Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Social Justice & Decent Work for All
The Labour Day 2024 global theme is “Social Justice & Decent Work for All” Niaga Spotlight focuses on the calls for government to set a new minimum wage this year to reflect Living Wages, benefits of the Progressive Wage Policy, as well as highlighting the exploitative system faced by government contract workers such as hospital cleaners and security guards.
Trade Unions capacity building is another key area for improving workers bargaining power.
There are also outstanding issues regarding the Sabah and Sarawak’s Labour Ordinance (SLO), impacting wages, workplace conditions and Gender Equality for East Malaysians.
Trade Unions capacity building is another key area for improving workers bargaining power.
There are also outstanding issues regarding the Sabah and Sarawak’s Labour Ordinance (SLO), impacting wages, workplace conditions and Gender Equality for East Malaysians.
Mon May 06 2024
Cavalry horses run amok in central London and injure four people
The horses belonged to the Household Cavalry had run loose while exercising at Horse Guards Parade, a ceremonial parade ground in London.
Wed Apr 24 2024
Ensuring retail success with data backup
For retailers, as with any business, there comes an increasing need to ensure the protection and management of their data, especially during the busiest sales periods and holiday season, like the recent Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Malicious actors choose to take advantage of organisations at this time because often a company’s usual ‘guards’ may be down, with IT and SecOps teams’ ability to respond hampered by some of their team members' participating in the festivities.
Director, Systems Engineering, Cohesity ASEAN, Sathish Murthy shares insights on why people need to learn about the increasing role of data and the importance of regular backups.
Malicious actors choose to take advantage of organisations at this time because often a company’s usual ‘guards’ may be down, with IT and SecOps teams’ ability to respond hampered by some of their team members' participating in the festivities.
Director, Systems Engineering, Cohesity ASEAN, Sathish Murthy shares insights on why people need to learn about the increasing role of data and the importance of regular backups.
Tue Apr 16 2024
11 bank security guards detained for keeping firearms at home
Police said the individuals were detained at their respective homes and 11 pumpgun barrels, 55 bullets and a car were seized.
Fri Feb 09 2024
Actor Stephen Fry takes aim at royal guards to ban the use of bear fur caps
The soldiers of the King's Guard wear the famous tall bearskin caps known as a busby, for ceremonial events.
Thu Jan 11 2024
Ecuador president says country is at war with drug gangs
Daniel Noboa said his country was "at war" with drug gangs who are holding prison guards hostage.
Thu Jan 11 2024
Iran vows revenge after deadliest attacks since 1979 revolution
Iranian authorities have called for mass protests on Friday, when the funerals of the victims' of twin blasts will be held.
Fri Jan 05 2024
Paraguay's biggest prison set ablaze, rioting inmates take guards hostage
Prison inmates takes 11 guards hostage and sets fire to facilities in the crowded Tacumbu penitentiary.
Wed Oct 11 2023
Quito says security operations within prisons may have led to car bombs
Some 57 prison guards and police were being held hostage at six prisons throughout the country, the SNAI prison authority said.
Fri Sep 01 2023
US arrests 21-year-old National Guardsman for online intelligence leaks
The arrest comes a week after the leaks first became widely known, setting Washington on edge about the damage they may have caused.
Fri Apr 14 2023
Two Russian embassy staff dead, 11 hurt in suicide bomb blast in Kabul
Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards as he approached the gate.
Mon Sep 05 2022
WikiLeaks' Assange gets married in UK high-security jail
The registrar-led nuptials took place during visiting hours at the prison attended by just two official witnesses and two guards.
Thu Mar 24 2022
African students say they faced guns, hostile guards as they fled Ukraine
Scores of foreign students say they were treated badly as they queued up with the crowds trying to escape Russia's invasion.
Sat Mar 05 2022
MOHR to discuss with Home Ministry on protecting welfare of security guards
The MOHR has received numerous complaints about employers who fail to pay employees' monthly Sosco contributions, especially those who work in the security services sector.
