Persatuan Perubatan Malaysia (MMA) menggesa Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) memastikan tenaga kerja mencukupi bagi menjayakan tempoh lanjutan waktu bekerja di klinik kesihatan.Inisiatif itu, kata mereka, adalah langkah baik ke arah mengurangkan kesesakan di hospital dan klinik awam.Namun, MMA menekankan bahawa inisiatif itu hanya berjaya dilaksanakan jika ada bilangan pegawai perubatan dan…
PETALING JAYA: Economic affairs minister Rafizi Ramli said the ministry is set to face three big challenges in 2023. Rafizi said 2023 is a significant year, as it is time for the mid-term review of the 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025) as well as the first year for the new unity…
KUALA LUMPUR: Crackhouse Comedy Club’s co-owners have filed a bid in the High Court to overturn Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) decision to revoke their operating licence. In their leave application to commence judicial review, they want the court to quash DBKL’s decision, made on July 30, to revoke their…
PUTRAJAYA: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says he is confident he can defend his Umno presidency if challenged in the next party elections. Noting how Umno’s elections in 2018 saw a three-way contest for the presidency, he pointed out that he received more votes than both his challengers combined. In the 2018…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today freed Umno veteran Shahrir Samad from his RM1 million money laundering charge. Justice Jamil Hussin acquitted Shahrir after deputy public prosecutor Rasyidah Murni Azmi told the court the prosecution did not wish to continue with the case. Shahrir was charged under Section 4(1)(a)…
PETALING JAYA: Virologists say there is no need to hit the panic button on the government’s decision to keep Malaysia’s borders open amid concerns over a surge of Covid-19 cases in China. Kumitaa Theva Das of Universiti Sains Malaysia said the two main Covid-19 subvariants, BA.5.2 and BF.7, which account…
KOTA KINABALU: Effective Sunday, all travellers from China are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before entering Sabah. Sabah local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said they also need to present a negative Covid-19 test result taken within 48 hours of their departure to the state. “This was…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) would be deluded to think the wave of support Perikatan Nasional (PN) received in last November’s general election was only a fleeting trend, according to two analysts. Azmil Tayeb of Universiti Sains Malaysia said an “overwhelming number” of Malay voters saw PN as a credible…
PETALING JAYA: It will become mandatory for all food and beverage operators and workers in Perlis to mask up, the state government said today. In a statement, it said this was a precautionary measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the state, due to the new variants from China.…
PETALING JAYA: Umno members need to be daring and change the leadership, including the president, in the coming party elections if they want a makeover, political analysts said. Mujibu Abd Muis of Universiti Teknologi Mara said the party elections need to be the platform for members to undertake a “total…
Menteri Kesihatan Dr Zaliha Mustafa membuat kunjungan mengejut di Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) Klang, Selangor, malam tadi.Berpakaian kasual dan berpelitup muka, dia duduk berbual dengan sejumlah pesakit yang sedang menunggu rawatan di jabatan kecemasan hospital berkenaan.Kunjungan itu dibuat tanpa memaklumkan kepada pihak hospital terlebih dulu.Menurut seorang pegawainya, Zaliha hadir…
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KUALA LUMPUR – Budget carrier AirAsia has set a one-way fixed fare for those travelling from the peninsula to Sarawak (RM199) and Sabah (RM249) between January 13 and 30. The deals are in conjunction with Chinese New Year and was hailed by Transport Minister Anthony Loke as a “very personal…
LABUAN – Labuan Mainland Link Sdn Bhd will increase the ticket prices for its three ferries plying the Labuan-Menumbok-Labuan route on January 1 next year. Its chairman Datuk Chin Hong Vui said the fare hike of 42.5% for private and commercial vehicles and 73.3% for motorcycles would be the first…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry will be expanding the use of the MySejahtera application for appointments at government hospitals and clinics to prevent overcrowding and long wait times. Its minister, Dr Zaliha Mustafa, said appointments may be made through MySejahtera for 673 healthcare clinics, and this will gradually be expanded…
SEPANG: The government has no plans to fix air ticket prices as it would negatively affect passengers, says transport minister Loke Siew Fook. Speaking at a press conference here today, Loke expressed concern that airlines will reduce their capacities if price ceilings are introduced. “The airlines will reduce their capacities…
PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak has filed an appeal to revive a suit brought against former attorney-general (AG) Tommy Thomas for misfeasance in public office. Mervyn Lai, a lawyer in Thomas’ legal team, said a sealed copy of the notice of appeal was served on their law firm yesterday. Counsel Yudistra…
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should ignore the criticism hurled at him by Dr Mahathir Mohamad and focus on carrying out as many institutional reforms as possible, says DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang. Lim said Anwar should be aware that there are political forces which are “conspiring to end…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian businessman John Soh Chee Wen has been sentenced to 36 years in jail in Singapore for masterminding the republic’s biggest stock market manipulation. According to a report in The Straits Times, his co-conspirator, Quah Su-Ling, was handed a 20-year sentence. They were found to have manipulated the…
PETALING JAYA: A sitting judge appointed as attorney-general is trained to be fair in advising the government on non-policy issues, administrative matters and enforcement of laws, a retired judge said. Gopal Sri Ram said a judge would take an overall approach as he would have handled criminal and civil cases.…