KOTA BARU, June 17 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (Mafi) has urged the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) to expedite the vaccination of frontliners in the agricultural sector nationwide. Its deputy minister.....

KOTA BARU, June 17 — The government anticipates that the vaccination of about 1.2 million residents in Kelantan will be completed by October, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said it was...

GEORGE TOWN, June 17 — The Penang government will be obtaining an approval from its governor to write to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to allow the state legislative assembly to convene. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state government...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said today the government has taken note of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s statements yesterday, and will take subsequent action to follow it up according to the Federal Constitution. It...

KOTA KINABALU, June 16 — Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin has again asked the federal government to channel the additional Sinovac vaccines donated by China to the state so it can keep up with the national Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The government has approved wage subsidy applications worth RM1.215 billion under the Wage Subsidy Programme 2.0 (PSU 2.0) as at June 4, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz. “A total of RM1.215...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The Undi18 movement today expressed gratitude to the High Court in Kuala Lumpur for agreeing to hear its lawsuit, which seeks to challenge the Election Commission’s decision to delay lowering the minimum voting age in...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The total small and medium enterprise (SME) soft loan fund approved by local banks and accepted by SMEs amounted to RM12.12 billion as at June 4, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul ...

BINTULU, June 17 — The state government has set up a vaccine administration centre at the Samalaju Industrial Park here for the mass vaccination of workers, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg said today. He said this approach will...

IPOH, June 17 — Former Perak mentri besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu came to the defence of Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad today, over the latter’s ‘sardine’ remark on the issue of smartphones for 20,000 students from B40 families...

KOTA KINABALU, June 17 — Sabah’s political parties on both sides of the divide welcomed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s recommendation to have Parliament reconvene as soon as possible. United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) president...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) offers the use of its assets to speed up the Covid-19 vaccination process, especially in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Pahang. Prasarana Group acting president and chief...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia continue to remain within the 5,000-case range, with 5,738 new infections reported over the last 24 hours. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a tweet today, revealed...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The government will establish a Poverty Circle with members comprising representatives from the government, private sector, civil community organisations, and academics to discuss and formulate the best strategies t...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — As one of the five designated mega Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPV), the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC) aims to be the largest vaccination centre in the country with an expected 10,000 daily.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Malaysia must dedicate more resources for pandemic preparedness if the country is to avoid experiencing another disaster like the one wrecked by Covid-19, said Khairy Jamaluddin. The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme....

IPOH, June 17 — Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad today urged the state’s assemblymen to respect and abide by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree that Parliament should reconvene soon. The Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman reminded...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The daily vaccination tally of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme showed a positive trend as it continued to surpass the target of 200,000 doses per day, with another 204,839 doses...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The government expects to begin accepting walk-ins at its vaccinations centres sometime in September this year, National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has said. He detailed...

JOHOR BARU, June 17 ― A man was charged at the Sessions Court here today with voluntarily causing grievous injuries to his third wife early last month. Rosmaini Abd Raof, 38, a trader, however, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read before...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 ― The government is committed to eradicating poverty and is in the midst of centralising the data on the issue to enable targeted assistance for this segment. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Datuk Se...

SEBERANG PERAI, June 17 ― Putrajaya aims to vaccinate about two million economic frontliners by September, said Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. The international trade and industry minister said, however, that this goal would depend on availability.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) today offered COvid-19 vaccination to 40,000 workers in the construction industry to accelerate the rate of vaccination for economic frontliners....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Police are offering a 50 per cent discount to traffic offenders to settle their outstanding summonses online from June 18 to July 18, said Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT)....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said he was now avoiding the term “herd immunity” as he expected Covid-19 to become prevalent in the foreseeable future. Despite “herd...

SEBERANG PERAI, June 17 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s call for Parliament to sit as soon as possible is in line with the federal government’s intentions, said Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. The international trade and industry minister said the....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The Undi18 youth movement secured a small preliminary victory as the High Court today agreed to hear the lawsuit by 18 Malaysian youths seeking for their right to vote to be enforced by July 2021, instead of only after...

KUCHING, June 17 — Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing today called on the Ministry of Health (MoH) to enforce strict health guidelines for use during the Sarawak state election that must be held within 60 days once the state of Covid-19....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Any attempt to delay reopening Parliament following the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s remarks yesterday would be an insult to the Malay Rulers, said Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. The Umno deputy president said it was no longer...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The government is currently studying the feasibility of heterologous vaccinations, or a mixture of two different types of vaccines, to be employed as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), Coordinating.....