KULAI, Feb 7 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (KPPK) is making efforts to boost the country’s pepper production following rise in demand at both local and international levels. Minister Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali...

KUCHING, Feb 7 — The flood situation in Sarawak after the third wave of floods that hit the state since Tuesday is improving and saw the number of evacuees dropping from 1,002 people  this morning to 823 in the afternoon. The State Disaste...

KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 7 — The prices of chilies and red onions, which went through the roof recently, have dropped significantly and returned to normal since last week. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs deputy minister Datuk Rosol Wahid said...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 7 — The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) to control the price of Covid-19 screening test at private clinics so that...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The current movement control order (MCO) would not have to be implemented if the Health Ministry (MOH) had properly conducted Covid-19 tracing and screening as far back as April last year, according to deputy defence minister....

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 7 — Police detained 20 people including 16 senior citizens who were gambling at a rented house which was being used as a base for gambling during the Movement Control Order (MCO), in Air Itam, here, early this morning. In the 1 am....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The government, including the prime minister, is aware of problems with the standard operating procedures issued for the Chinese New Year and will act to correct this, said MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong. In his first.....

PARIT BUNTAR, Feb 7 — Auto accessory shop operators providing window tint service in the state, are crying foul as they have been ordered to close while their counterparts in other states are allowed to operate d...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The government should give priority to putting in place an indemnity system to help boost public confidence in the national Covid-19 immunisation programme, said Alliance for Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Th...

SIBU, Feb 7 — Sibujaya residents who are given a white wristband after taking swab test at the mass Covid-19 screening at Sibujaya flats here must undergo home quarantine for at least 14 days, said a spokesperson from the Sibu Divisional Health...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 7 — Seven “Mat Rempit” (illegal motorcycle racers) were arrested by the police when they were caught racing on the Senai-Desaru Highway, near here last night. Johor Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Supt M.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The government is seeking feedback from the public and relevant stakeholders on the implementation of the Temporary Measures For Reducing The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) 2020 enforced since October last...

KOTA BARU, Feb 7 — The Orang Asli couple who fled from a Covid-19 screening test at the Sultan Ismail Petra Hospital (HSIP) Kuala Krai, on February 4, were found yesterday. Kelantan police chief Datuk Shafien Mamat said t...

SHAH ALAM, Feb 7 — The Malawati Stadium, here, will start operating as a Covid Assessment Centre (CAC) for Petaling district beginning tomorrow. Selangor Health director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman said the CAC at the stadium, whi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The evolving standard operating procedures from the various movement control orders have left even some in the police force confused about their enforcement, said Bukit Aman Department of Internal Security and Public Order...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 7 — Three containers of meat, believed to have been smuggled, were seized in a raid at a godown in Puchong, Selangor, three days ago. The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — A new policy requiring stateless children in Malaysia to produce passports in order to be enrolled in local schools violates the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), said Lawyers for Liberty. The rights advocacy group....

SIBU, Feb 7 — The implementation of the movement control order (MCO) in Sibu since mid-January has affected various quarters in this division including hawkers and traders at the Sibu Central Market here. The Sibu Municip...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Racial considerations in national policies will hamper the country’s growth if these result in the neglect of minority groups, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. In an interview with Free Malaysia Today...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 7 — Police have arrested a man and seized 65 boxes of various firecrackers at a lubricant distributor premises in Taman Perindustrian Empayar, Gelang Patah here, yesterday evening. The Fifth Battalion of the Genera...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Workers on an oil rig in the Andaman Seas off the coast of Myanmar have lost contact with ground control since the military coup in Myanmar on February 1. According to a report by Mingguan Malaysia, roughly 200 workers aboard....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (Poram) is offering to help the government combat the anti-palm-oil campaign currently waged by members of the European Union (EU) and Australia. In a statement, Poram’s...

KUCHING, Feb 7 — The number of flood victims in Sarawak following the third wave of floods since Tuesday, increased slightly this morning, to 1002 from 934 yesterday evening. The Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN)....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Dozens of Rohingya, mostly women and children, were caught as they arrived by boat in Malaysia last month after fleeing a refugee camp in neighbouring Indonesia, police said Friday.  Almost 400 members of the persecut...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Teachers and educators should be given priority in the soon-to-be-implemented National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, according to the National Parent-Teacher Association (PIBGN) and Malaysian Pharmacists Society...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) has welcomed the injection of funds for the local creative industry through the Malaysian Creative Industry Stimulus Package (Prisma). Finas in a sta...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Did you book train or bus tickets way in advance to balik kampung for the Chinese New Year holidays next week only to find out that the government has decided to extend (again) the movement control order (MCO) until February.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — A local university lecturer and an unemployed man have been arrested by police for allegedly pushing drugs in the city over the past few months. Following the arrests yesterday, police seized 1.38kg of cannabis, 3.3gm of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Federation of Taoist Associations Malaysia president Tan Hoe Chieow said an updated version of Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) for Chinese New Year is likely to be announced on Monday. The Star Online reported...

KUALA BERANG, Feb 6 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) will be submitting an application for dine-ins to be allowed during the Movement Control Order (MCO). Its deputy minister Datuk Rosol Wahid said the application would....