PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 — Malaysia’s labour productivity, measured as value added per employment, for the second quarter  this year has turned around to 13.6 per cent with a value of RM22,117 per person compared to a year ago, according to the...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 — Four elected representatives will know on September 30 whether they can proceed to commence a judicial review to challenge Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s move to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Parliament and state assembly...

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 18 — Some retail stores in shopping malls in Penang immediately reopened yesterday after the chief minister clarified that the 22 business types allowed to resume need not wait for the state to achieve 50 per cent full vaccination....

MIRI, Aug 18 — Sarawak is likely to provide clean water to its neighbours Sabah and the Indonesian province of Kalimantan should there be a surplus in supply in the future, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg. He said this can be....

KUCHING, Aug 18 — Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has submitted its nominee to be the new prime minister to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, chairman Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg said today. He declined to reveal the name, however, saying it was the...

JOHOR BARU, Aug 18 — Johor State Health Department (JKNJ) has implemented a Virtual Covid-19 Assessment Centre (VCAC) to facilitate the management of coronavirus positive patients and contact tracing in the state. State Health and Environment...

IPOH, Aug 18 — The movement of Desa Meru Park residents and their visitors came under scrutiny in today’s rape trial involving Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong. Despite being a gated and guarded residential neighbourhood that is equipped with closed....

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 18 — Sabah broke its own record for most Covid-19 cases in a single day again today when it counted 2,413 fresh cases. This is the third time that Sabah’s daily record breached the 2,000 mark. Today’s number is 310 higher...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Datuk Puad Zarkashi, an Umno supreme council member, said today the idea of appointing Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as “mentor minister” could be an attempt by Bersatu leaders to rule by proxy. The Agong is expected to name.....

KUCHING, Aug 18 — Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh today urged Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to support the candidacy of former Parti Warisan Sabah leader Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal to be the next prime minister. He said.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Malaysia notched another new Covid-19 record with 22,242 new cases today. The last record was 21,668 cases on August 11. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases recorded in the country to 1,466,512. Health...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — PAS said all its 18 MPs will support Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the prime minister candidate. Its deputy president, Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, said this after meeting Barisan Nasional leaders at Umno’s...

MIRI, Aug 18 — Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg was coy when asked about the coalition’s choice for prime minister.  “I leave it to the wisdom of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong,” the Chief Minist...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — The National Day 2021 celebrations scheduled to take place on Aug 31 at Dataran Pahlawan Negara, Putrajaya, will go on as planned by the National Day and Malaysia Day (HKHM) 2021 Organising Committee. Ministry of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — A PAS assemblyman congratulated theTaliban, an Islamist military movement, for taking control of Afghanistan.  Batu Buruk assemblyman Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi, who is also in the PAS International Affairs and Exter...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) has put forward Kapit lawmaker Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi to be the next deputy prime minister. New Straits Times reported today the component party of state ruling coalition Gabungan Parti...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 ― While Malaysia is yet to know the identity of its ninth prime minister, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has issued a reminder to the person who will be appointed to undergo a confidence vote in the Dewan Rakyat once it is...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 ― All trade and distribution sub-sectors in states under Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (PPN) can resume operations even if the number of fully vaccinated individuals in those states has yet to reach 50 per cent of the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — The Barisan Nasional (BN) prime minister candidate should create a Cabinet that can unite the different political parties but should not follow the previous Perikatan Nasional (PN) government’s structure, Umno’s Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 ― Islamist party PAS has rallied to support Umno’s Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to be the ninth prime minister. News portal Malaysiakini cited PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man saying his party has...

MELAKA, Aug 18 — Melaka police have received 48 reports on fraudulent online job offers, with losses involving RM700,000 from Jan 1 to Aug 16 this year. State Commercial Crime Investigation Department (JSJK) chief Supt E. Sundra Rajan said...

KUCHING, Aug 18 — The current political crisis in the country is affecting the citizenship application of stateless children in Sarawak, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah...

KUCHING, Aug 18 — Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) has found that the Covid-19 Delta variant detection rate in Sarawak stood at over 73 per cent as of Aug 10. Director Prof Dr David Perera.....

KUCHING, Aug 18 — Childcare centres (taska) and kindergartens (tadika) are only allowed to operate once their respective babysitters, teachers and assistants have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, says Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist Assoc Professor Dr Norazah Zahari said that more children are being hospitalised for Covid-19 as the highly contagious Delta variant becomes more dominant in Malaysia. In a report by The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s criminal trial for the misuse of 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) RM2 million-odd funds was cut short this morning to allow the Pekan MP to attend a meeting with other political leaders to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — A recent clinical data audit of local Covid-19 fatalities showed that four deaths involved fully vaccinated individuals, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.  “Our recent clinical aud...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Lawmaker Charles Santiago wants Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun to give a guarantee of confidentiality to the content of the MPs’ choice for the next prime minister, which has to be submitted in writing to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — A total of 28,837,742 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) as of yesterday (Aug 17). The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will reportedly hold a meeting with the country’s other Malay Rulers on August 20 to discuss the nominations for the next prime minister. Citing anonymous sources, The Star today reported....