Malaysia

PETALING JAYA – AirAsia Group Bhd has confirmed that is has secured a a loan as part of its ongoing capital-raising plans. The RM300 million loan came from the Sabah Development Bank Bhd (SDB) to its units as part of the group’s fundraising efforts. AirAsia Bhd Riad Asmat confirmed that the loan has been approved and disbursed. He added that …

KUALA LUMPUR – Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob defended his daily press briefing by saying that it is crucial to let the public know about the government’s effort to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. Sabri is responding to Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh comments on the recent National Security Council’s recent communication blunders on it Work from home (WFH) policy. …

KUALA LUMPUR – Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced today that Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has been appointed as the new Barisan Nasional (BN) treasurer general. Hishammuddin will be replacing Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. Ahmad Zahid said in a statement the minor reshuffle was made after discussing with other BN party component leaders on …

KUALA LUMPUR – As a show of support and solidarity to the current government Perikatan Nasional amid the Covid-19 pandemic and economic woes, UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid calls for a “political ceasefire” amid the political struggles amongs parties. In a statement released today, Zahid said that all party leaders who holds a cabinet position have been instructed …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Attorney General (AG) today that the office will not be persecuting Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali for his failure to undergo home quarantine after returning overseas because the Health Ministry did not issue such orders. According to the Attorney General, the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 or Act 342 said that there must …

KUALA LUMPUR – Umno and PAS, the two largest parties in the country have agreed to formally register their alliance as Muafakat Nasional (MN) with the Registrar of Societies (RoS). The move was announced in a joint statement from the new coalition Secretary-General I and II, Tan Sri Annuar Musa and Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan. The announcement was shared by Annuar …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Ministry of Health (MOH) says its looking at the side effects and complications on patients who recovered from Covid-19. According to director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham, MOH is conducting close monitoring on the patients by following-up  treatment to check on the patients progress and if they have mild symptoms, the side effects are maybe less. …

SHAH ALAM – Proton Holdings Bhd has confirmed that additional 49 of its employees have tested positive on the Covid-19 screening after one employee tested positive last week. In a statement released by Proton today, all 49 employees are from its Engineering Division in their Shah Alam facility. The company has now requested all non-essential personnel from the said facility …

PETALING JAYA – Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today echoed the recent research findings released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the effectiveness of the drug dexamethasone on treating patients with Covid-19. According to the Health director-general, the findings reported by WHO obtained during the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial that dexamethasone which is the drug to prevent …

PETALING JAYA – New political party Pejuang has nominated its co-founder Dr Mahathir Mohamad for the third time as the Prime Minister in order “to save the country”. The announcement came in after Dr. Mahathir denied giving support to anyone as a candidate to replace the current Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Abu Bakar Yahya, Mahathir’s political secretary the the Pejuang’s …