PUTRAJAYA: The National Education Savings Scheme (SSPN) account holders will receive an annual dividend of 4% for 2020. In a statement today, higher education minister Noraini Ahmad said the total dividend payout is estimated to amount to RM201.3 million, benefitting 4.82 million SSPN depositors. The latest payout would bring the…
PUTRAJAYA: Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, which runs news portal Malaysiakini, today paid the RM500,000 fine imposed by the Federal Court which found the company guilty of contempt of court over the publication of readers’ comments. Mkini Dotcom’s lawyer, Surendra Ananth, when contacted, confirmed that the fine was paid at the…
PUTRAJAYA: Individuals who will be receiving Covid-19 vaccine shots need to go through five stations at a vaccine dispensing centre (PPV) taking about 15 to 30 minutes to complete the process, including monitoring for side effects. Health minister Dr Adham Baba said the first stop would be to screen for…
PETALING JAYA: AirAsia Group Bhd has welcomed the news of Covid-19 vaccines being rolled out across Malaysia commencing this week, as the first key indicator of a global travel reboot in the near future. AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said AirAsia has spent the travel downtime period to…
Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) hari ini mengumumkan agihan dividen Skim Simpanan Pendidikan Nasional (SSPN) bagi tahun 2020 sebanyak empat peratus.Menterinya Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad berkata agihan itu membabitkan anggaran peruntukan berjumlah RM201.3 juta yang akan memberi manfaat kepada 4.82 juta pendeposit SSPN.“Ia menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan agihan dividen SSPN sebanyak…
Kuala Lumpur: Majlis Pembangunan Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur (ECERDC) akan memberi tumpuan kepada beberapa sektor khususnya pelancongan di Kelantan bagi meningkatkan taraf hidup rakyat dan membasmi kemiskinan. Malah, ia juga bekerjasama erat dengan kerajaan negeri Kelantan untuk melaksanakan pelbagai projek berimpak tinggi dan program pembangunan modal insan. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif…
KUALA LUMPUR: Leong Hup International Bhd is optimistic over its performance in 2021 on expectation of gross domestic growth in the countries it operates in and improved business environments over the coming year."The Group has adequate liquidity for operations and is well-positioned to capture opportunities when the market recovers," it…
NEW YORK, 23 Feb -- Kesan sampingan seperti sakit dan bengkak di tempat suntikan, keletihan, sakit kepala, demam dan menggigil adalah gejala biasa dialami penerima vaksin COVID-19 Moderna dan Pfizer-BioNtech, lapor Agensi Berita Xinhua memetik CNBC dalam laporan kesihatan baru-baru ini. Mereka yang mengalami kesan sampingan itu boleh mengambil pil penahan sakit OTC untuk…
PETALING JAYA: AT Systematization Bhd is eyeing a multi-fold increase in its revenue as the group opened its glove manufacturing facility today, which is expected to reach a capacity of 2.6 billion pieces of gloves per annum by middle of this year. The group has targeted an annual turnover of…
Oleh SURAIDAH ROSLANPAPAR: Memakai peralatan perlindungan diri (PPE) yang lengkap bagi mengebumikan mayat yang positif Covid-19 antara cabaran baharu yang terpaksa dilalui oleh perkhidmatan pengurusan mayat bagi masyarakat Kristian. Walau bukan mudah, tugas itu tetap digalas bagi membantu mengurangkan bebanan tugas anggota Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM). Malah, ada keluarga pesakit…
SHAH ALAM: A man who was jailed 1,050 years for raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter had filed an appeal against his conviction and sentence with the help of Kajang prison authorities. Lawyer V Vemal Arasan said the appeal would be heard pending the Klang Sessions Court judge writing her grounds. “The…
KUALA LUMPUR: A government auditor told the High Court in the Najib Razak-Arul Kanda Kandasamy 1MDB audit report trial today that the National Audit Department should have tabled their findings on the sovereign wealth fund before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in February 2016. National Audit Department (NAD) director Nor…
PETALING JAYA: Umno’s annual general meeting, which will decide on the party’s continued ties with PPBM in the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition, will take place on the weekend of March 27 and 28. Umno secretary-general Ahmad Maslan said the AGM would be carried out through a combination of physical and…
PETALING JAYA: Economists have backed the effectiveness of the government’s economic policies after ratings agency Moody’s maintained the country’s local and foreign currency issue rating, but say they must also look towards longer term strategies. In late January, Moody’s reaffirmed Malaysia’s A3 rating with a stable outlook, citing “credible and…
KUALA LUMPUR: The corruption and money laundering charges filed against Baling MP Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim were done in bad faith, the High Court heard today. Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) officers arrested and detained Azeez for invesigations over Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) matters but…
KUALA LUMPUR: IOI Properties Group Bhd’s net profit for the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2020 declined to RM170.97 million compared with RM213.88 million recorded in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue however rose to RM591.34 million from RM564.13 million, the group said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia…
Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) kini memberikan keutamaan kepada kontak rapat yang berisiko tingggi dan bergejala untuk menjalani ujian pengesanan Covid-19.Dalam surat pekeliling kementerian itu bertarikh 17 Februari yang dilihat oleh Malaysiakini, Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah berkata para pegawai KKM harus mengenal pasti "semua kontak rapat" dan mengarahkan mereka…
Kuala Lumpur: Taman tema Genting SkyWorlds bakal dibuka kepada orang ramai pada suku kedua 2021 sekali gus dijangka merancakkan semula sektor pelancongan Malaysia. Ketua Operasi Perniagaan dan Strategi, Resorts World Genting, Lee Thiam Kit berkata, ia bakal menjadi taman tema luar yang menguja dan mengasyikkan pada ketinggian 6,000 kaki dari…
PUTRAJAYA, 23 Feb -- Individu yang akan disuntik dengan vaksin COVID-19 perlu melalui lima stesen di Pusat Pemberian Vaksin (PPV) dengan proses suntikan mengambil masa antara 15 dan 30 minit termasuk proses pemantauan untuk kesan sampingan, kata Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. Katanya stesen pertama ialah untuk saringan gejala dan suhu; stesen…
PETALING JAYA: Petronas Gas Bhd’s (PetGas) net profit for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2020 grew 3.7% to RM503.35 million from RM485.27 million a year ago with higher contribution from utilities, regasification and gas processing segments, due to lower operating costs, complemented by higher share of profit from joint…