ALOR GAJAH, Dec 24 — The initiative to establish a Civil Defence Emergency Response Team (CDERT) in community should be expanded in a bid to ensure that the people are prepared to face any type of disaster, including floods. Masjid Tanah Member of....

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 24 — The special task force investigating allegations made by former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in his book My Story: Justice in the Wilderness held its first meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Minister in the Prime...

BENTONG, Dec 24 — The government will contribute RM10,000 to the next-of-kin of each victim who died in the current floods that hit the country. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said he would get the list of the names of those killed.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Water supply to all 28 areas in the Hulu Langat district, which was affected after the Cheras Batu 11 Water Treatment Plant (LRA) stopped operating, has been fully restored. Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) in.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — The decision on whether the National Task Force (NTF) led by the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) will be maintained will only be known by the middle of next year, said Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang. He said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has ordered that an investigation into the landslide incident at Jalan Pelimbayan Indah, Kampung Sungai Penchala here be carried out as soon.....

SHAH ALAM, Dec 24 — Floodwaters in Taman Sri Muda have started to recede today, a full week after the residential area was inundated by floods on December 18, allowing residents to finally begin the laborious cleaning up process. Residents were...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Police have not ruled out the possibility of some individuals taking advantage of the flood disaster by collecting donations for personal benefit. Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Mohd...

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Dec 24 — Police have crippled a ganja (cannabis) trafficking syndicate following the arrest of five men and seizure of 142.3 kilogrammes of drugs worth RM355,785 in six raids around Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) here recently. SPT...

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 24 — More than 20 drones were activated today to facilitate flood relief operations, including sending critical supplies such as food, medicines and powerbanks, in several areas in Selangor. The Ministry of Science, Technology and...

KUALA KUBU BARU, Dec 24 — A senior citizen with three previous records for molest was today sentenced to six years’ jail by the Sessions Court here today for having carnal intercourse with an animal. Judge Nurul Mardhiah Mohammed Redza handed...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Non-governmental organisations, agencies and volunteers participating in flood relief missions in Selangor must inform the state government of their presence, Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said. He said the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — The third term for the 2021/2022 school session will be postponed for a week following the floods, said Senior Education Minister Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin. He said schools in states in Group A, namely Johor, Kedah, Kelantan....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — PKR today called for a special parliamentary sitting to discuss and review the government’s preparedness in dealing with a natural disaster following devastating floods that hits several states since last Saturday. Its...

KOTA BARU, Dec 24 — The Kelantan government is prepared to face the eventuality of a bigger flood in the state, said Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob. He said Kelantan would use its experience in handling the “land tsunami” which hit the state...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― The flood situation in Kelantan, Pahang and Perak seems to be improving with a drop in the number of flood victims at the relief centres (PPS) in the affected states at noon today. In Kelantan, there were a total of 1,364...

KUCHING, Dec 24 — A total of four cases of the B.1.1.1.529 or Covid-19 Omicron variant have been detected in Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Institute of Health and Community Medicine (ICHM) director Prof David Perera said. H...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — The floods which hit several states in the country has claimed 41 lives, while eight people are still missing. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, in a statement, said Selangor reco...

KLANG, Dec 24 — About 100 staff, including officers of Istana Negara were on the ground today to provide assistance and donations to flood victims in Klang, Shah Alam, Hulu Langat and Kuala Langat, which are the worst affected districts...

CYBERJAYA, Dec 24 — The Education Ministry (MoE) will issue a statement soon on the opening status of the third term of the 2021/2022 school session, following floods that have hit several states in the&...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― Malaysia has logged 3,528 new Covid-19 infections today on Christmas eve, a slight uptick in cases recorded the previous day. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Twitter post said this brings the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has maintained her innocence in her ongoing corruption trial and instead blamed her former aide, Datuk Rizal Mansor and other interested parties in the Ministry of Education who allegedly fra...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to intervene and reprimand the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for its attempt to get Twitter to remove user...

TEMERLOH, Dec 24 ― Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today visited flood victims at the relief centre (PPS) at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Mentakab here. He arrived at about 10.45am and was there for about 45 minutes, during...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a weather warning, with rain and thunderstorms are expected in several coastal areas of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang on the morning of Christmas Day...

KUCHING, Dec 24 ― Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has urged Sarawakians not to be complacent about the new Covid-19 Omicron variant during this festive season. He said complacency should not set in even though there are fewer and fewer Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― The number of flood evacuees has dropped in Selangor, Kelantan, Pahang and Melaka, that in Perak was unchanged as of this morning, but a slight increase was recorded in Negri Sembilan. In Kelantan the number of evacuees had.....

JOHOR BARU, Dec 24 ― The repatriation of Indonesians who drowned in a  boat capsize incident in Tanjung Balau, Kota Tinggi, last December 15, began yesterday by sea. The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI) here, in a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― Water supply at 21 out of 28 areas in the Hulu Langat district which were affected by unscheduled water supply disruption has been restored at 6 am today as the Batu 11 Chera water treatment plant (LRA) is back in operation.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — A total of 22,831,577 individuals or 97.5 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday. Based on the Health Ministry’s CovidNow website...