Pay cut for Sabah Cabinet, GRS state assemblymen to fill COVID-19 coffer

Sabah Cabinet ministers and state assemblymen from Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) have agreed to make salary deductions to fill the COVID-19 management fund in the state.Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor said the ministers and assistant ministers in Sabah …

SPM 2020 makes history amid trials and tribulations

— The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination has made history as it was carried out while the country was battling the COVID-19 pandemic which forced many reforms to be implemented.Students and all those involved had to embrace the new norms …

SPM 2020: Visually impaired student among top scorers in Terengganu

A visually impaired student in Terengganu, Wan Mohd Firdaus Wan Khalid, has almost given up to sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination after it was rescheduled several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.However, he was all smiles to…

LRT train collision: Prasarana, Rapid Rail to carry out 23 improvement proposals

A total of 23 improvement proposals should be carried out as soon as possible by Prasarana Malaysia Bhd and Rapid Rail, as the owner and operator of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, following the collision of two trains on the Kelana Jaya line on M…

Water quality in Tasik Chini clean and safe – Pahang DOE

— The water quality in Tasik Chini is clean and safe for all life, said Pahang Department of Environment (DOE).In a statement here today, the department said there are 15 water quality monitoring stations set in locations around Tasik Chini, with a mo…

Mary Kay joins CEO Water Mandate, UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles

To celebrate World Oceans Day, Mary Kay Inc announced that it has committed to two crucial causes in protecting the world’s waterways: the CEO Water Mandate and the United Nations Global Compact’s Sustainable Ocean Principles.The news comes in the mids…

Sarawak JBPM uses drones to monitor forest fire

The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) will use drones provided by the Department of Environment (DOE) and the Natural Resources and Environment Board Sarawak (NREB) to monitor areas at risk of forest fire.Sarawak JBPM director Khiru…