The Borneo Post - 2017-08-10

• Petros board formed, members all Sarawakian­s
• Successful mission
• Shoaw brothers rule Song Kheng Hai Ground
• Appropriat­e action to be taken — CP
• Socso takes pledge to be corruption-free
• Trump warns N. Korea after Guam threat
• Country music legend Glen Campbell dies at 81
• Upcoming hub brings in RM4 bln to Sarawak
• MCC urged to act on stray dogs in housing estates
• Private dialysis centres: MoH to probe claims of bureaucrat­ic red tape
• Police assure probe of company accused of scamming investors still ongoing
• ‘MACC notice to two lawyers cannot be challenged in court’
• CM: Vital to preserve, conserve S’wak cultures
• Unimas at forefront of preserving, conserving languages and cultures of S’wak
• Licences of 14 tourism companies and umrah operators cancelled since 2009
• Ministry of Health intensifie­s effort to combat rabies outbreak — Subramania­m
• Medical hub puts state ahead in healthcare
• AGC rejects representa­tion by Jamal and nine others
• Latest rabies victim in critical condition at SGH
• AirAsia’s Kuching-Langkawi route officially launched
• Minister: Long-standing issue of tourist guide shortage to be looked into
• Setting up Petros a good move — See
• FIC issue: MACC to call key individual next week
• Miri mooted as Musang King, Johor Mas farming site
• Federal Court dismisses Home Minister’s appeal over claim of damages to The Edge
• FIC: MACC probe will speed up cleansing of Felda — Shahrir
• Abg Johari given 67th birthday do surprise
• Aug 23 decision on Rafizi’s appeal against OSA conviction
• ‘Golden Bridge not a threat to ‘perahu tambang’ operators’
• ‘Contractor has done its best to tar-seal road before start of Baram Regatta’
• Solar Light brightens up Orang Ulu longhouse
• Poor response to Self Employment Social Security Scheme from taxi drivers
• Government can still run well without GST — Voon
• ‘Breastfeed­ing can resolve malnutriti­on among babies’
• 300 students receive cash vouchers from Yayasan Sarawak
• UCTS and Press Metal sign ‘strategic’ MoU
• Suhakam to hold public inquiry on missing pastors, activist
• NGOs help disabled man and family
• Dayak NGOs to hold grand conference on Dayak Iban customary law
• ‘Organisati­ons must continue efforts to improve productivi­ty’
• SUPP confident can get BN ticket to contest in Lanang
• Sarawakian lasses have fruitful outing at Miss Earth Malaysia 2017
• Students encouraged to join PechaKucha talks
• Exhibition on World Oceans’ Day extended to Aug 14
• First City UC holds 15th graduation showcase
• Unimas’ CreativeCu­lture project receives research grant
• Heriot-Watt University ranks among top 150 for engineerin­g
• Newly repaired swimming pool reopens to public
• Smart Reader Worldwide holds cycle and run event
• Free veggie food but diners must wash up
• ‘Walk in Pink’ breast cancer awareness event on Oct 21
• MACC: Report civil servants living beyond their means
• Security issues, bilateral ties focus of Ahmad ZahidTille­rson discussion­s
• ‘Govt always keeps promise to upgrade hospitals’
• ‘ECRL project a game changer for Malaysia’
• MRT to reduce 34,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year — Wan Junaidi
• ‘Aksem seizes RM18.6 mln in goods from Jan-June’
• 241,595 affordable homes built from 2009 to April 2017
• Myanmar seizes 20 mln pills in ‘Golden Triangle’ drug bust
• Brussels driver sparks security alert after making bomb threat
• Philippine­s’ Duterte announces ‘dead or alive’ bounties
• US plane passenger foils text message plot to molest children
• One-lap wonder Van Niekerk targets Johnson double
• Kendricks wins pole vault, Lavillenie frustrated again
• No more steeplecha­se for me, says Kemboi
• Isco magic wins Super Cup for Real Madrid
• Sri Lanka told to ignore trolls over ‘slump’
• Major in May OK but McIlroy, Johnson yearn in vain for off-season
• Chinese football ‘lagging’, admits FA official
• 50 muaythai fighters in action at Kuching Ampitheatr­e
• Woman sprinter dropped from SEA Games for indiscipli­ne
• Top sprinter out as norovirus hits world c’ships
• Pochettino, Klopp tested by great expectatio­ns
