Malaysia

Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu, Minister of Youth and Sports, apologized to all Malaysians for a remark he made in a viral video yesterday regarding “adding” teams to the Super League next season. He also apologized to Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin, president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), and Stuart Ramalingam, secretary-general of the FAM, for mentioning their names …

Despite the week-long delay, opposition member Lim Guan Eng demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob file a confidence motion as soon as Parliament returns. The Bagan MP stated failing to do so would be unlawful and a disobedience to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s prior order. “This is clearly to accommodate Ismail, who is under home quarantine following …

Malaysia suffered a setback just recently when World Para Athletics (WPA) rejected its appeal regarding the men’s shot put F20 (intellectual impairment) result at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. National athlete Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli was classified as Did Not Start (DNS) due to a protest lodged against him. He broke the world record twice and would have won the gold medal …

The performances were incredible,” Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa remarked at the 2021 National Day celebrations at Dataran Pahlawan Negara. He credited the success of this significant event on the national calendar to collaboration amongst different stakeholders, particularly the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM), which supervises the National Day and Malaysia Day 2021 Working Committees. Tahniah …

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased demand for online food delivery. While the government has permitted fully vaccinated people to eat in, many remain reluctant due to the large number of community cases reported daily. Stalls and restaurants continue to be overwhelmed with ood orders, leaving operators of eateries at times unable to cope. Khairul Hamizan Mustafa of Penang Foodpanda ended …

Malaysia celebrated its 64th National Day today with a patriotic celebration in the spirit of the Malaysian family that was brimming with patriotism and filled with patriotic sentiment. Because of the Covid-19 outbreak, it is being monitored under the new regular operational circumstances in this site, Dataran Pahlawan Negara, for the second year in a row. In line with standard …

Maria Chin Abdullah, a Petaling MP, has suggested the establishment of 14 parliamentary special select committees to enhance supervision of government issues and operations. She said in a Merdeka Day message that the idea had garnered support from 56 other MPs, including Tuaran MP Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau, who felt the committees would facilitate decision-making. She explained that these …

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced his new Cabinet line-up last Friday. Apart from Tengku Zafrul and Mustapa, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali also retained his post as the Senior Minister and International Trade and Industry Minister. Maybank IB analyst Anand Pathmakanthan pointed out that although there was no Deputy PM named and most ministers from the prior …

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has said that the public hospitals throughout the country are still getting their supplies of Covid-19 medicines despite a drastic increase in demand and disruption in supplies from producers. In an interview, Dr Noor Hisham said medicines were still being received in stages as the Health Ministry (MoH) had taken various approaches …

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, Crown Prince of Johor, said today that vaccine reluctance impacted just 396 of the state’s 779 teachers who allegedly rejected Covid-19 immunization. He said that the remaining vaccine appointments were postponed owing to health concerns, allergies, or pregnancy, and some of them have also consented to register for immunization. “Of the 779 teachers who originally refused …