KUALA LUMPUR: Devotees and visitors have begun to congregate at Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple in Batu Caves here on Sunday (Jan 16), eager to fulfil their vows and offer prayers ahead of the actual festival day this Tuesday (Jan 18). Most were seen bearing the Paal Koodam, a milk pot, on their heads,
THE vaccination programme for children aged five to 11 is expected to start soon now that Malaysia’s Drug Control Authority has granted conditional approval for the administration of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children in that age group. Although their vaccine dosage will be much lower than that administered to adolescents
KOTA BHARU: When it comes to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the pertinent question that is hotly debated now is whether or not to allow additional withdrawals. Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said additional withdrawals could result in the members being poor when they retire. He
KLANG: There has been no proven public health approach that one should be infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant to help build herd immunity, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said. He said such an approach has not even been proven valid. “It doesn’t matter what sort of variant. Omicron, Delta, Alpha and Beta, don’t go voluntarily looking to
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit is likely to trend higher next week in the range of RM4.16 to RM4.17, with the market adopting a cautious stance prior to Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) economic assessment on Thursday. Bank Islam Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said all eyes would be on
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has proposed a white paper for the reformation of the country’s health system, especially in ensuring that it is future proof. He said he had raised the matter with the ministry’s Planning Division for it to be tabled in Parliament. “I propose, as an implementation strategy, the
KUALA LUMPUR: Fully-vaccinated individuals who test positive for all variants of COVID-19 and are asymptomatic must undergo isolation for seven days, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said positive cases who are not fully vaccinated or unvaccinated or symptomatic, must undergo the mandatory 10-day isolation. Meanwhile, close contacts of COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR: The Meteorological Department of Malaysian (MetMalaysia) has issued a continuous rain warning at the alert level for Sabah and Sarawak. MetMalaysia said in a statement that continuous rain was forecast in Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Mukah, Kapit, Bintulu and Miri (Subis) in Sarawak from
PUTRAJAYA: The government has approved a grant of RM7 million to the National Legal Aid Foundation (YBGK) this year for lawyers to represent those in need in criminal cases, said Attorney-General Tan Sri Idrus Harun. Idrus said this is an illustration of the government’s continuous commitment and willingness to acknowledge
KOTA BHARU: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has agreed to give rent exemption to school canteens for six months starting from January to June 2022. Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said the rent exemption extension was also extended to rented premises, book shops, cooperatives, laundry shops and vending machines in
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