Zaim Ibrahim
Penang bars barbers from plying trade during shutdown
Chief minister urges Putrajaya to review decision to let barbers open shop during period of MCO.
Ramadan bazaar traders turn to online platforms
They are taking orders via delivery services and Facebook to keep afloat.
No matrimonial bliss during restriction order
MCO scuppers wedding plans for couples across the country, deals them huge financial blow.
Food prices stable despite MCO, shoppers say
Little variation in how much fruits, vegetables and meat cost, but some fish up by almost 50%.
Musicians, artistes struggling for survival
Performers forced to take on other work as bookings evaporate during Covid-19.
Authorities to screen Rohingya refugees for Covid-19
National Disaster Management Agency to make call on where to quarantine people picked up off Langkawi this morning.
Musicians take acts online after virus kills off live performances
Deprived of their usual mode of income, buskers now perform on Facebook to growing audiences.
Aid for fishermen not enough, say associations
Putrajaya’s stimulus package insufficient to generate returns in six months.
192 more quarantine stations gazetted as Covid-19 cases rise
Hotels, madrasahs, varsities and Serdang agro park among premises to house patients if hospitals full.
B40 households face uncertain future despite cash aid, rent waiver
Those who have lost their income fear Covid-19 aftermath.
No virus infection among 30,000 Hindu festival visitors, says Penang
State Health Dept has been monitoring those who went to the Sri Singamuga Kaliamman Temple on March 8.
Small-time businesses, traders plead for help
Any move to extend MCO will be disaster, say operators reeling from 2-week order to contain Covid-19.
Social distancing ‘impossible’ for families in low-cost flats
3 generations living under one roof common, straining finances and adding to stress under movement-control order.
Penang to revoke licences, seize goods of errant businesses
Enforcement officers will continue to check hotspots to ensure businesses comply with the order.
Penang sets aside RM20 million for traders, hawkers
CM says state govt working out way to disburse funds to help sellers affected by movement-control order.
