The Borneo Post - 2024-03-07

• Old-age health coverage mooted
• Timber harvesting reduced to about 2 mln cubic metres per year — SFD
• Ringgit’s depreciati­on not an issue for Australian investors — Anwar
• Sakura Ferroalloy­s to commission new RM1.422 bln sinter plant in H2 2024
• 70km Bintulu-Samalaju gas pipeline expected to be ready by end-2025 — Premier
• Study on ‘cascading power source’ in Lawas, Limbang — Abg Jo
• S’wak keen to work with Sakura Ferroalloy­s on green products, says Premier
• Late ASP Wilfred Gomez honoured with posthumous award
• Scientist proposes use of feebates to achieve S’wak’s forest plantation goal
• EUDR restrictio­ns hinder 2050 target demand for timber, says FAO forestry officer
• Intense rainfall, not logging cause of Sg Katibas wood debris — Forest director
• S’wak launches ‘Gateway to Borneo’ campaign at ITB Berlin
• Mayor moots more direct flights from overseas to Miri
• Julaihi: Urgent need to stop loss of non-revenue water in Limbang
• BCM to feature talk on Chinese dragon in Borneo culture this Sunday
• Prosecutio­n changed goal post, presented two conflictin­g versions of case – Judge
• Fake medical assistant placed on six-month peace bond
• Appeals court acquits, discharges Isa Samad of RM3 million corruption charges
• Peter Anthony’s final appeal against conviction, sentence to be heard July 18
• Watchdog report alleges neglect, violence in immigratio­n detention centres
• DAP helps Kuching flood victims seek compensati­on
• Voon: House arrest of convicted offenders will give rise to discrimina­tion, injustice
• Govt aims to table Social Work Profession Bill this year — Nancy
• Kolej Komuniti Kuching students in field visit to Bakong longhouse
• ‘Petros needs the media to get people informed of progress, benefits it brings’
• ‘Turn idle land beside Kapit civic centre into recreation ground’
• M’sia producing its first MalayEngli­sh Braille dictionary
• Students participat­e in ‘Just Spike IT Volleyball Academy 1.0’
• Pahang Sultan wants repair work on collapsed slope expedited
• Hot weather: LSANK controls Kedah dam water release to ensure adequate raw water supply
• Selangor’s PTRS further improved with mobile applicatio­n, says MB
• RM50 mln to extend special bus lane, purchase Demand Response Transit vans in Klang Valley
• Man vaccinated for Covid 217 times reports no side effects
• Japan signals interest in AUKUS defence tech partnershi­p
• Bankrupt Sri Lanka to seek debt moratorium until 2028
• Minister: No social media ban under proposed HK security law
• Three Vietnam govt critics arrested — Rights group
• Man charged with tying up Indigenous Australian children
• Gaza truce talks enter fourth day after US urges speedy deal
• OpenAI rejects Musk’s accusation­s of ‘betrayal’
• Indian police arrest five more after Spanish tourist gang raped
• Cavaliers stun Celtics, Suns hold off Nuggets
• 326,000 tickets for opening ceremony of Paris Olympics
• LIV ends quest for world golf ranking points
• Bagnaia in 3rd title quest on MotoGP’s 75th year
• Verstappen returns to face inquisitio­n on future
• Messi’s napkin from Barca ‘contract’ up for auction
• DKI Jakarta in one-two finish in doubles short oil pattern
• S’wak shooters finish third in national junior c’ships
• 497 entities included in BNM’s Financial Consumer Alert List
• Zantat to raise RM14 mln from IPO
• TH Plant sees below average ESG rating
• CEO: Gamalux on track to hit 100,000 tonnes mark for SAF by year-end
• Huawei, Nur Power, JS Solar to develop inaugural smart and green industrial park within Kulim Hi-Tech Park
• InvestKL secures record-setting RM8.7 bln in FDI for 2023
• Asean, India urged to forge closer ties amidst global shifts
• Made-in-M’sia F&B products well-received at world’s famous Gulfood trade fair
• Adrenalin eSystems gains a stronghold in Malaysia
• Proton continues positive growth with 13,602 units sold
• SME Bank approved RM30.6 billion financing since inception to 17,380 bumiputera MSMEs
• Victims of Denmark’s adoption scandal demand answers
• Portugal’s far right seduces youths ahead of vote
• India’s ‘drone sisters’ steer farming and social change
• Rebecca Ferguson to star in sci-fi film ‘Mercy’
• Depardieu co-star says producers knew he was an ‘aggressor’
• Censor battling playwright Edward Bond dies at 89 — Agent
• Chris Evans says Marvel deserves more credit for making some great movies
• Nicholas Hoult working out to play Lex Luthor in James Gunn’s Superman
• Polanski trial: Actress says suffered ‘smear campaign’
• ‘Luckiest’ Oppenheime­r biographer rooting for Oscar wins
• Usher and Ludacris celebrate their 2004 song ‘Yeah!’ reaching 13 times platinum post
• Seaside Chanel, Louis Vuitton pussyhats at Paris Fashion Week
• South African town sees gold in ostrich plumes
• Mossi Traore brings France’s forgo en suburbs to Paris fashion week
• Artificial glaciers stave off drought in Kyrgyzstan
• Icy reception for plan to ‘save’ Venezuela’s last glacier

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