rights NGOs in the country want the minister responsible to table the Sexual Harassment Bill in Parliament as soon as possible.

At 9.05am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 6.67 points higher at 1,579.90 from 1,573.48 at yesterday's close.

The World War Two veteran had raised £33 million for health workers.

Socso has received 325,506 applications from employers representing 2.66 million employees.

It accuses Abdul Rahim's citing of unspecified actions taken against the accused as an attempt to 'cover-up' the reported sexual harassment cases.

Human Resources Minister M Saravanan announced last month that new recruitment of migrant workers has been suspended until year-end.

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

Veterans group says it's 'utterly disgusted' by the conduct of some parliamentarians.

Also winning the deputy president’s post uncontested (unofficially) is Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu.

CORONAVIRUS | As US coronavirus cases climb, four in 10 parents tell the opinion poll that they will likely keep their children home if classes resume.

CORONAVIRUS | Hackers are trying to steal Covid-19 vaccine and treatment research data from academic and pharmaceutical institutions.

No one takes anything seriously – edition after edition, the indiscretions are repeated by different players at different levels.

But what if the hackers, who seized control of several key Twitter accounts, had worse plans?