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Over the weekend, there was a motorcycle convoy from Penang to Putrajaya, of contract hospital cleaners, aiming to deliver a memo to the Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin. Khairy has responded and said he would work to find solutions to help with the problems faced by contract workers. We speak to Sivaranjani Manickam, who was part of the convoy, on the significance of this events.

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There's been a discussion on Twitter over PCR tests, after a tweet about its high costs went viral. We get into it.

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The government has announced that temperature checks and log books will no longer be mandatory by the end of this week, following feedback from the Health Ministry that fevers has no correlation with whether someone has Covid-19 or not. We get into how this would look like, and whether restaurants will continue to reinforce it.

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Last week, PAS President and Malaysia’s Special Envoy to the Middle-East Hadi Awang met with Taliban envoys in Doha. Following that, a spokesman for the Taliban said that Hadi promised that Malaysia would do what it could for the Afghan people, prompting criticism that Hadi had spoken too quick on support for Afghanistan's Taliban government. We get into the implications of this, as well as our diplomatic approach toward the Talibans.

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A post claiming the "psychological distress" that a man would suffer if his wife makes more money than him, is making the rounds on Twitter. We get into the responses.

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F&B operators are having difficulties staying open round the clock, thanks to worker shortages. We look into the business and cultural costs of losing 24 hour restaurants.

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Omicron is trending, which has brought on discussions about how workplaces would be adapting to this new variant. We get into it.

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Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto has called for the government to instruct authorities to prepare a report on the investigations and findings of custodial deaths, and for these reports to be tabled in Parliament. We dissect what this report should cover, and why it's important.

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The Universiti Malaya Students Union has been asking their university to conduct final exams online as opposed to in person, due to safety concerns amidst a surge of Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant. We speak to a student representative to find out more.

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Following allegations of water being stolen through illegal means, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin is in talks with the Sabah Water Department to ensure those living in squatter settlements have access to water. We discuss this in depth.

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