Annuar wishes Indonesian journalists ‘Happy National Press Day’

JAKARTA, Feb 9 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa has wished all Indonesian journalists a ‘Happy National Press Day’ (HPN), which is celebrated today.He said the celebration reminded all Indonesians of the hard work of the m…

Dr Mahathir close to full recovery, able to carry out daily activities

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is close to full recovery after being discharged from the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Saturday (Feb 5).He said in a video clip uploaded to his Facebook page that he could now c…

Fuel prices: RON97 up by nine sen, RON95 and diesel unchanged

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The retail price of RON97 petrol has increased by nine sen a litre from Feb 10-16 while the price for RON95 and diesel remains unchanged. The Finance Ministry, in a statement today, said the retail price of RON97 petrol increased…

King, Queen express condolences to former national weightlifter’s family

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9– Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their condolences to the family of former national weightlifter, …

Saifuddin holds telephone conversation with Russian Counterpart Sergey Lavrov

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Malaysian Foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday, discussing areas of potential cooperation and collaboration at the regional and bilatera…

Just bring in tom yam, not COVID-19, Perak MB tells Thai workers

IPOH, Feb 9 — If Thai nationals wish to return to Malaysia (for work), they need to bring in only tom yam (hot and sour Thai soup) and not COVID-19, urged Perak Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad.This was following the announcement on the prop…

Cabinet agrees to subsidies for poultry farmers – Ronald Kiandee

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The Cabinet today agreed to provide a subsidy of 60 sen per kilogramme (kg) to poultry farmers, by taking into account the farm-level price of live chickens at RM5.90 per kg and the retail price of standard chicken at RM8.90/kg….