Bank ATMs only open from 8 am – 8 pm

PUTRAJAYA: Bank Auto-Teller-Machines (ATMs) will henceforth be only open from 8 am to 8 pm to further control movement of people during the movement control order (MCO) period. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said, according to police feedback, many were giving the excuse that they wanted to withdraw money from 24-hour […]

Reach out to rural, banks told

Address shortage of ATMs in rural towns: Rep KUCHING: Authorities should provide mobile essential services especially to those living in rural areas to prevent overcrowding of people seeking inter-district travel passes during this movement control order (MCO) period, suggested Engkilili assemblyman Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa. He was referring to a recent report that over 100 […]

Armed forces help with food aid

SIBU: The state government and the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) are joining hands to deliver food aid to rural communities during the movement control order (MCO) period.  The Malaysian Army’s Eastern Command has been appointed as a focal agency to coordinate and assist in the delivery of food supplies to rural areas in Sarawak. Army […]

RHB to waive RM1 fee

KUCHING: RHB Banking Group (RHB) will waive the RM1 fee for interbank cash withdrawals at Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) from tomorrow until the end of the movement control order (MCO) period. The waiver allows customers from other banks within the MEPS network the convenience of withdrawing funds from any of RHB’s more than 1,100 ATMs […]

Food on the table for everyone

KUCHING: The rural community will have adequate supplies of food and essential goods as sufficient stocks will be sent to 800 Point of Sales (POS) in the state during the movement control order (MCO) period soon. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said these POS or grocery stores located in the rural […]

OCBC removes RM1 fee for withdrawals via other banks’ ATMs

KUALA LUMPUR: OCBC Bank Bhd and its Islamic banking subsidiary, OCBC Al-Amin Bank Bhd, will absorb the RM1 automated teller machine’s (ATM) cash withdrawal fee levied to its customers for using another bank’s ATM, effective today until the end of April. OCBC head of Consumer Financial Services Lim Wyson said this initiative is part of the bank’s concerted […]

Monitoring team urged to take stringent measures

SUBANG: The 15th Mindanao International Monitoring Team (IMT-M15) has been urged to impose stringent precautionary measures while on duty in the southern Philippines following the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Chief of Defence Force General Tan Sri Affendi Buang said the team, which left for Mindanao yesterday, needed to pay close attention to the health […]

New Chief of Defence Forces known on Jan 2

KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2020 will see the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) under a new commander, with the current Chief of Defence Force General Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin going into retirement soon. A native of Perak who was born in Port Weld 61 years ago, he was appointed as the 20th Chief of Defence […]

Counter-balancing Kalimantan’s border posts

By Barina Nani KOTA SAMARAHAN: The demand for more security posts along the Sarawak-Kalimantan border was not only due to the coming relocation of Indonesia’s capital city to Kalimantan. Eastern Field Command (EFC) commander Lt Gen Datuk Wira Zamrose Mohd Zain said the purpose of adding more such facilities was to counter-balance the number of […]

Journalists take aim at closer ties

By Barina Nani KOTA SAMARAHAN: Twenty-eight media practitioners from 13 agencies participated in a shooting competition in conjunction with ‘A Day with the Media’ organised by the Eastern Field Command (EFC) at Muara Tuang Camp here yesterday. Its commander Lt Gen Datuk Wira Zamrose Mohd Zain said the programme was held to foster closer ties […]