Banned for high mercury content
KUALA LUMPUR: The health ministry has urged the public stop and avoid using nine different brands of cosmetic products that were found detrimental to health upon discovering that they contained scheduled poison, namely mercury and hydroquinone. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement yesterday, said that these dangerous products are Deeja Cosmetics […]
‘Balik kampung’ travel banned
KUCHING: The ‘balik kampung’ travel involving movements between districts is not allowed during the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Gawai Dayak celebrations in Sarawak. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas announced this when explaining the guidelines and standard operating procedure (SOP) for festivals (Hari Raya and Gawai Dayak) at a […]
No more flights between Sibu and KL
KUCHING: All Kuala Lumpur-Sibu and Sibu-Kuala Lumpur flights are cancelled until April 14. Also from today until the movement control order (MCO) period is over, all foreigners travelling by land, air and sea are not allowed to transit in Sarawak. This is the latest measure issued by the disaster committee to curb the Covid-19 pandemic […]
17-year-old sprinter banned four years for doping
KUALA LUMPUR: A 17-year-old male sprinter who was tested positive for doping at the 2019 Malaysian Closed Athletics Championship, has been suspended from participating in any athletics-related activities for four years. Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) president, Datuk S.M. Muthu said the decision was made after an investigation conducted on the athlete and in accordance with […]
