MoH reports 12 new Covid-19 cases, nine involving Tawar, Sala clusters in Kedah
The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 12 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, of which nine cases were from the Tawar and Sala clusters in Kedah.
Jobless rate may hit 4.5% this year due to MCO — RAM
The unemployment rate in 2020 may range from 4% to 4.5%, up from the baseline of 3% to 3.5%, due to the imposition of the movement control order (MCO) in March and April, said RAM Rating Services Bhd.
Completion date for Sabah Pan Borneo Highway to be announced after tabling of 12MP, says Deputy Works Minister
The new completion date for the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway will be announced after the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), which is scheduled for early next year, said Deputy Works Minister Datuk Eddin Syazlee Shith
Shahrol takes the stand to detail his final chapter in 1MDB
Shahrol had previously claimed, during his testimony in October last year, that he was removed from 1MDB as CEO after voicing concerns over the unreasonably rushed financial transactions of the company involving up to billions of ringgit.
Malaysia records 25 new Covid-19 cases, with imported cases outstripping locally transmitted cases
No new deaths were reported today, resulting in the death toll from the pandemic in Malaysia remaining at 125 cases or a fatality rate of 1.36%.
Tawar cluster leads charge with 12 new infections today
Ministry of Health director-general (D-G) Datuk Noor Hisham Abdullah said as a result of today’s new cases, positive cases from the Tawar cluster now stand at 33 cases.
Malaysia records 26 new Covid-19 cases, mostly from Tawar, Sala, Muda clusters
23 of the new cases were locally transmitted while three were imported.
MEF questions need for valid work permits for re-employment of foreign workers
MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said requiring foreign workers to have a valid work permit in order to be re-employed would defeat the overall purpose of redeployment.
“There will not be many foreign workers who would be able to be redeployed based on this requirement as the existing employers would only release the foreign workers after the term of their permit had expired,” he said.
Lawyer says he had no reason to flag RM76m in cheques from Ahmad Zahid
Testifying at Ahmad Zahid’s corruption and money laundering trial, lawyer Muralidharan Balan Pillai, who is a partner at Messrs Lewis & Co, said he was told by Ahmad Zahid that the funds he was receiving via the cheques were for charity and religious purposes, and that the origin of the money was legitimate.
MoH: Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases rise to 20, pushing active cases near 200-mark
Of the 20 new cases, 13 were local transmissions while the remaining seven cases were imported
