JELI, July 3 — A more effective strategy will be formulated under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), to address poverty issues in the country, especially among the Orang Asli community. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk...

TASEK GELUGOR, July 3 — The Islamic Dakwah Foundation Malaysia (Yadim) will spend RM1.5 million to assist groups impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic until the end of this year. Its chief executive officer Tuan Kamarul Arief Tuan Soh said about...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Kelantan, Pahang, Perlis, Perak, and Terengganu have met the required thresholds to transition into Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today. Beginning Monday, the....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases only fell marginally to 6,658 today, propped up by the 3,047 recorded in Selangor alone. Malaysia has hovered around 7,000 mark cases for the past two days, after recording 6,988 and 6,982...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Only approved critical maintenance and repair works may take place in areas under an enhanced movement control order (EMCO), Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusuf said today. The minister said all other construction...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — A group of retailers urged the government to reopen the sector by July 15 or when the national vaccination rate achieves its target of 10 per cent. At a press conference held via Microsoft Teams, the retailers stressed that.....

GEORGE TOWN, July 3 — A decentralised approach that allows individual states to move on the National Recovery Plan (NRP) phases based on the fulfilment of their respective threshold indicators is more pragmatic in balancing the repercussion of...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The next few months will be the most crucial in Malaysia’s journey out of the woods from the Covid-19 pandemic, Khairy Jamaluddin said. The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) Coordinating Minister, through a...

KUCHING, July 3 ― The Mobile Outreach team for the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Sarawak has succeeded in speeding up the vaccination process in the state, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said since the National...

GEORGE TOWN, July 3 ― Police have uncovered a drug processing laboratory with international connections following the arrest of four people and seizure of drugs worth RM398,352 in several raids here. Penang Narcotics Crime Investigation Department....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Covid-19 patients undergoing home quarantine must monitor for several symptoms that could precede a rapid and potentially deadly deterioration, the Health Ministry said today. These were persistent fever, breathing...

KUCHING, July 3 ― The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will be investigating the cause of the recurrence of Covid-19 cases at the Semuja Immigration Detention Depot, said the committee’s adviser Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. In a...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 ― A total of 8,582,893 doses of vaccines have been administered to the people nationwide as of yesterday (July 2) under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK). In a posting on Twitter, the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply.....

IPOH, July 3 ― Police have dismissed allegations in a viral video clip that several people have been issued compounds for delivering aid in Kuala Kangsar in violation of the standard operating procedure (SOP). Kuala Kangsar district police chief...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The infectivity of Covid-19 was rising in Malaysia, with the Health Ministry reporting an effective reproduction rate (Rt) of 1.07 now versus 0.96 just over a week ago. According to data Health director-general Tan Sri Dr...

KUCHING, July 3 ― The High Court here has set aside DAP Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s subpoena on former state’s second finance minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh to testify as witness in the ‘Blackhole’ case, as the evidence would...

MIRI, July 3 ― The state government is accelerating Covid-19 vaccination for the frontliners in the transport sector, as they interact with members of the public on a daily basis. According to Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin, a total of...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — A review of Pahang’s Tasik Chini as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Biosphere Reserve will come up soon, said the global organisation's Media Services Unit. Malaysiakini repo...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 ― Most of Selangor and 15 localities in the federal territory here will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) for two weeks starting today. This will also be the first time the EMCO has been enforced so...

ALOR SETAR, July 3 ― The Kedah government has distributed over 100,000 food baskets to people in need in the state, from March last year until now, without the need for flying white flags. Mentri Besar, Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, in a Facebook post...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 ― The government’s extension of Phase One of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) earlier this week gained the support of some doctors, even as many Malaysians bemoan the continued lockdown. At the same time, the doctors also...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — The Malaysian chapter of Amnesty International today urged the police to drop investigation against filmmaker Anna Har and cartoonist Amin Landak in connection with an ongoing probe of an animation highlighting alleged...

SHAH ALAM, July 2 — Police have arrested 16 individuals of a family over the killing of a family member at their home in Ladang Baru Kelanang, Banting, about 45km from here, yesterday. Kuala Langat district police chief Supt Ahmad Ridhwan Mohd...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — The compliance operation (Ops Patuh) implemented on a large scale from today focused on industrial areas nationwide. Apart from mobilising the workforce from all agencies under 21 ministries, the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM)....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — As several localities just outside of the capital city brace for an enhanced movement control order (EMCO) which starts at midnight, many who live in these areas and rely on daily wages shared they have more pressing...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — A father of five claimed trial at the Sessions Court here today for posting obscene communication relating to the Proclamation of Emergency on his Facebook account, in January this year. Wan Mohd Aman Wan Mohd Ishak, 40, was....

SHAH ALAM, July 2 — No barbed wires will be set up at the 34 sub-districts in Selangor during the implementation of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from midnight today until July 16. Selangor Police chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed said...

KUALA TERENGGANU, July 2 — A total of 80 individuals were found to have been positive for Covid-19 following close contact and targeted screenings conducted in the Kubang Jela Cluster so far. Terengganu Health Department director Dr Nor Azimi...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Both the prosecution and defence in the graft trial of former Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, involving Yayasan Akalbudi funds, have submitted about 1,200 pages of written submissions at the end of...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — The American-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) today urged the government to adopt a more balanced approach in relation to reducing Covid-19 infections on the eve of tighter curbs in the national capital and...