JOHOR BARU, June 2 — Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad and his state executive council today agreed to donate three months of their salaries to the Johor State Disaster Fund as part of their commitment to stem the Covid-19 pandemic. Hasni...

KUCHING, June 3 — The Sarawak government today called on the federal government to take serious actions over the intrusion of the Chinese military transport aircraft into the Malaysian airspace three days ago. A statement issued by the Chief...

GEORGE TOWN, June 3 — Penang assemblymen across partisan lines today pledged to contribute 30 per cent of their June salaries to the state Covid-19 Fund. Penang Speaker Datuk Law Choo Kiang will be contributing his entire June salary to the fund......

PUTRAJAYA, June 3 — The investigation report into the May 24 Light Rail Transit (LRT) train crash will be submitted at the Cabinet meeting next Wednesday, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong. In a statement today, he said the report...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The Sungai Besi Military Camp here has been selected as the drive-through vaccination centre (PPV) for military personnel and their families as a pilot project which will be implemented soon, Defence Minister Datuk Seri...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 ― Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tunku Jaafar has joined several calls for the Penang South Reclamation project to be cancelled. He said he has been against the project since it was...

GEORGE TOWN, June 3 ―Malaysia’s vaccination rate has surpassed Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam up till yesterday, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said this includes...

MELAKA, June 3 ― The Melaka state government’s administrative centre at the Seri Negeri complex here has been ordered closed from May 31 until tomorrow following the detection of seven Covid-19 positive cases involving staff at the complex....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 ― Datuk Seri Azmin Ali said today the decision to streamline the issuance of operating permits to companies under the Covid Integrated Management System (CIMS) for the “total lockdown” came from the National Security...

PUTRAJAYA, June 3 — The Court of Appeal (COA) today allowed the appeal by the Kelantan government to strike out a Federal government’s lawsuit, ruling that the Federal government has no locus standi (legal standing) to file a legal action on...

KOTA KINABALU, June 3 — Universiti Malaysia Sabah is ready to administer 1,000 doses of vaccine a day through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. UMS vice-chancellor Datuk Taufiq Yap Yun Hin said the university&...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — New Covid-19 cases grew for a third consecutive day in Malaysia to hit 8,209 today. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said on Twitter that Selangor is still the state registering the most daily cases at....

KOTA KINABALU, June 3 — A politician who was accused of sexual assault by a contestant in a pageant that he organised was arrested by the police today. The police came to pick up Sabah Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku’s former Putatan parliamentary.....

PUTRAJAYA, June 3 — The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) has agreed to extend the relaxation of regulatory requirements for tourism operators licenced under the Tourism Industry Act...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — AirAsia X will be providing special services for repatriation purposes between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Sydney, Australia in June. Chief executive officer Benyamin Ismail said the airline is offer...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The operator of 122-year-old school SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) has officially discontinued its lawsuit against the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office (PTGWP), after the latter officially wrote to extend the land...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The government has been urged to consider alternative measures to imprisonment for all movement control order (MCO) or lockdown-related offences, so as to break the chain of Covid-19 infections and stave off another...

GEORGE TOWN, June 3 — Mass Covid-19 vaccination centres will be set up in Bayan Lepas and Batu Kawan in Penang specifically for factory workers in two weeks’ time. National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 ― A total of 1,114,684 individuals in Malaysia have completed the two-dose Covid-19 vaccination as of June 1, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. In his tweet today, Dr Adham said 2,098,189 individuals had received.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 ― The Malaysian Pharmacists Society (MPS) is urging the government to provide a blanket travel approval to all healthcare professionals after numerous complaints from pharmacists and its area committee have come to light. MPS.....

GEORGE TOWN, June 3 ― State governments and private hospitals can purchase Covid-19 vaccines other than those used in the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), said Khairy Jamaluddin. The NIP coordinating minister said these include...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 ― The High Court today asked both Mohd Ezra Mohd Zaid and the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) to attempt to settle on the amount of compensation to be paid to him, over Jais’ past wrongful Shariah prosecution in....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The government’s MySejahtera app for Covid-19 management has become unresponsive for some users, preventing them from using it for the check-ins that are mandatory by law. The complaints have been circulating sporadically.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AMM) has called upon the government to prioritise Covid-19 interventions that will help reduce cases, as well as protect hospitals and intensive care facilities during the full-scale...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The Malaysian government announced today that it has received the remittance of US$80 million (RM336 million) in from an out-of-court settlement related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) from international audit firm...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The wealth of the 50 richest people in the 2021 Forbes Malaysia Rich List rebounded 14 per cent to nearly US$90 billion (RM371 billion) this year, up from US$79 billion a year ago. In a statement, Forbes revealed that after.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The proposal to divert 30 per cent of federal lawmakers’ allowances towards the country’s Covid-19 fight must be tabled and approved in Parliament, said Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Rais Yatim. In an interview with...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Malaysia’s seven-day average for Covid-19 cases has remained steady near 7,500 for the fourth consecutive day, suggesting that the latest surge from the ongoing third wave has peaked. According to data Health...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — While the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) is accelerating its vaccination drive, a private general practitioner (GP) clinics association has said that bureaucracy and logistical problems were still hampering...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The owner of an eatery at a famous shopping mall in the capital was issued a RM10,000 compound during a movement control order (MCO) standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance inspection today. Kuala Lumpur Crime...