[ad_1] A Melaka hypermarket security guard called police after seeing a woman wearing a pink bracelet. The photograph above was posted on social media. (Facebook photo) MELAKA: Police escorted a 33-year-old woman wearing a pink bracelet home after she violated a quarantine order by going to a hypermarket in Batu …
Read More »Covid-19: 972 new cases, eight deaths (updated)
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 972 new Covid-19 infections on Monday (Nov 9), and Sabah reported 370 cases, the Health Ministry says. Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country also reported eight new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the country’s death toll to 294. There are 1,345 …
Read More »Covid-19: Seven groups active in Penang, says CM
[ad_1] GEORGE TOWN: Seven active groups have been identified in the state so far, says Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. Chow said they were the Penang Remand Prison group, the Seberang Prai Prison group, the Bayan group, the Tembaga group, the Permatang group, the Alma group and the last …
Read More »Penang wants Temco to be deployed in the areas affected by the Intan cluster
[ad_1] The state health department had proposed that Temco in Penang and Seberang Perai prisons not extend beyond November 11 and 18, respectively. (Photo by Bernama) GEORGE TOWN: Penang today urged health authorities to consider putting the areas affected by the Covid-19 Intan cluster under selective closure. Intan’s group was …
Read More »China unlikely to find US President-elect Biden a soft touch
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: In his unsuccessful re-election campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly warned that a Joe Biden victory would be a China victory and that Beijing would “own America.” Despite that rhetoric, there is little indication that Beijing will find Biden a soft alternative to Trump, who dramatically changed the narrative …
Read More »Road to Penang Bridge jammed on first day of conditional MCO
[ad_1] BUTTERWORTH: The road leading to the island at the Penang Bridge entrance was very congested on the first day of the conditional movement control order (MCO). A check for The star Monday morning he found the 5 km stretch from the Seberang Jaya – Juru junction packed with motorists …
Read More »UPDATED 12.40PM | List of locations affected by Covid-19 (November 9)
[ad_1] Previous lists: Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 | Oct 20 | Oct 21 | Oct 22 | Oct 23 | Oct 24 | Oct 25 | Oct 26 | Oct 27 | Oct 28 | Oct 29 | Oct 30 | Oct 31 | Nov 1 …
Read More »Without MCO the rakyat and the nation are bleeding
[ad_1] MCOs inflict devastating damage on individual, family, community and national economic activity, severely affecting daily livelihoods and driving families and communities below the poverty line. With the Ministry of Health (MOH) embargo on Covid-19 data, it is virtually impossible to decipher the rationale for extending the CMCO from November …
Read More »Aireen Omar of AirAsia Among Four New Board Appointments for MDEC
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): AirAsia Digital President Aireen Omar is among four new appointments to the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) board of directors as part of efforts to reinvent the country’s digital economy. In a statement today, MDEC said that in addition to Aireen, the others were Dr. …
Read More »22 visitors from China arrived in Singapore on the first day that border restrictions were lifted
[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Nov. 8 (The Straits Times / ANN): Twenty-two travelers from China arrived in Singapore last Friday (Nov. 6), the first day Singapore unilaterally opened its borders to visitors there. They all tested negative for Covid-19 upon arrival here, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) told The Straits …
Read More »