The Borneo Post - 2018-04-07

• Parliament dissolved today
• Mohd Farid takes over as new Bau CID chief
• City ready to pop the champagne
• MP distribute­s RM317,000 in MRP grants
• Park jailed for 24 years, fined 18 bln won
• Convicted Salman Khan will sleep on floor in stuffy prison
• ESIA Framework for VBI to be fully developed by 2020
• Glut of fake news: Challenge facing mainstream media
• Latest rabies victim from Jalan Matang
• Abg Johari: Final list of BN candidates to be announced simultaneo­usly
• Chief Minister launches SUPP’s Sehati Research Institute
• Najib calls for new, strong mandate for continuity of transforma­tion
• GE14 to see tough fight between Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan
• Head of State donates RM250,000 to Hikmah
• Abg Johari assures Hikmah Sarawak of govt’s support
• ‘Caretaker govt necessary to ensure smooth national administra­tion’
• ‘Poser on Peninsula, Sabah; S’wak still BN fixed deposit’
• EC to determine key GE14 dates after receiving dissolutio­n notices for Parliament, state assemblies
• Penang assembly likely to dissolve next week
• Najib administra­tion champions the people — NGOs
• Sembrong not place for racial test, seasonal candidates — Hisham
• PPBM members urge leadership to tender open apology
• Malaysia’s 14th General Election is not too late — Salleh Keruak
• Chambers want jet airliners on SibuKota Kinabalu route
• Perhebat, Unimas sign MoU to launch the first satellite campus
• Rep questions slow repairs for Miri-Marudi road
• PKR Sarawak calls on youths to vote for change
• PBB Serembu will support any BN candidate for Puncak Borneo — Miro
• State PAS meets central committee to determine candidates for GE14
• Bangladesh­i jailed for hitting colleague, entering country without valid permit
• Chong, Tan ordered to enter defence under PAA
• Orang Asli housewife jailed six months for cheating over PR1MA house
• Indonesian worker jailed two years for dumping baby
• New Toyota C-HR, Hilux L Edition comes to Miri
• New Curtin foundation students attend orientatio­n
• MJC City to launch Skyvilla Ohanna Block D
• Remarkable experience at ‘The Great Escape 2018 Summer Camp’
• Joint cooperatio­n in championin­g the state’s education system
• Miri City Council to relocate fish market, says mayor
• Kapit to get new Community Sports Complex
• Main road to Aminuddin Baki Institute collapses
• Special police operation rooms activated for GE14
• Pulau Batu Puteh: ICJ to hear Malaysia’s judgement revision applicatio­n on June 18
• Contractor spent over RM100,000 for nothing
• Police seize assortment of fake guns in raid on hobby store
• Fama’s JBD and ABR1M initiative­s offer consumers cheaper necessitie­s
• Pahang regent presents awards and medals to 188 individual­s
• BNM: Loan approval rates for houses below RM500,000 remain stable
• BNM refutes report on living wage suggesting M’sians are poor
• Lioness who grew small mane dies at Oklahoma zoo
• Duterte cites ‘genocide’ in Myanmar, says will take refugees
• Facebook apologises after Myanmar groups blast Zuckerberg
• Vietnam warns against ‘inappropri­ate’ statues after nude sculpture cover-up
• Indonesia peatland swap plan questioned over deforestat­ion risk
• Japan female mayor loses fight to speak from sumo ring
• Arsenal hammer CSKA to move towards Europa League semis
• British and Russian clubs clash amid diplomatic chill
• Klopp faces tricky derby selection quandary
• Liverpool risk UEFA action over Man City bus attack
• City’s raising of the bar masks United progress
• After Ronaldo magic, Juventus bid to keep home fires burning at Benevento
• Costa back at Bernabeu for Atletico against Real
• Cavaliers stun Wizards, Pacers pummel Warriors
• Hamilton ‘relaxed’ over new Mercedes contract
• Alonso wants F1 blueprint to deliver closer racing
• SMK Bakong win state-level intercentr­e weightlift­ing championsh­ip
• Girls allowed: Monaco wants grid girls back
• SLTA ready for Junior Davis Cup Asia/Oceania competitio­n
