KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): Placing the Border Control Agency (AKSEM) under the Royal Malaysia Police’s (PDRM) responsibility will curb intrusion of foreigners into the country more effectively, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Tan Sri…

SIBU (March 25): Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC) coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee has urged cemetery associations here to monitor families observing Qing Ming festival at cemeteries to ensure that they strictly comply with the State Disaster…

KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): The government has extended the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Act 2020 that covers key relief measures to protect certain industries from legal action for failing to meet their contractual…

KUCHING (April 7): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed that pharmacists who have reached the maximum five-year contract service period will not be granted extensions. According to a statement in response to a media report titled ‘45 Contract Pharmacists…

NEW YORK (April 7): Wall Street stocks retreated early Tuesday while oil prices pushed higher as President Donald Trump doubled down on threats to massively bomb Iran if it doesn’t accept US war demands. “A whole civilization will die tonight,” Trump said…

KUCHING (April 7): The Sarawak Brigade General Operations Force (GOF), together with several enforcement agencies, carried out 10 raids under Op Hazard 3.0 at multiple locations across Sarawak yesterday, with total seizures amounting to RM1.82 million. Sarawak…

CHENGDU (April 8): When students at a primary school in southwest China’s Sichuan Province were told they would enjoy their first spring break in early April and with no homework to worry about, their cheers nearly blew the roof off. “Let’s give students…

SHIJIAZHUANG (April 8): At the Xiong’an Artificial Intelligence (AI) industrial park, blue signage panels line the walls, each bearing the name of a different AI startup. Offices sit just a door apart, and entrepreneurs often meet in the roadshow hall or…

BINTULU (April 8): There should be more targeted measures to help businesses address the pressures brought about by the current economic environment. In making this call to the government, the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sarawak…

KUCHING (April 8): Chinese-owned micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Sarawak are urged to apply for a government financing scheme following an additional RM100 million allocation, bringing the total available funding to RM230 million. Bandar Kuching…

MIRI (April 8): The late Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik played an instrumental role in kicking off the development of rural air connectivity in Bario, said a prominent member of the Kelabit community. Dr Roland Dom Mattu said Dr Ling, during his tenure as transport…

SERIAN (April 8): Upgrading works for Jalan Padawan Phase 1, spanning 14.9km from Tapah junction to Teng Bukap, are progressing ahead of schedule at about 54 per cent. State Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Port Development Datuk Aidel Lariwoo said the…

WASHINGTON (April 8): US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was suspending bombing of Iran for two weeks but that Tehran must reopen the key Strait of Hormuz, barely an hour before his apocalyptic deadline to destroy the country was set to expire. After…