Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has climbed up to rank 101 in the latest 2020 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Malaysia took home the biggest increase among 180 countries, topping the South-east Asian neighbors like it did in the 2019 Index, followed by Indonesia (119th) Philippines (136th) Myanmar (139th) Thailand (140th) Cambodia (144th) Brunei (152) Singapore …

KUALA LUMPUR – For the health and safety of all future passengers, Malaysia Airlines are now requiring a mandatory use of face masks at touch-points such as check-in, boarding, in the aircraft cabin, disembarkation and collection of baggage on arrival on all domestic, international and charter flights starting April 23, 2020. This requirement applies to all passengers to lessen the …

We have just entered the second phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO). What was fashionably referred to as “social distancing” has now given way to “physical distancing”, with having one metre as a physical measure for us to “safely” distance ourself with the other person. According to the World Health Organisation, 1m is the average distance for the droplets …

KUALA LUMPUR – A food deliveryman was compounded RM5,000 for posting fake news on his social media platform Whatsapp by the Selayang Magistrate’s Court on Monday (April 20) Azwan Mohd Salleh, 23, told a co-worker at a department store had tested positive for COVID-19. He pleaded guilty to the charge.  Magistrate Nik Mohd Fadli Nik Azlan handed his sentence. The …

PETALING JAYA – Deputy Rural Development Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Mohamad said photographs being circulated on the internet of a gathering with him holding a cake while being surrounded by a group of people was unplanned and not meant to violate the movement control order (MCO). Abdul Rahman claimed was not planned and he would’ve been rude to turn them …

KUALA LUMPUR – Miss World Malaysia 2019 finalist Dr Nisha Thayananthan is now on the frontlines fighting against the deadly Covid-19. The beauty queen doctor from Hospital Putrajaya is helping the country curb the spread of the infection by treating the needy who are affected due to the pandemic. Dr Nisha have been seen driving to various locations in Kuala …

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (April 19) reported 596 new cases of Covid-19 with hundreds related to foreign worker dormitories, bringing the tally now to 6,588. The ministry said that majority of the cases confirmed came from foreign workers linked to known clusters while new clusters are detected at Woodlands Lodge I, Changi Lodge II, 51 …

KUALA LUMPUR – Civil servants including government retirees who caught violating the movement control order (MCO) may end up losing their pensiona. Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) president Adnan Mat said that they should always bear in mind that these are “privileges” given by the government and can be revoked anytime if they …

KUALA LUMPUR – Southeast Asia’s largest budget-carrier announced on Friday that it will resume its scheduled domestic flights starting April 29, 2020 before gradually adding internationals flights after it halted operations due to COVID-19 pandemic. AirAsia Group Bhd confirmed that international flights to Thailand and the Philippines are to resume on May 1, while flights to Indonesia are set to …

PUTRAJAYA – The Ministry of Health has approved the use of an antigen rapid test kit from South Korea that will boost the capacity of the ministry to achieve its initial target of 16,500 test per day nationwide. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed the purchased of the test kits during his daily press briefing where he shares latest …