PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry has requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to hand over the list and information on refugees.
PUTRAJAYA, June 12 The Home Ministry has requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to hand over the list and information on refugees in the country for Covid-19 vaccination. Its minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said at present, there are 178,715 UNHCR cardholders,.
Govt’s aid enables spa entrepreneur to expand business during pandemic 10 May 2021 / 10:03 H. BERNAMA
KUALA TERENGGANU: A spa business owner, Zaliha Abu Bakar, was heart-broken when she was forced to close her shop for three months last year following implementation of the Movement Control Oder due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With no income, she was struggling to meet ends met, especially in having to fork out funds for the shop’s rental and utility bills. It pained her more when thinking about her four employees as she did not have the resources to pay their salary.
However, the single mother of four children breathed a sigh of relief when the government announced various assistance, including the Wage Subsidy Program (PSU) and the Prihatin Special Grant (GKP), to alleviate the burden of the business community affected by the pandemic.
04 May 2021 / 07:26 H. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA:The implementation of targeted Movement Control Order (MCO) in several localities in Kuala Lumpur is seen as an appropriate approach for the federal capital to deal with COVID-19, said Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.
He said in the special National Security Council (MKN) meeting on Covid-19, chaired by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday, several state governments have requested for the reimplementation of the Movement Control Oder (MCO) due to the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.
“There are several (hotspot) localities in Kuala Lumpur, but we hope that we will be placed under the targeted MCO.