KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Graduates and unemployed individuals can register for the Digital Skills for Tomorrow’s Jobs programme starting today. The programme is the result of a partnership among Microsoft Malaysia, the Social Security Organisation....

PUTRAJAYA, July 8 — The implementation of the national digital infrastructure plan, Jalinan Digital Negara ( Jendela), which has entered its tenth month now, has shown encouraging results with all the quarterly targets set having been...

TAPAH, July 8 — The Human Resources Ministry has received over 5,000 complaints through the Working For Workers (WFW) application on various labour issues, especially not allowing employees to work from home (WFH). Its minister Datuk Seri M....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed assertions by some members that he had left out the resolutions made in last night’s supreme council meeting from his statement declaring the party’s...

KANGAR, July 8 — The Perlis government has disbursed a total of RM5.24 million in aid through its Basic Food Distribution Programme (Pama) to 344,451 people in the state who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic since the implementation of...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) has made a new ruling on the number of congregants allowed to perform the Friday and obligatory prayers, as well as for the coming Aidiladha prayer, at mosques and...

KOTA KINABALU, July 8 —  Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun today said that daily Covid-19 cases in the state increased from 244 cases yesterday to 279 cases today due to a new funeral cluster.  “A funeral ceremon...

GEORGE TOWN, July 8 — Penang has now proposed to convene its state legislative assembly on September 1 and only after the Emergency Proclamation is lifted. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah.....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) will implement a new strategy to address the persistently high Covid-19 cases reported daily in the Klang Valley, said Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. The health minister said the MoH will take 10...

GEORGE TOWN, July 8 — A total 156 residents in Pulau Aman received their Covid-19 vaccines today through a south Seberang Perai (SPS) health district mobile outreach programme. The remote fisherman’s island, which is only accessible by a...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Tan Sri Annuar Musa has urged his party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to explain the “true position” of the Umno supreme council meeting last night, alleging that Zahid had read a statement which was readied...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Malaysia recorded 8,868 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours — the second highest since the Ministry of Health reported 9,020 cases on May 29,  Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selang...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today called for an interim government to be formed for a period of no more than six months. In his Facebook post today, Najib said the limited term is suitable as it will not be.....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) still commands majority support from the MPs despite Umno’s exit from Perikatan Nasional (PN), the party’s deputy president Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu said today. &...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Umno supreme council member Armand Azha Abu Hanifah said president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi consented to Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob accepting the deputy prime minister’s post. “At the Umno supreme council...

SHAH ALAM, July 8 — The General Operations Force (GOF) Central Brigade in Cheras seized almost 20,000 litres of duty unpaid liquor brands worth about RM1.2 million in a raid on a warehouse in Kg Sungai Kandis, Klang near here yesterday. Its...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 ― Malaysia’s unemployment rate declined marginally to 4.5 per cent in May, according to data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) released today. This was down from the 4.6 per cent in April 2021. By sector,...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi decided the party’s MPs could table no-confidence votes against the prime minister during the supreme council meeting yesterday, according to a source. The person said Ahmad...

KUCHING, July 8 ― Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Masing today said Malaysian politicians should focus their attention on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic instead of each other. “The best strategy to fight this deadly Covid-19 pandemic....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang has called for an agile and creative solution based on a new national coalition to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic. He said this is apparent as Malaysia is now in a new political...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Umno Youth chief Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki today explained that his party decided to withdraw support for the Perikatan Nasional government last night as Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin failed to fulfill all six...

KOTA KINABALU, July 8 — Umno’s two MPS in Sabah will withdraw support for Perikatan Nasional but the party’s assemblymen will keep working with the coalition that was also in the state government here, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin said. The Sabah...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Umno needed to withdraw support for the Perikatan Nasional government as it would otherwise be equally responsible for policies that have harmed the country and Malaysians, said Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. In a Facebook post...

IPOH, July 8 — Perak Opposition leader Abdul Aziz Bari today said that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government has already collapsed following Umno’s announcement it was exiting the coalition last night. The DAP lawmaker said that PN no longer...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Several government vehicles carrying the attorney general and a minister have been spotted entering Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s house in Bukit Damansara here at around 9.40am today, news portal Malaysia...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Malaysia has passed the 10 million mark for the number of vaccinations administered to the population as of yesterday, advisor to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Associate Professor Mohd Ghows Mohd Azzam said...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Selangor State Health Department has rejected a vaccine recipient’s allegation that he was injected with an empty syringe, saying various checks in the process ensured this could not happen. Director Datuk Dr Sha’ari....

BATU PAHAT, July 8 — Police have arrested three men, all of foreign nationalities, for investigation on a viralled video showing a fight at a workers’ hostel of a factory in Sri Gading here. Batu Pahat deputy police chief Supt M...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Veteran Umno politician Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said that he will shoulder the responsibility of being interim prime minister if such a situation arose.  Tengku Razaleigh, otherwise known as Ku Li, said anyon...

KOTA KINABALU, July 8 — With no news yet from the federal government on the new movement control order (MCO) 3.0 SOPs requested by the state, the Sabah government appears to be allowing its citizens to move into recovery mode by tacit agreement....