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Notice for TNB residential customers

WITH its tagline “Here for you”, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has sent out a notice to domestic customers explaining what they can expect from their July 2020 bill. 

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Candidate for Parliament Speaker identified

KUALA LUMPUR: The candidate to be appointed as the new Dewan Rakyat Speaker has been identified, says Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) parliamentary chief whip Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

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MOE to take in more trainees

PUTRAJAYA: Faced with a shortfall of 700 teacher trainees, the Education Ministry is having a second intake this month.

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Teachers deliver homework by hand

KUCHING: For the past three months, SK Long Sukang teacher Muhammad Nazmi Rosli and his colleagues have been delivering homework to their students in 13 villages in Sarawak’s remote Lawas highlands.

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Minister: MMU to study need for anti-cyberbullying laws

CYBERJAYA: The Communications and Multimedia Ministry has appointed Multimedia University (MMU) to conduct research on anti-cyberbullying laws, says minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

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Dengue-related deaths in Johor raise concern

JOHOR BARU: The Johor government has voiced concern over the 20 dengue-related deaths so far this year.

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Retiree fined RM2,000 for sharing offensive remark on social media

KUALA LUMPUR: A Sessions Court here fined a retiree RM2,000, in default one month in jail, for sharing an offensive remark on Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba on social media.

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Surau given the go-ahead to hold Friday prayers

PUTRAJAYA: The permission to hold congregational Friday prayers during the recovery movement control order (MCO) period has been expanded to surau and halls deemed suitable for the purpose, says Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri.

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395 Filipinos deported via Sandakan after hiatus

KOTA KINABALU: A total of 395 illegal Filipino immigrants were deported to their country via Sandakan after more than three months of hiatus following the imposition of the movement control order (MCO).

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Ku Li calls for a united M’sia against pandemic

PETALING JAYA: The nation needs to be united and coordinated in facing the Covid-19 pandemic which has become a dangerous and invisible threat to the world, says Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

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Hisham: M’sia fully supports more engagement with society

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is fully supportive of greater civil society eng­agements in the United Nations as well as stren­gthening multilateralism, says For­eign Minister Datuk Seri Hish­a­m­­muddin Hussein.

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Stay order bid in forfeiture suit dismissed again

PUTRAJAYA: The prosecution once again failed to obtain a stay order against the High Court’s dismissal of its application to forfeit over RM194mil seized by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) from Umno, Wanita MCA and two companies.

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Get ready to be counted in nationwide census

KUALA LUMPUR: It is three days to the 2020 Population and Housing Census of Malaysia (Census 2020) taking and the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has urged all residents in Malaysia to cooperate in the large-scale effort for the benefit of the country.

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MMEA to open forward base in Langkawi

LANGKAWI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has identified a location in Kubang Badak here to serve as the forward operating base to monitor the northern waters of the island against encroachment by illegal immigrants.

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‘Act fast and call 999 in time and save a life’

GEORGE TOWN: A sports enthusiast got a rude shock when he found out that his body could not take the pressure from exercising after a three-month hiatus.

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Special needs charity founder dies of heart ailment

JOHOR BARU: The head of a charity organisation for children with special needs, who dedicated himself to his calling after being inspired by Mother Teresa, died after suffering from a heart ailment.

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Ex-contractor charged with 64 counts of sex offences

SEREMBAN: A former contractor was charged in the Sessions Court here with 64 counts of raping, performing unnatural sex, causing hurt, confining, and being in possession of obscene videos and nude photographs of a woman.

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Immigration officer nabbed

JOHOR BARU: A senior Johor Immigration Department officer has been arrested for alleged involvement in human smuggling activities.

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Cheques for RM1mil issued to Yayasan trustee

KUALA LUMPUR: A witness told the High Court here that his construction company issued three cheques totalling RM1,011,520 under the name of Messrs Lewis & Co, a trustee of Yayasan Akalbudi belonging to Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

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Cases in single digits for the fifth day

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s daily rise in Covid-19 cases has remained in single digits for the fifth day in a row after the country recorded only five more new infections.