KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — More than 90 per cent of micro, small, medium and informal enterprises would be risking business closure if the movement control order (MCO) continues to be implemented, said the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng has slammed Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun, saying that the suspension of Parliament has nothing to do with winning the battle against Covid-19. In a statement, Lim said...

KOTA KINABALU, June 4 — Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Masidi Manjun today announced that the state will start the vaccination drive for the economic and essential services sector by next month. He said the state’s immunisation programme is...

PUTRAJAYA, June 4 — The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) is offering flexibility to employers to submit forms related to the income tax of their foreign workers, either via email, hand delivery or by post, until December 31. According to the IRB, the...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Human Resources Ministry, through the Social Security Organisation (Socso) has extended its social security protection coverage to domestic workers effective June 1. Socso chief executive Datuk Seri Mohammed Azman Aziz...

KOTA KINABALU, June 4 — The state government has reassured Sabahans that the region’s agricultural products will be more than enough to meet demand during the entire movement control order (MCO) period. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Jeffrey...

KUCHING, June 4 — Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan said Sarawak state assemblymen should not continue to receive their salaries and allowances after the term of the state assembly automatically expires on June 6. The assembly’s....

BUTTERWORTH, June 4 — A factory technician today pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to 13 counts of raping and committing incest against his daughter.  The 45-year-old man claimed trial to all the charges befor...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Malaysia Airlines Bhd will operate limited service with 85 per cent reduction across its network during the movement control order (MCO) 3.0 but will continue to facilitate essential domestic and international travel...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that conditional approval has been given to vaccines from a second AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer for use during the pandemic. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin today suggested that the reopening of Parliament through online sittings would come with its own set of “problems”, and that not reopening it for physical meetings could help...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Despite case numbers dipping slightly, Malaysia today reported its fifth-highest daily Covid-19 tally with 7,748 new cases detected over the last day while surpassing the 600,000 mark cumulatively. Health Ministry...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — A total of 1,122,420 individuals in Malaysia have completed the two-dose Covid-19 vaccination as of June 3, an increase of 7,736 compared with 1,114,684 reported on Wednesday. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Association of Malaysian Express Carriers (AMEC) has thanked the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for spearheading the National Postal and....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 ― PKR Women have identified nine more parliamentary seats to be contested in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15) to achieve its target to have 20 PKR Women representatives in Parliament. Its chief, Fuziah Saleh, to...

KUCHING, June 4 ― Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and the state Cabinet will have two months worth of salary deducted from this month onwards for the State Disaster Fund, the Sarawak government announced today. It said in a...

KOTA KINABALU, June 4 ― A Sabah politician accused of molesting a beauty pageant contestant has been remanded for four days for the police investigation into the matter. Lawyer Marcel Jude Joseph confirmed that Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles...

KOTA KINABALU, June 4 — There is no order to stop the sale of alcohol in supermarkets in Sabah, said Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun. The state local government and housing minister said that although there was no specific order to...

SYDNEY, June 4 — The US Air Force’s Pacific commander condemned Chinese military flights off Malaysia and Taiwan, describing them on Friday as “escalatory” and “destabilising.” This week, 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over hotly...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The government is studying the possibility of legal action against those trying to dissuade Malaysians from taking part in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. He told...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The US plans to make an initial donation of seven million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to countries in Asia, including Malaysia, the US government said in a fact sheet yesterday. In the fact sheet released by the White House...

KUANTAN, June 4 ― The Pahang government has allocated RM9.3 million for the second phase of the targeted Bantuan Prihatin Pahang (BPP) Covid-19 assistance to the people of the state, to ease their burden following the pandemic, said Mentri Besar...

KUCHING, June 4 — Sarawak DAP today asked the state government if its plan to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for the people of Sarawak was going ahead after all. Its chairman Chong Chieng Jen said the state government has been talking about purchasing....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 ― The police today confirmed several food delivery riders were issued compound notices for violating the movement control order (MCO) as Hannah Yeoh disclosed yesterday, but not without justification as the Segambut MP...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Former women, family, and community development minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has called for Parliament to convene and approve laws against sexual harassment and domestic violence that have worsened during the....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — An average of 15 incest cases are reported to the police each month, with most lodged by the victims themselves. Bukit Aman Sexual, Women and Child Investigations Division (D11) principal assistant director ACP Siti Kamsiah.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Stores solely selling liquor may not operate in the “total lockdown” as alcoholic drinks were not an essential item under the prescribed standard operating procedures, a senior police official said. Commenting on viral...

SEMENYIH, June 4 — The Home Ministry (KDN) will improve the admission process for prisoners and illegal immigrants so as to reduce the spread of Covid-19 cases among inmates at prisons and Immigration depots, said its minister, Datuk Seri....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The High Court in Sibu, Sarawak has recently decided that the government should remove “bin Abdullah” from the official records of the name of a child adopted in Sarawak, in consideration of the child’s best interests.....

KOTA KINABALU, June 3 — Sabah today reported a new Covid-19 cluster, the Jalan Coastal Sembulan cluster here, involving infections at a parking concession company here, said State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun. Masidi,.....