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KOTA BAHARU, May 12 (Bernama) — The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry aims to set up Mini Children’s Homes to place neglected and abused children nationwide by 2020. Its minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said there was currently only one such existing home in the coun …

MELAKA, May 12 (Bernama) – The Department of Volunteers (Rela) has 2.97 million members nationwide and over 70 percent of them are youths. Its director-general, Datuk Mustafa Ibrahim said the figure was expected to increase at year end with the launch of Briged Rela Siswa-Siswi (RELASIS)involv …

PUTRAJAYA, May 12 (Bernama) — A total of 15,700 nurses are being recruited since last year to fill a shortage in government hospitals and clinics, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. Five thousand nurses were taken last year and 4,037 more in January and February this year, he s …

KUCHING, May 12 (Bernama) — Telecommunications coverage in Sarawak is expected to rise to 90 per cent next year with the construction of 149 new towers in the state, Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said here Monday. He said the tenders for the construction …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — The price control scheme will be implemented one week before Gawai Day is celebrated on May 31 in Sabah and Sarawak. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hasan Malek said today 12 items are placed under the price control scheme to mar …

GERIK, May 9 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today opened the East-West Highway Banding Memory Gallery located opposite the Belum Rainforest Resort here in memory of soldiers serving at the frontier. Accompanied by Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Emkay Group chairm …

NILAI, May 9 (Bernama) — The ranking of local universities at the international level is not the main consideration in accelerating the country’s higher education towards excellence, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. He said this was because most of the criteria …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — Umrah pilgrims have been urged to wear surgical masks to reduce the risk of contracting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV). Director-general of health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the masks were able to prevent inhalation of …

GERIK (Perak), May 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Friday urged the relevant agencies to consider whether the Belum-Temenggor rainforest can be recognised as a Unesco world heritage site. He said if the 300,000-hectare expanse of the rainforest in Perak met the crite …

PETALING JAYA, May 8 (Bernama) — Several highway concessionaires have submitted feedback to the government regarding issues on the toll, said Works Minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof. He said the feedback, which were obtained following several meetings between him and the concession companies earli …

BANGKOK, May 8 (Bernama) — The media covering the ongoing political conflict in Thailand have increasingly become the target of harassment although many incidents affecting them have gone unreported. In recent months, some local and foreign journalists have chosen not to report attacks on them …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) — Tabung Haji Travel and Services Sdn Bhd (THTS) has never recommended that intending umrah pilgrims go for the H1N1 vaccination as a precautionary measure against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Tabung Haji Business Development Genera …

PUTRAJAYA, May 8 (Bernama) — The Teluk Intan parliamentary by-election will be held on May 31, the Election Commission (EC) announced Thursday. Nomination would be on May 19 and early voting on May 27, said EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof. The by-election has been necessitated by the …

JEDDAH, May 8 (Bernama) — Malaysia will host the Asia Media Summit (AMS) in 2015, after the last time it hosted the summit in 2008. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said Malaysia was the original host of the prestigious event in 2004. After the summit was h …

PUTRAJAYA, May 7 (Bernama) — The Malaysia Consumer Expo 2014 scheduled for May 31-June 8 at the Matrade Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC) here is expected to attract over 200,000 visitors, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hasan Malek. He said as goods woul …