By Robert Kenneth KUCHING: Residents of Kampung Gumbang, a border village near Serikin, about 50km southwest from here, had a unique way to celebrate Gawai which this year had been hampered again by the Covid-19 pandemic. Calling themselves Bigumbang Bidayuh, they are the only community that celebrates Gawai Nyebang or
KUALA LUMPUR: The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) are ready to open up opportunities to any player, especially from abroad, who has the quality to represent the national squad in an effort to beef up the team’s existing strength. After Dion Cools, whose father is Belgian and mother Malaysian, was
Preview BY AHMAD NAZRIN SYAHMI MOHAMAD ARIF KUALA LUMPUR: September 3, 2015 will forever be remembered as the day Malaysian football plunged to its lowest ebb when they lost 10-0 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the 2018 World Cup qualifying second round Asian Zone Group A match at
KUALA LUMPUR: Forget the humiliating 10-0 defeat of 2015, believe in yourself and your teammates and don’t pay the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team too much respect. That’s the advice Harimau Malaya head coach Tan Cheng Hoe has given his men as they prepare for their Group G second-round 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 18 percent of Malaysia’s population will benefit from the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine which is approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. “This global recognition is a boost of confidence as our 12 million doses supply of Sinovac will
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,104,873 individuals in Malaysia have completed the two-dose Covid-19 vaccination as of June 1, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. Dr Adham in a Twitter posting today (June 2) said 2,002,345 individuals had received the first dose, bringing the the number of doses administered
BY BALKISH AWANG KUALA LUMPUR: Be it a total lockdown or partial lockdown, the Covid-19 pandemic is not likely to end if the people continue to flagrantly violate the standard operating procedures (SOPs) that are in place to stem the transmission of the coronavirus. While attaining herd immunity via the
IPOH: Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad and 10 members of the state executive council have agreed to donate their salaries for three months starting in June to the Covid-19 Disaster Trust Fund. Speaking at a virtual press conference after chairing the state executive council meeting today (June 2), Saarani
BY NOR BAIZURA BASRI JOHOR BAHRU: The news hit me like a tonne of bricks. A fellow journalist from a TV station had tested positive for Covid-19. I was one of the 15 or so journalists who were with that journalist covering a case at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases increased slightly to 7,703 cases today (June 2) from 7,105 cases reported yesterday (June 1), with Selangor still recording the highest number of new cases at 2,728. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the cumulative total of
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