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Umno deputy president not expecting economic recovery until next year.

UPDATED 4.13PM | It will benefit both singles and households.

Guan Eng also urges the govt to inject more funds into the economic stimulus plan.

COMMENT | What is needed is a long-term and sustainable solution for them to protect their livelihoods.

It's not enough to create programmes to aid the groups, but proper management of funds vital for success.

Another round of study loan deferment would be a huge relief for borrowers while job hunting, especially for those in the B40 group.

Some entities conducted training for their own members instead of for B40 participants while others overbilled.

The fund's CSO says this while discussing the World Bank's proposed social pension for Malaysians

COMMENT | If the current demarcation persists, the unequal distribution of income and assets will make the rich get richer.

Economists see this a reflection that more measures are needed to mitigate the effects of loss of income from MCO and coronavirus pandemic.

Syahredzan Johan highlights the plight of CCM-registered traders whose BPN appeals were rejected.

Under the first phase, the government disbursed RM5.47 billion to 7.74 million recipients.

CORONAVIRUS | M Kulasegaran also alleges that no food actually reached intended B40 recipients in his constituency.

Other forms of assistance being introduced, including Bantuan Prihatin Nasional, says Deputy Finance Minister I Abdul Rahim Bakri.

CORONAVIRUS | Yayasan Hasanah partners with MOF to fund up to RM250,000 per project for at-risk communities hit by Covid-19.

COMMENT | The steps taken to address the three-faceted crisis are in the right direction, but there still are many points to be addressed.

CORONAVIRUS | The PKR president, however, says he supports initiatives in the package that will help people.

CORONAVIRUS | The extension of the MCO until April 14 will see many from the B40 group in dire need of essential items, Maria Chin says.

UPDATED 4.30PM | CORONAVIRUS | This is among three extraordinary measures needed to help the less privileged, says Pakatan Harapan.

LETTER | The gov't should not make a worker choose between a bit more to spend now and suffer from lack of savings after retirement.

CORONAVIRUS | It also calls on the gov't to intervene in companies requesting workers to take unpaid leave.