Fri Oct 15 2021
Dissatisfied with poor treatment of colleague, foreign workers turn unruly
A group of Bangladeshi workers were believed to have provoked security guards and Ministry of Health (MOH) personnel in an incident at Pantai Puteri, Melaka last night.
Sat Aug 14 2021
Zii Jia, Jun Hao lepasi halangan pertama Terbuka Thailand
Zii Jia melepasi halangan pertama dalam misi memburu gelaran kedua Terbuka Thailand selepas mengiringi rakan senegara Leong Jun Hao mara ke pusingan kedua di Stadium Nimibutr di sini hari ini.
Wed May 15 2024
INNOVATHON musim kedua sasar tarik bakat muda, pupuk minat pada STEM
INNOVATHON musim kedua memfokuskan kepada penghasilan tenaga kerja dan bakat masa depan yang mampu bergerak seiring dengan kemajuan dalam bidang sains, teknologi, kejuruteraan, dan matematik (STEM) serta penyelidikan dan pembangunan (R&D).
Wed May 15 2024
Tuanku Zara Salim rasmi Pameran Limar anjuran Muzium Seni Asia, UM
Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan Tuanku Zara Salim berkenan untuk merasmikan Pameran Limar “Tenunan warisan yang kian dilupakan” anjuran Muzium Seni Asia Universiti Malaya dimana sejumlah 78 koleksi tenunan limar dipamerkan bersempena pameran tersebut.
Wed May 15 2024
Lawrence Wong sah PM baharu, Lee Hsien Loong kini Menteri Kanan
Timbalan Setiausaha Agung Parti Tindakan Rakyat (PAP) Singapura, Lawrence Wong, 51, secara rasminya mengangkat sumpah sebagai Perdana Menteri republik itu yang baharu, pada Selasa.
Majlis mengangkat sumpah itu dilakukan di hadapan Ketua Hakim Singapura, Sundaresh Menon dan Presiden Singapura, Tharman Shanmugaratnam di Istana.
Majlis mengangkat sumpah itu dilakukan di hadapan Ketua Hakim Singapura, Sundaresh Menon dan Presiden Singapura, Tharman Shanmugaratnam di Istana.
Wed May 15 2024
Peristiwa Nakba disifatkan berulang, tapi lebih dahsyat
76 tahun berlalu, peristiwa Nakba yang berlaku pada 14 Mei 1948 terus diingati sebagai peristiwa hitam buat rakyat Palestin. Nakba yang membawa maksud malapetaka merujuk kepada penghapusan etnik Palestin, yang mana bagi penduduk Gaza, peristiwa itu tidak ubah seperti apa yang berlaku sekarang. Penderitaan dan kesengsaraannya malah disifatkan lebih teruk berbanding 1948.
Wed May 15 2024
Malaysia mahu terokai pelbagai bidang dengan Republik Kyrgyz
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, Malaysia berhasrat untuk menjalin kerjasama dengan Republik Kyrgyz dalam pelbagai bidang yang boleh dibangunkan bersama.
Wed May 15 2024
Dua pegawai penjara maut, seorang banduan lolos
Penyerang bersenjata membunuh dua pegawai penjara Perancis dan mencederakan tiga yang lain dalam serangan ke atas konvoi di Normandy pada Selasa.
Wed May 15 2024
Data PADU sudah sedia, tunggu masa sesuai elak spekulasi inflasi - Rafizi
Sebarang keputusan berhubung pelaksanaan mekanisme tersebut, hanya akan diputuskan oleh kerajaan pada tempoh yang sesuai bagi mengelakkan spekulasi inflasi.
Wed May 15 2024
Kyrgyz zahirkan hasrat Malaysia lantik penasihat kepada kerajaan republik itu - PM
Republik Kyrgyz hari ini menzahirkan hasrat supaya Malaysia melantik seorang penasihat kepada kerajaan negara itu, kata Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Wed May 15 2024
Cadangan gaji minimum UNICEF sedang dikaji - Rafizi
Rafizi menjelaskan perbincangan berkenaan gaji minimum termasuk prosesnya itu adalah tanggungjawab Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara bagi menilai kedudukan gaji minimum.
Wed May 15 2024