ALOR GAJAH, Dec 29 — A total of 390 out of 2,528 household heads in Melaka who were affected by recent floods have received compassionate aid (BWI) to date. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali said the state government began distributing the....

JASIN, Dec 29 — The persistent high water level in Sungai Kesang has hampered efforts to pump out stagnant floodwaters from around Kampung Lanchang, Merlimau here, Melaka Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Abu Bakar Katain said. He said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Newly-registered Malaysia United Democratic Alliance (Muda) said today it will kickstart a “listening tour” nationwide, to gauge public sentiment in order to guide the party’s leadership in formulating policies for...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Putrajaya has been urged to take immediate action against Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki over his alleged ownership of millions in publicly traded stocks. In a joint...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah was charged at the Sessions Court here today with allegedly furnishing a false statement to Bursa Malaysia, The Edge Markets reported......

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today advised the people, especially in the east coast states, as well as Johor and Sabah, to brace themselves for a possible second wave of...

PASIR MAS, Dec 29 — The Bantuan Wang Ihsan (BWI) of RM10,000 for the next-of-kin of individuals confirmed to have died in the floods would be speeded up after completion of the application process. Women, Family and Community Development Deputy...

GEORGE TOWN, Dec 29 — All 10 Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) field hospitals opened to facilitate treatment for Covid-19 patients have been closed in stages following the decline in the number of patients. The last two of the hospitals, namely the...

KUCHING, Dec 29 — Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen today said the low turnout of Chinese voters in Sarawak’s urban constituencies was the main reason why the party performed poorly in the recent state election. He added that this was due to....

MIRI, Dec 29 — Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) has called on the state government to resolve the long-standing issue of Bumiputera status for the Lakiput and Saban communities in the state. In a statement, PBDSB president Bobby William said....

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 29 — Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal today denied that the party had deviated from its original struggle by spreading its wings to Peninsular Malaysia. He said the moved had received the...

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 29 — MasterChef Malaysia 2012 finalist Etiqah Siti Noorashikeen Mohd Sulong, 33, and her husband Mohammad Ambree Yunos @ Unos, 40, have been jointly charged in a Magistrates’ Court here with the murder of their maid. Mohammad.....

KUCHING, Dec 29 — The Board of Management of Chung Hua Middle Schools No. 1, 3, and 4 has welcomed the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision to reject a lawsuit seeking the abolishment of Mandarin and Tamil as a medium of instruction in schools....

SEREMBAN, Dec 29 — Three cases of Covid-19 of the Omicron variant have been detected in Negri Sembilan of yesterday and they were all import cases involving three  women who returned from abroad. State Health, Environment, Cooperatives and...

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 29 — The State Government will lift the log export ban imposed during the Warisan’s administration in May 2018. Sabah chief forest conservator Datuk Frederick Kugan confirmed this in a circular dated December 21, informing...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The government will decide on the proposal to repeal the death penalty once the special committee formed two years ago to study the matter has presented its findings, said Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. The minister...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Federal Opposition lawmakers called today for the immediate formation of a special commission to investigate the government’s management of floods and for Parliament to debate its findings. In a joint statement, the 77 MPs....

JOHOR BARU, Dec 29 — Police believe “Long Tiger”, the captured Rohingya fugitive who had been on the run for nearly two weeks, was planning to flee the country before he was capture at a house along Jalan Kuala Ketil in Sungai Petani, Kedah...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The Social Welfare Department (JKM) has spent RM35 million to provide aid to flood victims in eight affected states. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Siti Zaila...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The National Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (PRABN) has issued an early flood forecast from Dec 31 for Kelantan and Terengganu and Jan 1 for Pahang and Johor. PRABN, which is under the Drainag...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The Ministry of Health reported another 3,683 Covid-19 cases today, ending the country’s three-day streak of the number remaining under 3,000. The new cases also brought Malaysia’s cumulative tally to 2,750,516 since the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The Malaysia United Democratic Alliance (Muda) has officially been registered as a political party, pro tem president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said today. In an online press conference, the Muar MP said Muda was...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 ― Joy was evident on the faces of the three Malaysian mothers who made a trip to the National Registration Department (JPN) headquarters in Putrajaya today when their citizenship application for their overseas born children...

KUANTAN, Dec 29 ― The search and rescue (SAR) operation for an elderly man who went missing during the floods in Telemong, Bentong on December 18, has been suspended. Pahang Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ismail Abdul Ghani said the....

JOHOR BARU, Dec 29 — A remand order for four days was issued by the Tangkak Magistrate’s Court here today against an ethnic Rohingya man known as ‘Long Tiger’ who escaped police custody while at the court last Dec 15. The remand orde...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Datuk Peter Anthony’s departure from Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) was expected given his court cases, said party president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal. He said the former vice president had expressed his wish to do so several....

SHAH ALAM, Dec 29 — About two to three million books were damaged after being submerged in floodwaters at the Big Bad Wolf Warehouse and BookXcess @ Wolf House bookstore in Section 33, Taman Alam Indah here due to the devastating floods that hit...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — As at noon, more than 9,000 evacuees are still at the relief centres (PPS) in the five flood-hit states with Selangor, Pahang and Negri Sembilan reporting a drop in the number of flood victims, while in Melaka and Kelantan,.....

SIBU, Dec 29 — Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) has refuted recent allegation on social media about it being a racist party. According to its secretary-general Julius Enchana, PBDSB is the most multiracial and the most inclusive political...

KUCHING, Dec 29 — A total 631 temporary evacuation centres are being readied throughout Sarawak as the state braces for high probability of floods during the Northeast monsoon, said State Secretary Datuk Amar Jaul Samion. Jaul, who is Sarawak...