Pen Mutiara’s 6,000 members still against PSR mega project

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 13 –The Penang Fishermen’s Association (Pen Mutiara) today reiterated that the fishing community’s position on the three-islands reclamation project in the south of Penang has not changed, with over 6,000 of its members still against …

Flight frequency to Sarawak increased – Lee

KUCHING, Oct 13 — Flight frequency to Sarawak has been increased to support the state’s economic revival and reopening of the tourism sector, said State Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin.He said, to date, the new flight frequency and schedule for …

RON97 up 10 sen, RON95 and diesel prices unchanged

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The retail price of RON97 petrol will increase by 10 sen per litre to RM2.87 from tomorrow (Oct 14) until Oct 20, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said today.In a statement, it said, however, the retail prices of RON95 petrol and d…

Gov’t urged to empower corporate endowments, boost public health

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The government is urged to empower corporate endowments such as that introduced by the Johor Corporation Berhad (JCorp) involving the Wakaf An-Nur Clinic in Johor, said Senator Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri.He said gov…

Ex-Johor MB Osman Sapian suffers mild stroke

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 13 — Former Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Osman Sapian was admitted to the KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital here last night after suffering a mild stroke. His son, Nornekman, said Osman, who is Kempas assemblyman, was rushed to the hospital …

Unvaccinated civil servants in N. Sembilan urged to get the jabs before Nov 1

SEREMBAN, Oct 13 — A total 53 civil servants in Negeri Sembilan who have yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine injection have until the end of this month to do so before action is taken against them by the Public Service Department (PSD), said Menteri B…

COVID: 98.3 pct of new cases Wednesday in categories one, two – Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — A total of 98.3 per cent or 7,817 out of 7,950 new COVID-19 cases reported as of noon today were in category one (asymptomatic) and category two (mild symptoms). Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the r…