Hostel for workers in Cameron Highlands under probe for failing to provide amenities

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: A hostel for agricultural workers at the Blue Valley here is being investigated for allegedly failing to provide proper amenities, says Perak Labour Department director Muhamad Fauzi Abd Ghani.

Muhyiddin to make official visits to Saudi Arabia and UAE

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be undertaking official visits to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates starting March 6.

FMM: Foreign worker tests behind rise in factory clusters

PETALING JAYA: Covid-19 screenings for foreign workers that ended in February have been attributed to factories making up about 60% of new workplace clusters, says the Federation of Malaysian Manufac­turers (FMM).

Muhyiddin: Declaration of Emergency not due to politics, appropriate move in response to health crisis

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stresses that the declaration of Emergency in Malaysia was an appropriate move taken in response to a major health crisis and not due to politics.

INTERACTIVE: In the midst of the pandemic, many Malaysians are falling out of the labour force

Give us a year before enforcing new worker housing laws, builders' groups urge Government

PETALING JAYA: Construction industry players are appealing to the Government for a one-year grace period before enforcing new laws on standard housing for their workers.

Govt’s task in improving livelihoods, eradicating poverty never ends, says Ti

PETALING JAYA: The government’s task in eradicating poverty and uplifting the economy to improve the people’s livelihood never ends, says Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker.

Obituary - Yamani, the Saudi oil minister who brought the West to its knees

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Sheikh Zaki Yamani, the embodiment of the ascent of Arab petroleum power and the face of the 1973 oil embargo that brought the West to its knees, has died.

Sultan of Perak allows Maahad Tahfiz schools to reopen on March 1

IPOH: The Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah has consented to allow Maahad Tahfiz schools in the state to be reopened from March 1.

Facebook's Australia news blackout: a shock four years in the making

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was as shocked as anyone when he learned that Facebook Inc had blocked news content from its website in his country at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.