IPOH, July 14 — The closure of certain vaccination centres (PPVs) in Perak is not due to lack of Covid-19 vaccine supplies, Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad said today. He clarified that the closure is only temporary to enable the workers...

JOHOR BARU, July 14 — The police said today Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman had only applied for house-to-house aid distribution and did not have approval for a centralised distribution at his parliamentary office, leading to the intervention by.....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Claiming steep commission charges, food and beverage (F&B) operators want Putrajaya to intercede with the country’s two main delivery providers for lower fees. In a joint press conference today, several organisatio...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Members of the Cabinet said today they have unanimously decided to support the leadership of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the prime minister at its meeting earlier today. In a short statement, the ministers in Muhyiddin’s.....

TANAH MERAH, July 14 — The Kelantan State Health Department (JKNK) has deployed 532 of its medical staff from various units to states that are experiencing an increase in Covid-19 cases, to aid in the battle against the virus. JKNK director Datuk.....

GEORGE TOWN, July 14 — A collision between a fishing boat and another boat in Kuala Muda river in Kepala Batas about a week ago has led to a drug bust involving RM2.1 million worth of drugs that were believed to be on its way to be exported....

KOTA KINABALU, July 14 — Rural Development Minister Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad’s visit to Sabah has been postponed to a later date, according to a statement issued by the ministry. Abdul Latiff was expected to arrive in Sabah on Wednesday. A...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Malaysia hit another record high of daily Covid-19 cases with 11,618 infections today. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah revealed the latest figures in a series of tweets this afternoon. Selangor...

KOTA KINABALU, July 14 — The Sabah state assembly is in no danger of an automatic dissolution, said Speaker Datuk Kadzim Yahya here. He said that although there are provisions to say that the assembly must convene within six months of its most...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) are investigating allegations of additional Covid-19 vaccination slots compared to the vaccine doses allocated at a vaccination centre (PPV). Bukit Aman Commercial CID director Datuk...

GEORGE TOWN, July 14 — Penang police chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain today clarified that police have the right to enter any private premises with the intention of arresting a suspect without a warrant.  He said while owners of private...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Malaysian graduates also suffered a decline in their average salaries in 2020, just like Malaysians with other educational qualifications, as they took on pretty much any job that was available amid a weak labour market...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Food and beverage (F&B) operators are again urging the federal government to allow dining-in at restaurants, saying that many in the industry may soon join the growing number of Malaysians who are going hungry every....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) raised concern today about media reports that suggest factories as the cause of rising daily Covid-19 cases, which it said is a misperception that has fuelled public anger...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The number of domestic violence cases in Penang saw an increase of about 35 per cent this year compared to the same period last year, according to Penang Police Chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain. He said as of June this...

GEORGE TOWN, July 14 — The police busted two groups of suspected loan sharks, including a Datuk Seri, as well as a lone operator, with the arrest of 20 individuals, on July 7. Penang Police Chief Datuk Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the first.....

KUCHING, July 14 ― Police raided two online gambling call centres at a condominium in Jalan Ming Chung here around 3pm yesterday (July 13). The first raid involved a unit where the call centre is estimated to have brought in more than RM4 million.....

KUCHING, July 14 ― The Kuching South City Council (MBKS) plans to only allow stallholders who are fully vaccinated to open for business at hawker centres and markets under its jurisdiction. Kuching South mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng said this is to...

KOTA KINABALU, July 14 ― Public Health Specialist Dr Rose Nani Mudin is the new Director of Sabah State Health Department, replacing Datuk Dr Christina Rundi. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah congratulated Dr Rose in his...

SHAH ALAM, July 14 ― Local authorities (PBT) in Selangor have no power to issue a closure order on factories to curb the spread of Covid-19 in their areas as the power lies with the federal government, State Local Government and Public Transport...

PUTRAJAYA, July 14 ― Support from Asean’s external partners, including the United States, is welcomed in implementing the ‘Five-Point Consensus’ reached by the bloc’s leaders to resolve the crisis in Myanmar, said Senior Minister of...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Malaysians received a lower amount of salary on average in 2020 as compared to 2019, the latest official statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) showed. In an online presentation streamed over Facebook.....

SEREMBAN, July 14 — A total of 142 child abuse cases were recorded in Negeri Sembilan in the first six months of this year, said State Social Welfare Department (JKM) director Rosnah Sardi. Of that total, she sai...

KUCHING, July 14 — The state Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian today said that he had asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to reexamine their strategies in dealing...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The emergency ward at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) was not cleared out ahead of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s visit yesterday, the hospital’s director said today. In a statement, Dr Zulkarnain Mohd.....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — A 38-week-old infant is reportedly now the youngest Covid-19 fatality in Malaysia since the pandemic struck the country last year. The New Straits Times reported that the boy’s death was shared by the Federal...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The number of Covid-19 vaccine administered in the country exceeded 400,000 for two consecutive days with 424,541 doses administered yesterday. On Monday, 421,479 doses were dispensed nationwide.   Daily vaccination...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The Selangor government should switch to using less damaging but more effective methods to curb Covid-19, by following Kuala Lumpur’s example of locking down affected buildings instead of continuing lockdowns for entire...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Bangi DAP MP Ong Kian Ming today urged the government to convert more hotels into Covid-19 Low-Risk Patient Quarantine and Treatment Centres (PKRC). Ong said while a few hotels in Klang Valley have been converted into...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — All vaccination centre (PPV) staff and volunteers in Selangor must complete two doses of their vaccine before being allowed to start work, said state Health Department director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman. He said that...