KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The Kuala Lumpur Social Welfare Department (JKM) has denied the allegations that residents of the Sri Penara Apartment in Cheras, which is currently placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), are running out of....

GEORGE TOWN, June 2 — Penang state exco Yeoh Soon Hin requested Putrajaya to include tourism players in Penang as economic frontliners in the rollout of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. The tourism and creative economy committee...

KOTA BARU, June 2 — The Kelantan government today announced its Covid-19 Cakna Rakyat Aid Package with a RM2.7 million allocation as an incentive for groups affected by the pandemic in the state during the total lockdown period. Menteri Besar...

SEREMBAN, June 2 — The Negri Sembilan government will provide an additional allocation of RM10 million to assist people in the state who are adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the total lockdown enforced since yesterday. Mentri Besar.....

LABUAN, June 2 — The registration progress of the vaccination exercise here is at a slow pace, with only 56.14 per cent of the island’s population having registered up to yesterday. Labuan Member of Parliament, Datuk Rozman Isli has thus called.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has urged Putrajaya to fully disclose the age profiles of those vaccinated and reassure the public that frontliners and senior citizens get priority and first preference of vaccines. He...

KOTA KINABALU, June 2 — Following the intrusion of 16 Chinese military aircraft into Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan called upon the foreign minister and Wisma Putra to take stern....

JOHOR BARU, June 2 — Three Pakatan Harapan (PH) lawmakers today urged the federal government to study the lack of Covid-19 vaccination centres in the state’s rural areas. In a joint statement, PKR’s Pasir Gudang MP Hasaan Abdul Karim, DAP’s.....

SEBERANG PERAI, June 2 — Traders, hawkers and small businesses in Seberang Perai that are listed as essential services may operate in accordance with the lockdown standard operating procedures (SOPs) without having to obtain letters from the...

IPOH, June 2 — Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad and 10 members of the state executive council have agreed to donate their salaries for three months starting in June to the Covid-19 Disaster Trust Fund. Speaking at a virtual press.....

KOTA KINABALU, June 2 — The organiser of a beauty pageant here has been accused of sexual misconduct in a police report alleging that he touched a woman against her will. When contacted, Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said he could....

JOHOR BARU, June 2 — Two men were killed, while eight others sustained serious injuries after the van they were travelling in skidded and overturned along Jalan Stulang Laut towards the city centre here this morning. Larkin fire station chief...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Covid-19 cases are on the rise again in Malaysia with the Health Ministry recording 7,703 new cases today, a jump of 589 more cases from yesterday’s 7,105. This brings the total number of infected in the country to...

GEORGE TOWN, June 2 — Penang state excos have decided to contribute their June salary to the Penang Covid-19 Fund. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the decision on the contribution was made at the state exco meeting earlier today. “The...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — A total of 1,104,873 individuals in Malaysia have completed the two-dose Covid-19 vaccination as of June 1, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. Dr Adham in a Twitter posting today said 2,002,345 individuals had...

KAPIT, June 2 — Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing today called on the Ministry of Health and the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to build a low-risk Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centre (PKRC) near the Baleh dam...

GEORGE TOWN, June 2 — Two non-governmental organisations (NGO) have accused the Penang state government of ignoring the rule of law by proceeding with the controversial three-island reclamation project despite ongoing legal action by fishermen...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today reiterated that all loan borrowers who have suffered a drop in income, including salary, allowances, commissions and household incomes, are eligible for a reduction of monthly installments...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — A factory supervisor and eight factory workers have been fined a total of RM26,000 for operating beyond the operating hours allowed under the current movement control order 3.0 (MCO 3.0). In a statement, Petaling Jaya...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — A tuition teacher Mohd Nazaruddin Yusoff, 50, has pleaded not guilty to posting fake news on Facebook at the Sessions Court in Johor Baru, Johor. Nazaruddin's alleged offence is understood to be the first case since the....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — A drive-through vaccination centre specifically for people with disabilities (OKU) and their carers in Ara Damansara will begin operating next week, the Health Ministry (MoH) confirmed today. The centre, an initiative...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today questioned the government’s rationale for forcing media companies to obtain the International Trade and Industry Ministry’s (Miti) approval to operate during the “total.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The prime minister today thanked Malaysia’s civil servants for contributing to the nation’s fight against Covid-19 by taking a cut to their monthly allowances for three months. In a Facebook post today, Prime Minister...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The country’s seven-day rolling average for Covid-19 infections has now deviated from a Health Ministry forecast for Malaysia to reach 13,000 daily cases in two weeks’ time, in the first signs that efforts to flatten the....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers may now provide more information on their status in the MySejahtera app and allow health authorities to select the most appropriate Covid-19 vaccines for them, said Khairy Jamaluddin. On...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — China’s latest intrusion into Malaysian airspace should have been met with the strongest diplomatic response, said a security veteran’s group that criticised the federal government for its delayed response yesterday....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The public has been urged to undergo an immediate check-up if they have symptoms or have been in contact with a positive Covid-19 case, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said if found.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Malaysians need not be concerned about the reported discovery of a canine coronavirus in specimens taken from patients with pneumonia in Sarawak, said experts. According to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) veterinary...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue a diplomatic note to protest against the intrusion of Chinese air force aircraft into Malaysian airspace to the government of China. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) closed the operations of its one-stop counters (tax services) and government special assistance counters at its branch offices, satellite offices, revenue service centres and at its offices at.....