KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Former minister Yeo Bee Yin called out Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today, asking why his Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) team was not able extract the list of senior citizens and...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — AIA Malaysia has offered Malaysians a Covid-19 vaccine complications cover and Covid-19 diagnosis cover at no additional cost. AIA Malaysia said the two latest offerings from AIA further extend the insurer’s dedication to.....

ISKANDAR PUTERI, June 8 — Three million people in Johor should receive their Covid-19 vaccinations by the end of October this year, Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) Khairy Jamaluddin said today. He said.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) today confirmed that 98 crewmen of the Royal Malaysian Navy ship, KD Mahawangsa, were tested positive for Covid-19. Senior Minister of Defence Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the crew had....

PUTRAJAYA, June 8 — Malaysia has suspended, with immediate effect, all import of cattle and buffaloes from Thailand, after assessing the risk of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) transmission, which was reported to have spread to over 41 provinces in the...

MIRI, June 8 — Police arrested a 45-year-old man yesterday for allegedly injuring his younger brother. The suspect was rounded up in front of a restaurant at Jalan Haji Lampan in the city centre at 1.55pm. It is learnt that the suspect had had a...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Malaysia’s new Covid-19 infections remained below the 6,000 mark once again today, with 5,566 cases reported in the past 24 hours. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor once again reported...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Excluding input and views from Opposition parties in the newly established Hybrid Parliament Special Committee risks seeing the nation’s legislative body turned into a “rubber stamp” Parliament, warns DAP’s Lim Guan.....

KUCHING, June 8 — Ministry of Health (MoH) personnel began inoculating rural residents in Kapit against Covid-19 when they turned up at the vaccination centre without prior registration yesterday, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing said....

SEREMBAN, June 8 — Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Youth targets 5,000 of its members participating in the 100-Hour Voluntary Service Mission to assist the frontliners at the vaccine administering centres (PPV) across the country. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Hartalega Holdings Bhd (Hartalega) has completed its remediation of recruitment fees, totalling RM41 million. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Hartalega said having commenced the process in November 2020, the reimbursement...

ISKANDAR PUTERI, June 8 — The Johor state government has no plans to carry out mass rapid testing for Covid-19 in the state despite calls to do so, but will instead increase its use in a targeted manner, said Datuk Hasni Mohammad. At present, the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — A total of RM5.08 billion has been and will be channelled to nearly one million micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under the Geran Khas Prihatin (GKP) to tide over their difficulties since Covid-19 hit the country,...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Former Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim’s appeal against the High Court’s dismissal to strike out his corruption and money laundering charges will be heard by the Court of Appeal on Sept 6....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The High Court today fixed Aug 12 to hear an application by Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and 12 others to challenge the action of the Home Minister and the Registrar of Societies (RoS) for having yet to decide on its appeal....

KOTA KINABALU, June 8 — A member of staff hired by politician Philip Among to produce the state Unduk Ngadau pageant came forward to give his statement to the police today. Australian national Dane Lenard Kovacs, 33, in his statement to th...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Four months after the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) kicked off, roughly 79 per cent or 91,317 personnel from the Royal Malaysia Police have already received either their first dose or both doses of their...

TAWAU, June 8 — Two more vaccination centres (PPVs) will be opened in Balung and Merotai near here soon to enable the rural communities to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Chairman of Tawau Disaster Operations Command Centre Arnold...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The government has agreed to extend the 50 per cent rental discount for tenants of federal land and buildings for another six months, according to Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The complete report detailing events that led to the underground LRT collision involving two trains on May 24 has been submitted to the Transport Ministry and is expected to be presented to the Cabinet tomorrow, said Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 ― Shopee was the leading platform for Malaysians’ online shopping needs, according to an Ipsos survey that found  82 per cent of respondents saying they used it over the past six months. According to the polling firm...

KUCHING, June 8 ― Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said he is unaware of any meeting to be held between the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the top political party leaders this....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Some 1,000 employees of MMC Gamuda (MGJV) are set to receive their first Covid-19 vaccine dose today under a pilot scheme by the Ministry of Federal Territories (KWP). The project, which will include employees from the MRT...

KUCHING, June 8 — Some 472,923 households in the state that are affected by the movement control order (MCO) are eligible for food assistance under the Bantuan Khas Sarawakku Sayang 6.0 (BKSS 6.0) financial aid package Chief Minister Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The Selangor Sultan today expressed displeasure with groups who are anti-vaccines in the state, pointing out that being vaccinated against Covid-19 would help save lives and also avoid causing the country to be in a more...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — A coalition of civil rights organisations and prominent individuals has petitioned Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to focus more on controlling the spread of Covid-19 instead of simply arresting undocumented...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The Ministry of Finance (MoF), under the recently launched MyDigital, will ensure that payments for all government services will be made on cashless basis by 2022, its Minister, Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz sa...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The Selangor Sultan today expressed surprise that the federal government has so far sent out only more than 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Selangor, instead of the 2.9 million initially claimed. In a statement, Sultan....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Police in Taiping, Perak have offered to compound a man’s breach of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) at RM20,000, after a raid found 27 members of a tabligh group gathering in a house. According to national...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the effective reproduction number (R0/Rt) for Covid-19 infections in Malaysia yesterday stood at 0.97, with a 95 per cent confidence interval of 0.96 - 0.98. On...