SEREMBAN, Jan 5 — The Negri Sembilan government has not decided on exempting account owners who were affected by floods in the state from paying their water bills, said Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun. He hoped consumers understand the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today stressed that he would make sure that all the relevant agencies do their level best to smoothen the distribution of government aid following the recent massive floods. He...

JOHOR BARU, Jan 5 — The number of victims affected by the floods in seven districts in Johor has continued to show an increase as of 12pm today, the state government said today. Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman R Vidyanathan said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (LPPR) chairman Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang Abu Zahar today said that it has cleared Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Tan Sri Azam Baki of any wrongdoing over his purchase of...

JOHOR BARU, Jan 5 — The Johor government said it will hold a special one-day state assembly meeting tomorrow to amend the state constitution to be in line with Undi18, by lowering the voting age and implementing automatic voter registration. It is....

LABUAN, Jan 5 — A new Covid-19 cluster has emerged in the duty-free-island here over the past 24 hours, recording 13 cases with one of them being Omicron variant. Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari said the cluster dubbed Jalan OKK....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki today ended his silence over the issue of acquiring shares of two companies in 2015. In a press conference at the MACC headquarters this...

KUCHING, Jan 5 — The delayed waves of new Covid-19 variants appearing in Sarawak have been attributed to the state’s immigration autonomy by Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. The deputy chief minister said the policy has played a crucial role in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Malaysia has already administered over 6.8 million Covid-19 vaccine booster doses as more individuals are now eligible after health authorities have reduced the booster interval for most vaccine types to three months. To...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) today criticised the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for its anti-graft public service announcement (PSA), depicting an act of bribery at a clinic in exchange for a medical.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) today urged residents in Pahang, Selangor, Johor, Melaka and Sabah to stay alert and adhere to the instructions of the authorities as the waters at several rive...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Malaysia continued to see an uptick in new Covid-19 infections with 3,270 cases over the past 24 hours compared to 2,842 cases yesterday.  In a Twitter post, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah sai...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — A former chief financial officer of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) today denied that the government-owned company had dropped him from a civil lawsuit in order for him to incriminate former prime minister Datuk Seri...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The number of flood victims seeking shelter at flood relief centres (PPS) in Johor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Melaka and Sabah recorded a decline this morning, while in Selangor and Terengganu the situation rem...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah said it is wrong to lay the blame on overdevelopment for the recent spate of landslides as they mostly happened in older neighbourhoods. Mahadi said locations where landslides...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda), the nascent party formed by Muar MP and former minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman, was forced to defend itself against allegations of immoral behaviour over photos of several youths....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s continuous calls to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to allow its contributors to dip into their accounts for withdrawals is not in their best interests, DAP lawmaker Ong Kian...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The tense situation at a vaccination centre (PPV) in Kelana Jaya yesterday was caused by latecomers and those trying to walk-in for a Covid-19 booster dose, ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd chief executive officer, Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Maid employment agencies in the country are finding themselves in a bind over a surge in demand and a shortage of workers. Despite Putrajaya’s assurance last month of a deal with Indonesia to address the shortage,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin last night said that his ministry would continue to respond in a calibrated and appropriate manner, and not resort to extremes such as implementing a total lockdown. In a series of Instagram.....

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 5 — A ‘ghost ship’ — or a ship without a crew — reported to be drifting in Vietnamese waters and potentially could hit a Petronas oil rig in Terengganu waters yesterday, has been towed to a safe location, according t...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The actions of Road Transport Department (JPJ) vehicles escorting several timber laden lorries in Gua Musang, Kelantan, which were part of a video that went viral yesterday, were actually part of a s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Malaysia’s Covid-19 deaths rose by another 31 cases as of midnight, putting the overall tally at 31,591 since the pandemic began two years ago. According to data published on the Health Ministry’s (MoH) CovidNow portal,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Did the recent massive floods in Selangor and other parts of the country leave you wondering how such widespread and heavy damage could have been reduced? Malay Mail spoke to two disaster management experts who listed various....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Police have detected an online scam syndicate (Macau Scam) that used fake video calls involving pictures of the faces of police officers to inform victims allegedly involved in money laundering and corruption cases. Sentul...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The number of flood evacuees at relief centres rose in Johor and Pahang tonight compared to this evening and declined in Negri Sembilan, Melaka and Sabah,  while the number of evacuees in Selangor and Terengganu remai...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) will waive the January 2022 water bill of domestic account holders (Tariff Code 10) in nine areas here affected by the recent floods. Air Selangor, in a statement today, said...

KUCHING, Jan 4 — Today’s swearing-in ceremony of the new Sarawak Cabinet and assistant ministers created its own history when it was held virtually in front of the Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly...

HULU LANGAT, Jan 4 — A total of 800 veterans and personnel of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) have been identified as flood victims nationwide who are eligible for aid, said Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz. He said they....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has opened an investigation paper on allegations that the status of six flood retention pond projects here has been converted for development purposes. MACC chief commissioner...