KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is taking steps to protect its indigenous artistes’ compensation rights over licensing and royalty distribution for all ethnic songs in the state and in Labuan. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said the state would prepare a Cabinet paper to endorse Music Rights Sabah Bhd( MRS) to become a licensing agency to protect the rights of ethnic artistes to ensure they get fair compensation, among others.He claimed that the Copyright Act had never been implemente

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PETALING JAYA: While local arts and creative industry players have hailed the RM100mil allocation under the Pemulih package as timely, they are concerned about how the fund will be disbursed among them. Persatuan Seniman Malaysia said it was grateful for the effort announced by the Prime Minister under the National People’s Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package( Pemulih) as part of the country’s National Recovery Plan( NRP). The association said it would monitor the fund’s distribution.“ We w

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Laura Kuenssberg has announced she is stepping down as the BBC’s political editor.... The biggest lesson she has learned in her time as the BBC’s Political Editor?... “ Never assume anything again.” She admitted the scale of Theresa May’s first Brexit defeat in Parliament took her by surprise. Though it is not yet clear who will replace her, the BBC’s Media Editor Amol Rajan has been touted as a possible successor....

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PUTRAJAYA: There must be no political biases when providing aid to flood victims, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi." We have begun disbursing aid through the district offices." I hope there are no political biases among the district offices when the aid is distributed." I found that only certain affiliated people received aid last year," the Deputy Prime Minister told reporters after chairing the National Flood Management Agency on Tuesday.... ( Jan 2).He said the monetary aid was from Fed

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