PETALING JAYA: Impersonating a police officer and claiming to have a Datukship, a 65-year-old man presumed his application for a police interstate travel permit would proceed smoothly as he wished. The ruse did not fool a policeman on duty when he found the suspect was over-aged to be a policeman

Bernama file photo KUCHING (May 9): Sarawak for the first time in more than three weeks recorded no new Covid-19 fatalities today, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). The death toll in Sarawak remains at 207. The last time the state recorded zero Covid-19 related deaths was on April

PETALING JAYA: Niza Sharifudin, mother of 17-year-old Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam, has come out to show her support and trust in her daughter’s endeavour to make schools a safer place for students. Appearing in a Mothers’ Day forum organised by Khadijah Learning Centre with her daughter, Niza admitted that

JERUSALEM: Scores of people were injured Saturday as Israeli police fired water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinian protesters in annexed east Jerusalem, a day after fierce clashes at the city’s Al-Aqsa mosque. The fresh violence, a day after more than 200 people were wounded at the mosque,

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will ban all inter-district and interstate travel from Monday (May 10) and has closed high-risk premises including major malls from Sunday as it battles a surge of Covid-19 cases threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. Initially implemented only in areas under the strict movement control order (MCO)

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians online are joking about wanting to collect debris from China’s out-of-control rocket if any of it falls in the country. The Malaysian Space Agency (MySA) had, on Saturday (May 8), urged Malaysians not to touch or collect any debris from China’s 20tonne Long March 5B

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians have taken to social media to voice their fears and concerns about the rising number of young people suffering from severe Covid-19 symptoms and the presence of more sporadic cases in the country. Some – like Yi Wen – said on Facebook that people are showing a lax attitude

PETALING JAYA: Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam – the teenager behind the #MakeSchoolASaferPlace movement – has received a warning notice of expulsion from her school. In a tweet at about 1.00am Sunday (May 9), Ain said she received the first warning letter of her expulsion for not coming to school for three

PUTRAJAYA: All public transport services at stations and terminals listed under the Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (HIDE) early warning system will continue to operate. In a statement today, the transport ministry said the three stations involved were the KLCC LRT, Masjid Jamek LRT and KL Sentral. “However, all business

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will ban all inter-district and interstate travel from Monday (May 10) and has closed high-risk premises including major malls from Sunday as it battles a surge of Covid-19 cases threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. Initially implemented only in areas under the strict movement control order (MCO)

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will ban all inter-district and interstate travel from Monday (May 10) and has closed high-risk premises including major malls from Sunday as it battles a surge of Covid-19 cases threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. Initially implemented only in areas under the strict movement control order (MCO)

All public transport stations and terminals flagged by the Hotspot Identification for Dynamic Engagement (Hide) system will remain open, said the Transport Ministry. This came after three LRT stations were identified as potential hotspots yesterday, and the National Security Council (NSC) subsequently declaring all premises identified by Hide will have

PETALING JAYA: Most hospitals in the Klang Valley have used up all their intensive care unit (ICU) beds to treat Covid-19 cases. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there are also other hospitals around the country that have surpassed 70% usage of ICU beds. “We are looking

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola refused to criticise striker Sergio Aguero for his dreadful failed attempt at a chipped penalty in Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat to Chelsea. City had just taken a 1-0 lead when they were awarded a chance to make it 2-0 at the break after

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians have been advised to take heed of the Covid-19 tsunami in India, and avoid a similar situation from occurring here, by strictly complying with the standard operating procedures (SOP) set by the government. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the sharp increase in the number

The inter-district travel ban has now been extended throughout the country for four weeks beginning May 10 until June 6. The government has also banned all social activities and all other non-essential activities which could result in a crowd during the same period. At face value, this blurs the line

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia reported 4,519 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours on Saturday (May 8), the second consecutive day that daily infections have crossed the 4,000 mark.  Selangor recorded the highest number of new cases with 1,722 infections, followed by Kuala Lumpur with 557 and Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s top health official on Saturday (May 8) painted a grim picture of the country’s struggle against the coronavirus pandemic, saying new cases could hit 7,000 a day by the end of this month. Malaysia was initially projected to record about 3,000 cases by

PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested 332 individuals for various SOPs violations on Friday (May 7). Among the offences committed were failure to register details when entering premises (151), not wearing face masks (80), entertainment outlet activities (28), not practicing social distancing (25) and others (48). Out of the 332 individuals

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry expects the number of new Covid-19 cases to breach 5,000 daily by the end of May – unless Malaysians do their part and break the chain of infection. “It can even increase to over 5,000 – maybe 6,000 or even 7,000 cases. “It

PETALING JAYA: More young people are suffering severe Covid-19 symptoms and higher resistance to treatment. Read more here: Covid-19: 4,519 new cases, 25 fatalities bring death toll to 1,657 This is in light of the emergence of new coronavirus variants in the country, including the one from South

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 4,519 Covid-19 cases on Saturday (May 8), bringing the cumulative total to 436,944. In the same 24-hour period, there were 25 fatalities, bringing the death toll to 1,657. The deaths are tied with the previous record high on Feb 18. There were also

KUALA LUMPUR: The public is advised not to worry about reports that a Chinese-owned rocket known as Long March 5B is expected to crash on to Earth this weekend as the probability of debris from the rocket hitting humans or damaging building structures is very low. According to the Malaysian

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) has reported a high number of vehicles on the main route to the east coast despite the enforcement of movement controls in the city. Its spokesperson when contacted by Bernama today said the number of vehicles had been increasing since as early as