On Saturday (4 December) Mount Semeru, a volcano located on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java suddenly erupted and spewed gigantic columns of ash of more than 12 kilometres into the sky as well as sending searing gas and lava flowing down its slopes. Reports stated that the death toll stood at 13 with at least 98...
Recently, 1 December, a 16-year-old Malaysian passed away from a heart attack after visiting a ‘haunted house’ attraction in Bentong. According to Utusan Malaysia, the teenager was at a resort with his family for a holiday. While he was in the ‘haunted house’ experience at the resort, he suddenly fell and lost consciousness due to shock. Source: Utusan Malaysia A 3-minute...
People light oil lamps next to laid roses to express their condolences to the people of Sri Lanka, following the lynching of the Sri Lankan manager of a garment factory after an attack on the factory, in Karachi, Pakistan on Dec 5, 2021.Reuters A shocking and deadly mob attack on a Sri Lankan factory manager accused...
Screengrab from Tiktok/wanderellaco Imagine this — it's almost Christmas, you're working from home and you're invited to a Zoom call from your boss with your colleagues. Instead of an early holiday greeting, though, you get the boot. 900 employees faced this scenario when digital mortgage company Better.com's chief executive announced the sack in a three-minute call which has now gone viral. “I do...
The Singaporean Ministry of Health has reported two imported Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant following preliminary testing. Based on a report by The Straits Times, both patients were aboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ479, arriving from Johannesburg on Wednesday (1 December). “They have undergone a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival in Singapore and were immediately conveyed...
An Omicron variant case has been detected in Malaysia as of yesterday, 2 December 2021. Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, shared the worrisome news in a statement. “The Institute for Medical Research (IMR) has conducted PCR Genotyping Assay tests to over 74 Covid-19 positive samples detected at KLIA from 11 November to 28 November.” “As a result of the PCR...
The Omicron variant has spread to all corners of the globe at a rapid rate with seemingly no end in sight. Yesterday, our neighbours reported their first cases. Meanwhile, just today, Malaysia reported its first cases of the “variant of concern“. This has prompted the Health Ministry to restrict and discourage any outbound overseas travel for Malaysians as well as inbound for international tourists...
Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak has sought to introduce fresh evidence in one of the criminal cases linking him to the 1MDB financial scandal , days before an appellate court was to rule on whether to uphold a guilty verdict that sentenced him to a 12-year jail term. The development ahead of the Dec 8 Court...
Some 70,000 people who took two Sinovac or Sinopharm jabs have till Dec 31 to get their third dose in order to keep their fully vaccinated status from Jan 1, while the grace period for children turning 13 next year to get fully vaccinated has been extended by two months to March 1. The Ministry of Health...
As the Omicron variant is spreading across the world, many countries have resorted to tightening their borders over fears of the variant of concern. This has even delayed our transition towards the endemic phase. Apart from the precautionary measures, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a press conference yesterday (1 December), urged senior citizens in the high risk group to stay away from crowded...
