PETALING JAYA: The national immunisation programme for children (PICKids) is expanding its walk-ins to 412 vaccination centres across the country in light of the school holidays. Walk-in vaccinations for PICKids were previously limited to four PPVs in the Klang Valley. “During these school holidays, parents who do not have vaccination…
KUALA LUMPUR: The home ministry said a total of 27 investigation papers were opened into death in custody cases between 2020 and last year. In a written parliamentary reply to Ong Kian Ming (PH-Bangi), the ministry said three of the investigation papers had been classified as “no further action” or…
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno Supreme Council member Lokman Noor Adam said he is not an “anti-vaxxer”, but was merely voicing his concern on several issues linked to vaccines in his social media postings. In his defence statement to Khairy Jamaluddin’s lawsuit, Lokman said his statements in several Facebook videos related…
PETALING JAYA: There were 1,841 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said. Of this, 1,164 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 677 were in Category 3, 4 and 5. Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 328, followed by Johor (243) and…
KULAI: Tebrau MP Steven Choong has sought to clarify to voters who may be misinformed about his membership in Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) that he did not hop to the party from PKR. Speaking to FMT, he said he was in fact sacked from PKR last year and was not…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a 6.15% dividend for conventional savings and 5.65% dividend for shariah savings for 2021. These dividends are above that declared for 2020 of the 5.45% (conventional) and 5% (shariah) declared in pre-pandemic 2019. The total amount to be distributed to contributors…
PETALING JAYA: DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang has conceded that Tony Pua went too far in slamming the board of governors of a top Chinese school for inviting former prime minister Najib Razak to speak at its Seri Alam branch in Johor. Lim said that Pua had gone overboard in…
PETALING JAYA: The government should reopen investigations into any alleged case of “selective prosecution” which occurred during Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) time in Putrajaya, said opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. He said this in the Dewan Rakyat today in response to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s reply to a question yesterday that…
JOHOR BAHRU: Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin denies talk that he has been rather quiet on the Johor elections campaign trail compared to Najib Razak, saying he has been going to the ground frequently. At a press conference after launching PN’s manifesto today, the Bersatu president said people should…
JOHOR BAHRU: Perikatan Nasional (PN) has pledged to supply up to 20 cubic metres of free water for low-income earners in Johor if it wins the state elections. In launching the coalition’s manifesto for the Johor polls, PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin also said micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) will…
PETALING JAYA: More than 100 individuals and organisations have appealed to the education ministry to follow its own policies and provide all children access to education regardless of documentation status. In a statement today, the group of child advocates said many children were still denied education even when there were…
KUALA LUMPUR: Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases nationwide and floods in the east coast states, the 2021 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination began smoothly today in accordance with strict SOPs at 3,382 examination centres across the country. However, candidates in seven schools in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, who are affected…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) investigation against Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman for alleged abuse of power has been classified as “no further action” (NFA). However, the anti-graft agency’s probe against Kuala Langat MP Dr Xavier Jayakumar for alleged corruption is ongoing. In a parliamentary reply to…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government says the probe into Muhyiddin Yassin for allegedly offering government-linked company (GLC) jobs in exchange for political support has been classified as “no further action” (NFA). In a written parliamentary reply to Teo Nie Ching (PH- Kulai), law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the Malaysian…
PETALING JAYA: There were 1,754 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said. Of this, 1,179 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 575 were in Category 3, 4 and 5. Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 224, followed by Perak (221) and…
KUALA LUMPUR: Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar says the proposed constitutional amendment to limit the prime minister’s tenure to 10 years will be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat this month. In a written reply to Madius Tangau (PH-Tuaran), he said several engagement sessions had been held with MPs, senators…
KOTA TINGGI: A Pejuang leader has sought to ward off any accusation that his party may be racist, saying it eschews Malay supremacist attitudes although it subscribes to Malay nationalism. In an interview with FMT, Pejuang international affairs bureau chief Tariq Ismail Mustafa claimed Pejuang was more centrist than other…
PETALING JAYA: News about the Malaysian government being instructed by a French arbitration court to pay at least RM62.59 billion (US$14.92 billion) to the descendants of the last Sulu sultan has created a buzz on social media. The arbitrator, Gonzalo Stampa, ruled on Feb 28 that Malaysia violated the 1878 agreements…
PETALING JAYA: The nation’s first Orang Asli MP has thanked Umno and Barisan Nasional for nominating him as the Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker, saying his candidacy proves that representatives from the community were up for the task. Ramli Mohd Nor vowed that he would execute the responsibility with integrity and…
KOTA KINABALU: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) deputy president Datuk Ellron Angin has praised Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his concern on the plight of Sabah State in need of more infrastructural development. “Me myself, as a true Sabahan, am very happy to know that our YDP Agong shares the same concern…