KUANTAN, Feb 25 ― Most parents have not given permission for their children to receive the Covid-19 vaccine because they prefer to wait and see, stemming from worry over the side effects of vaccination, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) has been reactivated today to help ease the burden of overcrowded hospitals with cases involving patients with mild...

YONG PENG, Feb 25 — MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong today announced Ng Yew Aik as the party’s 15th and final candidate to represent Barisan Nasional (BN) contesting the Puteri Wangsa state seat in the Johor state election. Wee announced...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 25 — Despite only fielding six candidates and having no manifesto for the upcoming Johor state election, Parti Warisan’s (Warisan) main objective is to secure parliamentary seats for the coming 15th general election (GE15)....

JOHOR BARU, Feb 25 ― Barisan Nasional (BN) is confident of being able to get Chinese voters to vote in its favour in the Johor state election, thus achieving the target of forming a more stable government if given the mandate by the people. Umno...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng urged Malaysian authorities to conduct a full investigation towards former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz and other implicated figures that were exposed in the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The medical gas supply in the National Leprosy Control Centre (PKKN) at Sungai Buloh Hospital has been upgraded to help speed up the treatment of Covid-19 patients with breathing difficulties. Health Minister Khairy...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Kuala Lumpur police have stepped up security around the Russian Embassy in Jalan Ampang here following the development of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. City police chief Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said the police would boost...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — All employers or related parties have been urged to accept a copy of the digital certificate of Home Surveillance Order (HSO) and Release Order (RO) after the patient isolation period ends to avoid congestion at the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Johor PKR chief Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh said his party will not contest in Malaysian United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda) seats in the state election as retaliation against the latter contesting the Larkin seat. In a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Malaysia should make its stand on the current armed conflict in Eastern Europe clear, Ukrainian ambassador Olexander Nechytaylo said today in an interview with  local radio station BFM. The European diplomat said his...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The Singapore courts are set to hear next week challenges by two Malaysians with IQ levels of below 70, along with two Singaporeans, against the death penalty being imposed on them. For these four individuals, the Singapore.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The gradual retirement of the 3G mobile network has been extended to the end of March this year instead of December 2021 as laid out in the National Digital Network Plan (Jendela).  The Malaysian Communications and.....

COMMENTARY, Feb 25 — The political temperature in the run-up to the Johor state election will likely peak tomorrow as it is nomination day. Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), which triggered this election, is fielding candidates in ...

LAWAS, Feb 25 — Ba Kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian has expressed his disappointment over news that a nine-year-old girl here was denied access to education because of her citizenship status. When asked to comment on Jeanny Lianna Ating’s plight...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 25 ― Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) should bring Datuk Peter Anthony’s new party Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) into the fold as this would strengthen the coalition, opined STAR president Datuk Seri Panglima Jeffrey...

MUAR, Feb 25 ― It is too early for Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) to announce its candidate for Johor mentri besar’s (MB) post if the party managed to form a new state government after the state election. Pejuang president Datuk Seri Mukhriz.....

BUKIT GANTANG, Feb 25 ― Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Senator Datuk Idris Ahmad will hold a roundtable discussion on Wednesday regarding the issue of unilateral conversion of single mother Loh Siew Hong’s th...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 25 — In its first peninsula election foray, Sabah-based Parti Warisan (Warisan) today unveiled six candidates for the Johor state poll next month. Its president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said all its six candidates are Johoreans....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 ― PKR Youth chief Akmal Nasrullah Nasir today questioned fellow Opposition party Malaysian United Democratic Alliance's (Muda) decision to field a candidate in Larkin for the Johor state election with just one day before.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — A total of 708,187 individuals or 19.9 per cent of children aged five to 11 in Malaysia have received their first dose of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 25 — All employees of the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) will be required to self-test for Covid-19 every week from February 28 after 112 staff were found positive over the last four days. Previously, the city council staff...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 25 — The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) is encouraging consumers to switch to using their own reusable containers, bags, and drinking bottles when ordering takeout to reduce the growing mountain of plastic waste at landfills in....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — A youth pressure group called Malaysian Youth Diplomacy (MyDiplomacy) has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare a contingency plan for Malaysians currently residing in neighbouring countries, following Russia’s.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Malaysia recorded another new high in Covid-19 numbers, with 32,070 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced. Total cumulative cases now stand at 3,337,227. In a statement, MoH said 31,890.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Parti Pejuang Tanah Air reportedly expressed willingness to work with any political party upon the conclusion of the Johor state polls, if the seats it may win are insufficient to form the state government. According to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Malaysians online reported feeling tremors here, after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit West Sumatera this morning around 9.43am local time. The tremors were reportedly felt in Klang Valley in areas such as Kuala Lumpur,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Contrary to popular belief, excessive regulations on e-cigarettes like vaping do not actually prevent or discourage smoking, a recent research paper showed. Instead, such draconian measures actually discourage smokers from...

NEW YORK, Feb 25 — Two Goldman Sach bankers concocted a scheme involving their wives to conceal kickbacks they received for helping to loot Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, one of the bankers testified on Thursday at the corruption trial...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Ex-prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Parti Pejuang Tanah Air will clash with Pakatan Harapan parties and allies in all 42 seats the former said it will contest in the March 12 Johor state election. According to the.....