Day: October 3, 2024

ALOR SETAR, The floods in Kedah have fully recovered after the last temporary evacuation centre (PPS) was closed today. Kedah Civil Defence Force (APM) deputy director, Major (PA) Mohd Suhaimi Mohd Zain said the PPS at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Alor Merah in the Kota Setar district, which opened on Sept 29, closed at 9.30 this morning. “The PPS previously accommodated 89 people from 25 families as of 8 this morning, it was closed after all the victims were allowed to return to their respective homes as the water had receded completely,” he said in a statement here today. Source: BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Recursion announced the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application for a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of REC-1245, a new chemical entity for the treatment of biomarker-enriched solid tumours and lymphoma. According to Recursion in a statement, the Phase 1/2 clinical trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and potential monotherapy efficacy of REC-1245, and is expected to initiate in the fourth quarter of this year. Its Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Gibson said: “In under 18 months, leveraging some of our newer chemistry tools, Recursion rapidly

PUTRAJAYA, The Court of Appeal’s three-member panel, in a split decision, has dismissed an appeal by an Orang Asli woman to nullify her conversion to Islam. Justices Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli formed the majority decision while Datuk Wong Kian Kheong dissented. The dissenting judgment was not read in court today, but Justice Wong said he would provide his grounds of judgment to the parties involved later. In delivering the majority’s ruling online today, Justice Azhahari said the Syariah Court is the proper forum to determine the 31-year-old woman’s religious status given that this is

MELAKA, A babysitter pleaded not guilty in the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court here today to a charge of neglecting a one-year-old boy causing the child to be injured last year. Siti Salwa Rezuan, 35, was charged as a person having the care of the boy to have neglected or exposed the child in a way that may cause him to suffer physical and emotional harm. The offence was allegedly committed at Taska Permata Riang Ria, Taman Pertam Jaya, Semabok, here, at 2.30 pm on Oct 27 last year. The charge, under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, provides a

PUTRAJAYA, The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) is enhancing flood warning sirens to reduce property damage and loss of life in preparation for the Northeast Monsoon (MTL) 2024/2025, expected to start this November and continue until March 2025. NRES secretary-general Datuk Dr. Ching Thoo Kim said the unexpected floods in late 2021 prompted the government to take immediate action, including upgrading the siren system. “For instance, during the floods in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam, the sirens were not loud enough for people to hear. Many mistook them for fire or police sirens, resulting in delayed action.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia’s strong economic fundamentals are among the factors supporting the ringgit’s growth, even during times of currency weakness, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Governor Datuk Seri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour. He highlighted that the country’s projected economic growth rate of 4.0-5.0 per cent for this year is also a positive factor that will contribute to the strengthening of the ringgit, moving forward. “In terms of our economic growth, the financial sector, and so on, we are indeed strong. Currently, these fundamentals remain solid and will only get stronger. “The economic outlook is positive. These two factors are driving the