• Spotakova reclaims world javelin title 10 years on
• Spieth, McIlroy favoured at soggy PGA Championsh­ip
• Coe and IAAF behaviour ‘inhumane’ — Gatlin’s agent
• For Haiti’s NBA dreamers, someone to look up to
• Els, Mickelson credit Tiger with helping them reach 100 majors
• Trump appears to grant China banks sanctions reprieve after UN deal
• Diplomacy fails to defuse India, China border crisis
• Car rams into soldiers outside Paris, six injured
• New regional bloc condemns Venezuela govt’s dictatorsh­ip
• Nineteen killed by China quake as aftershock­s rattle survivors
• Kenyatta surges ahead, Kenya opposition claims polls ‘ hacked’
• Nagasaki mayor calls for end to nuke threat on bomb anniversar­y
• Canada sends top official to North Korea to discuss freeing jailed pastor
• UNEP chief urges China to do more on climate
• Thai man handed 20 years over ‘anti-monarchy’ podcasts
• Gay marriage postal vote sparks fury, debate in Australia
• HK cleans up 93 tonnes of palm oil, shuts 13 beaches
• Israel soldier begins manslaught­er prison term
• Yemen blood bank may be forced to close due to lack of funds
• Turkey building ‘security’ wall on Iran border
• Iran’s Rouhani names two female vice-presidents
• Opioid crisis threatens everyone, warns Trump
• Temer demands recusal of corruption prosecutor
• ‘Ethical reasons’ could end Trump presidency early’
• WWII veteran murdered in his pajamas in crime-ridden US city
• Pope Francis slams anti-Christian attacks in Nigeria and Central Africa
• Motorhead’s ‘Lemmy’ has dino croc named after him
• Hormone shows promise for treating neurodegen­erative conditions
• German helicopter lost rotors before Mali crash
• Tunisian security forces kill senior militant in ambush
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• Michael Che and Colin Jost back for more Trump jokes, whether they like it or not
• Letterman leaving retirement to host new Netflix TV series
• Racy Chinese TV series ‘Sex and the City’ confronts awkward societal truths
• ‘Wolf Warriors 2’ breaks ‘Mermaid’ record
• ‘Battleship Island’ director Ryoo, producer Kang walk away from showbiz guilds
• Victim raps director Kim for sexual harassment, demands punishment
• Taylor Swift ‘cost me my career’, radio host tells jury
• Everything you need to know about the ‘Top Chef’ extortion trial
• Fox teases ‘X-Men’ spin-off — with no X-Men
• Pure upstream planters to report stronger quarter results
• Ministry encourages more firms to obtain timber certificat­ion
• EPF has no plan to sell stake in PLUS M’sia
• M’sian forex reserves set to hit US$100 bln
• Honda Malaysia to launch six new models
• Capitalise on multilingu­al, multi-ethnic strengths, Malaysians firms told
• Hartalega’s 1QFY18 earnings within expectatio­ns
• Asean to maintain annual growth rate of over five per cent
• TRX hits 80 per cent take up rate at north side
• MISC pre-tax profit falls 60 pct to RM558.7 mln in 2Q
• Straits Inter optimistic of better financial year 2017 performanc­e
• Creative technology generates RM7.6 bln revenue last year
• Royal Selangor in talks to export products to Thailand
• Geopolitic­al tension drags KL shares lower, CI down 3.71 pts
• OldTown gets thumbs up for more expansion in China
• Trump’s reboot of sanctions ushers in ‘new normal’ Russia
• OPEC veteran Zanganeh tapped to return as Iran oil minister
• Fuelled by WeChat, female gamers power Tencent’s RM13 billion hit
• Why environmen­talists against these pipelines
• Dominion, Stewart go to war over power line
• Climate change report now in hands of Trump administra­tion
• Mexico’s Guajardo sees 60 pct chance of ending NAFTA talks
• British banks’ turnaround plans frustrated by US justice delays
• US job openings at record high; labour market tightening
• US startups struggle to find sufficient financing
• US trade commission probing Qualcomm iPhone complaint
• US finds Chinese aluminium foil subsidized, slaps duties
• As sanctions loom, trade slows on China-North Korea
• Vietnam’s shrimp farmers fish for fortunes
• Record annual profits for Australia’s Commonweal­th Bank
• Toshiba shares jump as delisting fears ease

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