COVID: Sabah records 73 cases from new cluster involving school in Sandakan

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 19 — Sabah has reported a new COVID-19 cluster with the index case being a male student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Sandakan and up to today, 73 positive cases have been recorded from this cluster.State Housing and Local Go…

COVID: Malaysia records 3,229 cases Wednesday – Health Dg

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — A total of 3,229 new COVID-19 cases were reported today, bringing the cumulative figure for infections to 2,817,163, as of 12 noon today.Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the total new cases, 38 cas…

Retail prices of RON97, RON95 remain unchanged

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The retail prices of diesel, as well as RON95 and RON97 petrol, will remain unchanged at RM2.15, RM2.05 and RM3.07 per litre respectively from tomorrow (Sept 16) to Sept 22.The Ministry of Finance in a statement today said to pr…

Penang Smart Parking to resume normal operations by early Thursday morning (Jan 20)

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 19 — The Penang Smart Parking (PSP) system, which suffered a technical glitch today, is expected to return to normal operations by 6am tomorrow (Jan 20).PSP app developer HeiTech Padu Bhd, apologised to users in a statement today for …

DAKN 2021-2030 to drive agricommodity sector – PM

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 19 — The National Agricommodity Policy (DAKN) 2021-2030 will drive the development of the agricommodity sector in a more sustainable, competitive and market-oriented manner in line with new norms and increased digital technology use pos…

King consents to setting up RCI to investigate Tabung Haji issues – Wan Junaidi

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The government has obtained the consent of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate Lembaga Tabung Haji’s (TH) management and opera…

King’s scholarship programme opens for application

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The Public Service Department (PSD) has invited qualified Malaysian citizens to apply for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong 2022 Scholarship (BYDPA).PSD said a total of 12 scholarships are being offered, with six each at the Master’s a…