Author: Bernama

Gov’t decides not to advise Agong to extend emergency

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has decided it will not advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to proclaim an extension of the ongoing emergency after its scheduled end on Aug 1, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said the

Samsung to unfold latest mobile innovations on Aug 11

KUALA LUMPUR: Samsung will be unfolding its latest mobile innovations at the Galaxy Unpacked event on Aug 11, 2021. In a statement today, it said the event would be streamed live at www.samsung.com/my, Samsung Malaysia YouTube, Samsung Malaysia Facebook and https://news.samsung.com/my/ at 10pm (Malaysia time). “We live in a time

MyCC engages with stakeholders over food price hike

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has actively engaged with relevant stakeholders to obtain further information following the recent public complaints about the imposition of exorbitant commission fees and the price of food and beverages by the services of food delivery platform companies. MyCC chief executive officer Iskandar Ismail

Tokyo 2020 allows temporary removal of masks on podium

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has allowed athletes to have a physically distanced image on the podium without their masks on for 30 seconds, and a group photo with masks on the gold-medal step. According to Xinhua, a press release from the International Olympic Committee aligned with the requirements of

Activists launch new effort to combat online sales of turtle eggs

By Kamaliza Kamaruddin THE rising trend of selling turtle eggs online since May 2020 has prompted a group of activists to form a surveillance team on social media known as Turtle Watch Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Oceanography and Environment Institute Research Laboratory head Dr Mohd Uzair Rusli who is

PdPR should continue until situation safe for face-to-face

KUALA LUMPUR: Home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR) for school students should be continued until the current Covid-19 situation in the country is safe for the face-to-face Teaching and Learning (PdP) to resume. Although face-to-face learning is still accepted as the best education method, PdPR, whose implementation can be further improved

Zii Jia, Nur Shazrin, Jinq En lift the gloom on Day Three in Tokyo

TOKYO: While others around them continued to flounder, it was left to national men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia, woman sailor Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif and swimmer Phee Jinq En to save the day for Malaysia on Day Three of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics today. Zii Jia’s smashing performance on