Prostitution syndicate offers service on credit to customers – Police

JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 3: Johor Police Chief Datuk Ayub Khan Mydin Pitchay showing the photos of suspected members of a prostitution syndicate that offers services on credit basis to customers, especially foreigners. JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Enjoy the service first, pay later, that is one of the methods…

1MDB Trial: Ex CEO Shahrol Azral concludes testimony

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi concluded his testimony in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s RM2.3 billion 1MDB graft trial today. As the ninth prosecution witness, Shahrol Azral, 50, had been on the witness stand for 40 days since Sept 23 last year. He was…

MOSTI congratulates Dr Chan for winning Asean-US Science Prize for women

Dr Chan Yoke FunPhoto courtesy of Universiti Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has congratulated Dr Chan Yoke Fun for winning the prestigious ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women 2020 recently. MOSTI, in a statement Thursday, said it hoped the award would motivate Dr Chan and her team to…

Jordan To Reopen Airports For Int’l Flights On Sept 8

AMMAN, Sept 3 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan said, it would open its airports for international flights on Sept 8, after months of closure. All travellers to Jordan are required to provide a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test document, proving negative for COVID-19, 72 hours before departure, and all arrivals in Jordan…

Malaysia in no rush to purchase COVID-19 vaccine

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia is in no hurry to get the COVID-19 vaccine as it is of paramount importance to ensure that the vaccine is effective and safe for use, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. For the moment, he said the government was still waiting for vaccine-producing countries…

Vegetables from Sabah will be strictly checked – Labuan Health Department

LABUAN, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Labuan Health Department is working closely with the Department of Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (MAQIS) to strictly monitor vegetables coming from mainland Sabah to ensure they are safe for consumption. Labuan Health director Dr Ismuni Bohari said at least 145 samples had been…

Israel Files Injunctions To End Lab Workers’ Strike Amid COVID-19

JERUSALEM, Sept 3 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health announced last night that, it filed a protective injunction at a labour court, requiring laboratory workers to end the strike launched Sunday. The court is due to hear the ministry’s request today. Israel’s lab workers went on strike claiming they have…

High Court rules one-day parliament sitting valid due to COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The High Court  here today ruled that the one-day Parliament sitting on May 18 was valid and in accordance with the law, even though it was unusual and unprecedented,  to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid made the ruling after dismissing an originating summons filed by lawyer R.…

Philippine Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent In July Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

MANILA, Sept 3 (NNN-PNA) – The number of Filipinos without jobs reached 4.6 million in July, as the country grapples with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine government’s latest survey data showed today. “The unemployment rate in July was estimated at 10 percent. This is higher than…

Freighter With 43 Crew Missing Off South-Western Japan

TOKYO, Sept 3 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Coast Guard, launched a search operation on Wednesday, after a freighter with 43 foreign crew and about 5,800 cattle aboard went missing, while travelling west of Amami-Oshima Island, in Kagoshima Prefecture, south-western Japan. The 11,947-tonne Gulf Livestock 1, sent a distress call around 1:45…
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