• Martin to lead Miri FA attack at Rantau Panjang
• History-chaser le Clos powers to butterfly gold
• Awesome Archibalds: Scottish siblings take cycling gold, silver
• Indian weightlift­ers turn physios after paperwork blunder
• Malaysia hope to end athletics medal drought at Gold Coast
• Major fire engulfs hospital, patients evacuated
• New brain cells in the old? Study stokes debate
• Philippine­s eyes greener Boracay, but cleanup plan unclear
• Russia rails against Britain at UN, denies Skripal role
• Clashes erupt as protests begin along Gaza border
• Catalonia’s Puigdemont set for bail in Germany
• Lula given 24 hours to start prison sentence
• Stranded Rohingya rescued by Indonesian fishermen
• No jobs, no vote Indian town warns Modi ahead of 2019 polls
• Prince Charles backs ‘blue economy’ to save Barrier Reef
• Eight arrested across Australia over incest, child abuse claims
• Water at Japan’s new Tsukiji fish market contaminat­ed
• Chinese double amputee to climb Everest after ban revoked
• Nepal’s new prime minister makes first foreign visit to India
• Bangladesh seeks death penalty for methamphet­amine trafficker­s
• French graft trial looms for uncle of Syria’s Assad
• France provides 550 million euros in aid to Lebanon to boost economy
• Afghanista­n accuses Pakistan of air strikes ahead of leaders’ talks
• Bolivia’s jaguars facing threat from Chinese fang craze
• Fugitive Italian mafia boss arrested in remote hideout
• Trump wants National Guard on Mexican border until wall built
• S. Africa’s Zuma defiant after appearing in court
• Lassa fever kills 142 in Nigeria since January
• California requires Twitter, Facebook to disclose bots
• What genres have benefited most from streaming era of music?
• HTC announces Vive Pro Starter Kit 2018
• Gift to gamers? Samsung announces the ‘cool’ Notebook Odyssey Z
• Actress Gabrielle Ruiz loosens up for the ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ live tour
• What do all those box office statistics really mean?
• ‘He’s Funny That Way’: Dylan, Kesha lend voices to LGBT songs
• Salman Khan jailed five years for killing antelopes
• Killing endangered antelopes: Bollywood in shock over superstar’s jail term
• Japan animation giant Takahata dies at 82
• Fashion label dies with us, say designers Dolce and Gabbana
• Ivanka Trump featured on cover of a punk band’s new ‘Complicit’ album
• Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem film to open Cannes film fest
• John Galliano to go fur-free
• Camilla not bored at ceremony, insists Games president
• The Rock says he will never play a ‘borderline psychopath’
• ‘Moulin Rouge’ musical one step closer to Broadway
• China-US tariff war to benefit local plantation sector
• Telcos to see repetitive year in earnings
• Indon Halal Product Assurance law to have minimal impact on exports
• Ratings upgrade for local constructi­on sector
• ECRL to help further boost M’sia’s economy
• Muted impact from legal action on MAHB
• MINI introduces two models in Sarawak
• Shares on Bursa Malaysia end mixed
• ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ lives on
• Walmart, Humana move closer, separate upheavals threaten
• UPS seen at ‘breaking point’ as pilots lament there are too few aircraft
• Is the fun over at Sony? A stoic numbers guy takes over as CEO
• Danske Bank executive exits over Estonian moneylaund­ering controls
• Sterling forecasts at post-Brexit high on BoE, negotiatio­n hopes
• NAFTA nations ‘moving forward in significan­t way’
• Chinese Uber rival Didi launches recruitmen­t drive in Mexico
• BlackRock to exclude Walmart from some new funds over guns
• China hits back after Trump threatens US$100 bln in tariffs
• Indonesia’s salt spat gives industry a shake
• Japan’s hacked crypto exchange Coincheck bought out
• Japan’s cryptocurr­ency exchanges face shortage of engineers
• IndiGo ends interest in buying Air India
• In Mexico, turning the tide for Bacalar’s Lake of Seven Colors

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