Minister expects Malaysian retail sector to recover in 2H20 with local consumption

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) —  The retail sector is expected to recover in the second half of 2020 boosted by local consumption, with sales likely to recover to 80 per cent of pre-COVID-19 levels in the fourth quarter from the 70 per cent currently, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri…

Vietnamese fishermen ready to sink their boat to avoid arrest – MMEA

CHUKAI, Aug 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Vietnamese fishermen are willing to sink their boats to avoid being detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), after being caught trespassing and stealing our marine resources. Pahang MMEA director Marine First Admiral Amran Daud said the tactic was detected to have been committed by the crew…

Three soldiers detained for breaching quarantine order in Sibu

SIBU, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Three soldiers from an army camp here have been detained for violating home quarantine order issued to them as part of the standard operating procedures (SOP) to curb COVID-19. Sibu OCPD, ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the men, who are in their 20s and hail from Kelantan,…

COVID-19 Financing Bill gets the support of both govt and opposition MPs

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Members of the parliament from the government and opposition bloc today expressed their support towards the Temporary Measures for Government Financing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Bill 2020. Among the government MPs who took part in the debate on the bill were Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN-Pasir Salak) and Datuk…

KL, Ipoh, Penang, Kuching among cities approved for transit flights via Singapore

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Kuching are among the latest cities in Asia approved for transit flights through Singapore, according to Singapore Airlines (SIA). In an update on its website today, SIA said its customers, as well as SilkAir and Scoot’s can transit…

Popular Indian singer SP Balasubrahmanyam’s health improves, taken off the ventilator

Popular Indian playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam who has sung thousands of songs in both South and North Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam. NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Famous Indian playback singer and music composer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, under treatment for COVID-19, was taken off the ventilator after his…

Malaysia’s COVID-19 infections down to single digit with 7 new cases

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The number of new COVID-19 positive cases returned to a single digit with seven cases recorded today, namely four imported and three local transmissions. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the total number of positive cases to 9,219 and the number of active cases to 192. He said the…

Shooting of Vietnamese fishermen: MMEA followed firearm rules of engagement

PASIR PUTEH: MMEA Kelantan’s patrol boat keeps an eye on the Vietnamese fishing boats that were detained following the shooting incident on Sunday. Investigations are ongoing on the incident which left one Vietnamese dead. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) personnel had adhered to…

Malaysians returning home must register on NADMA portal – Ismail Sabri

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysians who want to return to the country must register on the website of the National Disaster Management Agency  (NADMA), Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said this following public complaints of the delay in registering at the quarantine stations either at the…

Qatar Airways Resumes Flights to London Gatwick

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (NNN) — Qatar Airways said it will be resuming its daily flights to London beginning August 20. In a press release issued here Monday, the airline said the resumption of flights to London will see the expansion of its UK network to 45 weekly to four…