BUKIT MERTAJAM: A businessman with the ‘Datuk Seri’ title was among 32 people issued compound fines for violating standard operating procedure (SOP) during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) at an entertainment centre at the Gemilang business centre here around midnight Friday. Seberang Perai Tengah district police chief ACP Shafee
KUALA LUMPUR: Thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds are expected to hit most areas in the west coast and inland states of the Peninsula, western Sabah and western and central Sarawak following the transition phase of the monsoon from March 16. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), based
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,294 new Covid-19 cases and five fatalities were reported nationwide over the past 24 hours, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that of the new cases, 1,268 were local transmissions and the other 26 were imported cases. “There were also
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he was touched by the prayer recited by a frail former ‘penghulu’ (village head) he visited during the Ziarah Kasih programme in Kampung Sindang here today (April 2). He said that Aris Johari, 74, one of the villagers he visited under the programme, had recited a prayer for the prime minister to continue with efforts to help the people. “The prayers recited by ordinary people for leaders are extraordinary. Leaders like us always pray for our people to have good lives,” he said. He said this when speaking at a get-together with community leaders at the Institute of Teachers Education (IPG) Tun Abdul Razak Campus, which he attended after participating in the Ziarah Kasih programme. His wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman, Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and several federal and state ministers were also present. Meanwhile, another resident of Kampung Sindang, Selha Slet, 67, a single mother of five children, said it was like a dream when Muhyiddin visited her home and spent about 20 minutes talking with her and her family. “I had palpitations as soon as I found out that the prime minister wanted to visit us. All this while I only watched him on television, but today he was before my own eyes. I feel very lucky; our rezeki that he was willing to come to our house. “Our prime minister is very friendly and caring about the people,” said Selha, whose husband died in 2014. – Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and China have signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Establishment of a High-Level Committee to Promote Cooperation in the Post Covid-19 Era – a historic development in Malaysia-China relations and the first of its kind for Malaysia. The MoU was inked during a meeting between Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,178 new Covid-19 cases and six fatalities were recorded in Malaysia over the last 24 hours. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 1,377 recovered cases were also reported, taking the total number of recoveries to 331,001. “Of the new cases, 1,158 were local transmissions
KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today paid a courtesy call on the Head of State Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud at his official residence in Jalan Bako here. Muhyiddin arrived at about 3.10 pm, accompanied by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah
BY ROBERT KENNETH First Dayak woman to obtain a licence to sell and export Sarawak pepper As a child, she and her siblings would toil under the hot sun tending their parents’ black pepper plants. Today, Awaeang Kwasin, 44, has made it big as an entrepreneur dealing in black pepper
SIBU: Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 based here confiscated more than RM30.14 million worth of contraband items to score the biggest seizure of such items in the state so far this year. Police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said today the successful breakthrough was made on March 12 at Tanjung Kunyit here where six Indonesians including a woman
DUNGUN: About two million rural people have registered as vaccine recipients under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, said Deputy Rural Development Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad. He said, however, the number only represented one-third of the total number of rural people and the ministry was trying its best to get the rest
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