Archive - 2 November 2020

FGV says it hasn't received any written notice from Felda regarding land lease termination.

They will be released only after they have recovered.

Mustapa Mohamed says dividends will be paid despite Petronas posting loss in Q2-2020.

However, infectivity rate remains at 1.23 in Selangor and 1.0 in Sabah.

UPDATED 8.05PM | Noor Hisham says current PPE stocks can last for at least 29 days.

COVID-19 | Noor Hisham says an assistant to a senator also tested positive with 12 close contacts identified.

Academic discourse should not be labelled as seditious.

The country saw five-digit active Covid-19 cases for five straight days until noon today.

UPDATED 7.35PM | Rules may be reviewed as Covid-19 cases have risen.

Let it not be a repeat of problems faced during previous 'legalisation' programmes.

UPDATED 6PM | COVID-19 | This is specifically to withdraw cash or for purchase of basic necessities.

Batu MP P Prabakaran alleges fear of Covid-19 not only reason to shorten Parliamentary sessions.

Among them are for security, education as well as liberty and constitutional rights.

This includes blanket loan moratorium and allocations for labour, welfare, investment, education and health sectors.

KINIGUIDE | Some opposition MPs are calling for govt to provide equal allocations to all MPs.

Hearing initially set to commence today but postponed due to CMCO extension.

UPDATED 11.40PM | UM's condemnation of the article and its pledge to initiate a probe is shameful, says JHAM.

Minister also expresses 'positive vibes' when asked about chances of Budget 2021 being passed.

Trump aims to avoid becoming the first incumbent president to lose re-election since fellow Republican George Bush in 1992.

PARLIAMENT | Mohd Redzuan was responding to question if govt will draft act to shorten campaigning or a new campaign method.

This comes after five opposition members wore 'baju Melayu' to the state assembly.

The PAS central committee member says masks not required at places without crowd.

If govt steps up efforts in dealing with Covid-19 and economy, we can salvage this year yet.

UPDATED 1.30PM | COVID-19 | Shorten session will only affect today's sitting, says law minister.

UPDATED 12.50PM | Former minister says he will continue his effort for education reform as an independent lawmaker.

Ultimate wild cards in the job outlook are how many businesses can remain resilient during second wave of Covid-19.

He reportedly kept his diagnosis a secret as he did not want to alarm the country.

The budget will also focus on ensuring the country's basic needs such as food sufficiency, says the minister.

Amfori review finds insufficient evidence to support the A rating given in June.

Airlines, too, are getting creative with 'flights to nowhere' amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Police say preliminary information indicated the perpetrator was not affiliated with any terror group.

Broader political engagement across parties provides for greater legitimacy for public spending.

In line with the reduction of the ceiling price of masks, Durio also announced that the price of masks will be reduced starting 1 November.

A vote count that stretches past Election Day would be a 'terrible thing', the US president argues.

Najib’s appointment is doubly shocking and shameful as it comes three months after being convicted for corruption.

Harapan leaders met with the finance minister yesterday on Budget 2021.

MALAYSIANSKINI | She's the daughter of committed political activists but Kasthuri Patto is determined to chart her own course.

Based on this timeline, the State Assembly could be dissolved as early as this month

UPDATED 3.50PM | The police detained him last night when he was giving a talk via Facebook Live.

Verified locations that are reported to be affected today.

'I cannot see how the meaning of the first sentence is changed by the remaining sentences.'

Italian investigators are also stepping up their probe as the assailant had spent time on the island of Sicily.

He says this in response to an article in scientific journal Nature which claimed Malaysia lacked state healthcare and families were going bankrupt.

''Ketuananism' expects minorities to acquiesce to the views, preferences and practices of the majority.'

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