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Jun 26, 2024

The Transport Ministry is stepping up efforts to address the current shortage of driving instructors.

It says the JPJ will be implementing a special program to allow applicants without SPM qualifications to get their instructor certification.

The Ministry adds that the exemption for the candidates is valid from July until the end of December.

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Most traders have been complying with the cheaper egg prices, including at markets and supermarkets.

The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry says it had deployed over two thousand officers nationwide as part of efforts to monitor the new ceiling price, which came into force last week.

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A Klang Valley highway concessionaire has confirmed that that its CEO and two senior management members have been arrested by the MACC, as part of a probe into corruption involving a construction contract.

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The Education Ministry has opened its own investigation into the recent viral video of a schoolgirl being bullied in Perak, where she was slapped repeatedly by two other schoolmates.

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The Health Ministry says it's stepping up efforts to fill nearly seven thousand nursing posts which are vacant due to existing vacancies and newly-created positions.

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Separately, the ministry says dengue cases are on the rise…with 2,900 cases reported during the week ending June 15th.