COVID: No plan to end school session earlier than scheduled – Radzi

PENDANG, Dec 5 — The Education Ministry has no plan to end the school session for states under Phase Four of the National Recovery Plan earlier than scheduled despite the detection of COVID-19 cases among students.Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Ra…

Idle land in Setiu turned into largest MD2 pineapple farm in Terengganu

SETIU, Dec 5 — Some 140 hectares of idle land in Kampung Pak Kancil here will soon be turned into the first large-scale MD2 pineapple planting project in Terengganu.Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said the project was a co…

Over 20,000 police personnel and family members have contracted COVID-19 so far

MARANG, Dec 5 — A total of 23,766 police personnel and their family members have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic hit the country early last year, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim.He said of this number, 1,794 were…

MADA increases cash crop production to offset pricey vegetables

YAN, Dec 5 — The Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA) is taking steps to increase cash crop production to help offset vegetable price hikes in the market.Its chairman Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman said the move was implemented through two projects,…

Import of chicken will lower prices – KPDNHEP

ALOR GAJAH, Dec 5 — The government’s move to allow the import of frozen whole chicken is expected to be able to help reduce the prices of the item in the market, said Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) secretary-general Datuk Se…

Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp Announces Closing of $230 Million Initial Public Offering, Including Full Exercise of the Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option

NEW YORK, Dec. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp (the “Company”), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 23,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 units from […]

KPDNHEP warns traders not to raise prices following VTL-Land

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 4 — Traders in the city have been warned not to take advantage by raising the prices of daily necessities, following the implementation of the Vaccinated Travel Lane via land (VTL-Land) since last Monday.Ministry of Domestic Trade and…