Covid-19: Concerned parents not in a hurry to send kids back to school
PETALING JAYA (June 1): Many worried parents are not in a hurry for schools to reopen and send their children back to classes until “it is safe,” reported The Star today.
Education Ministry will not hastily reopen schools once MCO ends
PETALING JAYA (April 9): The Education Ministry will not reopen schools immediately right after the Movement Control Order (MCO) period ends, without considering students' safety first, Deputy Education Minister Senator Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon told Sinchew Daily.
Judge reminds Rosmah’s laywer of who is on trial
KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The judge in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s graft trial reminded the latter’s lawyer today that a former government official currently testifying in the case is not the accused person, after the lawyer asked the witness if he had pulled strings to obtain payment for a project.
Rosmah asked former education sec-gen to speed up payments to Jepak
KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Former education secretary-general Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad said Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor had asked him to speed up the signing of Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd’s contract for the solar hybrid power project so that progress payments to the company could be released.
Najib cleared way for Jepak to obtain advance payments from MoF
KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, when he was prime minister and finance minister, helped to clear way for Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd to obtain interim and advance payments of over RM190 million from the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Rosmah graft trial: Former MoE official says Jepak did not furnish details of solar project
KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): A former education ministry official told the Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor graft trial today that Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd was required to give feedback over its proposal to implement a solar hybrid project for rural schools in Sarawak.
Butlers received two luggage bags of cash delivered for ‘Ma’am’: Witness
KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): Two butlers were present at the door of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s official residence in Putrajaya to receive two luggage bags of cash, a witness told the court today.
Rosmah's aide Rizal Mansor put under witness protection
KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): Datuk Rizal Mansor, a former aide to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, has been put under a witness protection programme.