Brainstorming sessions are meant to be the offer you can’t refuse. They combine the appeal of a fighting challenge with a suggestion of trendy methodology. And in a year like this, you’re likely to be seeing a lot of this hurry-hurry problem-solving technique, with its group-games and licence to ‘think the unthinkable’.
PETALING JAYA: About 80% of 84 fogging contractors registered in Selangor should have been prosecuted for operating without a license from the Pesticide Board. Instead they were given lucrative contracts with the authorities turning a blind eye to such illegal practice.
RIYADH - The Ministry of Health announced Monday the detection of seven new cases of swine flu in the Kingdom bringing the total number of cases registered in the Kingdom to 75.
DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health yesterday announced five new cases of swine flu in Qatar, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 17.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s stringent measures in combating the H1N1 flu has created fear among foreign visitors.
AL-JOUF: Dissatisfied with the quality of public heath care, Saudis living in the northern region of the country resort to scrimping, saving and borrowing money to pay out-of-pocket for medical treatment in neighboring Jordan.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s stringent measures in combating the H1N1 flu has created fear among foreign visitors.
ALOR GAJAH: A biscuit factory has taken preventive measures ensuring all of its 700 workers are screened using a digital thermometer before entering the factory premises. Perfect Food Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd managing director Su Chin Hock, 60, said the blanket screening for all workers started last week as a preventive measure to check for [...]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — McDonald’s issued its first public apology yesterday since news broke that frying oil at fast food chains have been left unchanged, local media reported.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Suicide remained the second leading cause of death among young Taiwanese men and women aged 15-24 in 2008, with 60 percent of the cases related to relationship problems, a government official reported yesterday.