FAM submits request on M-league resumption
KUALA LUMPUR: The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has submitted an official request to the National Security Council (NSC) and Ministry of Health (MOH) for their views and approval with regard to adopting standard operating procedures (SOP) so that the 2020 Malaysia League (M-League) can be resumed once the movement control order (MCO) is lifted. […]
Malindo Air resumes domestic flights
KUALA LUMPUR: After a brief shutdown due to the movement control order, Malindo Air will resume its domestic services from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, from April 27 with a single daily flight to each of the domestic destinations that it operates to. In a statement yesterday, the […]
BROSS to encourage online trade during Ramadan
KUCHING: Sarawak takes another step to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to earn extra income during the fasting month through the Bazar Ramadan Online Sarawakku Sayang (BROSS) programme on Facebook. State Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said BROSS was initiated as an alternative to the annual Ramadan bazaar which had been barred following […]
Facebook postings of failed culinary attempts gets 1.5 million followers
NILAI: Almost immediately after it was started, the Facebook account ‘Masak Apa Tak Jadi Hari Ni Official’ became the talk of the netizen world as people posted their failed culinary attempts during the movement control order (MCO) period. Within 10 days after it started on April 14, the page had 1.5 million followers, and was so […]
Malaysians leaving Singapore via land require entry permit from April 27
SINGAPORE: Malaysians who wish to return home from Singapore by land are required to obtain an entry permit from the High Commission of Malaysia here from April 27. According to a public notice posted on its Facebook, the applicants need to email their particulars — name, both identity card and passport numbers, departure date — to stmsg@mhc.org.sg, at least two days […]
Unifi’s special mobile plans with unlimited data for varsity students
KUALA LUMPUR: Unifi has introduced special mobile plans with unlimited connectivity to help facilitate e-learning for university students and keep them connected via online by offering its unlimited mobile solutions. Recently, unifi collaborated with the Multimedia University (MMU) to provide their 13,000 students, faculty members and staff with mobile connectivity, to enable their educational needs and ensure their e-learning […]
Agong holds second pre-Cabinet video conference with Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today convened another pre-Cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the second to be held via a video conference from Istana Negara. According to a posting on Istana Negara’s official Instagram page today, the pre-Cabinet meeting was held via a video conference following the extension of the […]
Opportunities for digital education
KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of the movement control order (MCO) has provided teachers the opportunities to explore the use of digital technologies in education to ensure learning process among students continue uninterrupted. Muslim Teachers Association (iGuru) Penang branch chairman Mohamad Syafiq Mohamad Sulaiman noted that there are many benefits through teaching and learning (P&P) online, with the dominant platforms being Google […]
MOH outlines six criteria before MCO can be lifted
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has outlined six criteria that should be met before the government can lift the movement control order (MCO). Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said these are security control, movement control, capability of the country’s healthcare system, ability to protect the high-risk group, practice the new normal and implement preventive measures […]
Sailing into the sunset
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. – Napoleon Bonaparte, French statesman and military leader We have about a week more to the end of the third phase of the movement control order (MCO). We can’t be […]
