Malaysia extends RMCO till Dec 31

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) brought on by the COVID-19 has been extended until Dec 31st this year, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. According to him, with the extension of the RMCO period, enforcement action under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act…

Problem registering in UK court’s order to restrain dealings involving Petro Saudi’s US$340 mln linked to 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The High Court was today told that there was difficulty  to register the court’s interim order to restrain any dealings of monies amounting to US$340,258,246.87 belonging to PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) and its subsidiary in the United Kingdom (UK) court. Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Izzat Fauzan informed Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali that  the prosecution…

Japan’s PM Abe planning to resign due to health issues – local media

MOSCOW, Aug 28 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to resign due to health issues, Sputnik news agency reported citing Japanese broadcaster NHK’s news Friday. The prime minister is set to speak to reporters later in the day and is expected, among other things, to address reports of…

Complacency responsible for recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Rwanda: Minister

KIGALI, Aug 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — Laxity and complacency on observing COVID-19 preventive measures are reasons for the recent spike of infections in the country, Rwandan Minister of Health Daniel Ngamije said on Thursday. Health directives must be strictly implemented or else more people will be infected, Ngamije warned citizens during…

Police record statement from Minister on failure to follow quarantine order

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Police have recorded the statement from Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali on his failure to adhere to the mandatory home quarantine order upon returning from Turkey last month. Bukit Aman CID deputy director (Investigation/Legal)  DCP Mior Faridalathrash Wahid when contacted said the police…

Singapore tightens work pass requirements

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Singapore is raising salary criteria for the Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass while setting for the first time, higher salary requirements in the financial services sector.  For EP, it will be raised further to S$4,500 for all new applicants from Sept 1, 2020,…

Malaysia records 5 new COVID-19 cases including two imported

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia continued to record new positive COVID-19 cases in single digit, with five new cases today. Three of them were local transmissions and the other two imported cases. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that for the three local transmissions, they involved…

159 schools, 85,000 students affected by Beirut’s blasts: UNESCO

BEIRUT, Aug 27 (NNN-XINHUA) — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay said on Thursday that 159 private and public schools as well as 85,000 students were affected by Beirut’s explosions, Xinhua news agency reported. “We need approximately US$22 million to rehabilitate destroyed walls in these schools,”…

Direct-nego projects under PH came to RM352 mln, not RM6.61 bln – Lim

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A day after Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Zafrul Abdul Aziz released the list of 101 projects awarded via direct negotiations worth RM6.61 billion, Lim Guan Eng came forward to explain that the value of direct-negotiation projects approved during the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration was only RM352…

Updated: Proposal on Sabah in Philippines passport not an official stand – Malaysian minister

KUALA LUMPUR,  Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The proposal to include Sabah and 200 miles of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in a map in the passport of Philippines is not a new move nor is it an official stand of the republic’s government, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaafar. He said the…