Construction worker first khalwat convict sentenced to whipping
Mohd Affendi Awang pleaded guilty to being with a woman who is not his wife or "mahram" in a building that was undergoing renovation.
Mon Feb 19 2024
Foreigners occupying abandoned school were construction workers - police
Police confirms that foreigners occupying an abandoned school in Taman Desa are actually construction workers from a nearby building site.
Tue Dec 13 2022
Bangladeshi worker found dead under concrete rubble of building under construction
A Bangladeshi construction worker was found dead under the rubble of concrete that collapsed on the 51st floor of a building under construction at Oxley Tower, Jalan Ampang here early today.
Tue Sep 27 2022
Ministries agree to agency's proposal to manage entry of foreign construction workers - Hamzah
The Home Ministry and the Human Resources Ministry have agreed to a proposal from Construction Labor Exchange Berhad to enable the agency to fully manage the entry of foreign construction workers.
Mon Jul 18 2022
Applications for migrant construction workers approved, but response slow - Fadillah
The government has approved some 14,000 applications to recruit migrant construction workers but the response from the foreign workers themselves has been quite slow.
Fri Jun 10 2022
Up to 100 missing in collapsed Nigerian highrise
A luxury residential highrise under construction in Lagos collapses, trapping construction workers under a pile of concrete rubble.
Tue Nov 02 2021
Melbourne construction sites shut down after anti-vaccine mandate protest
An anti-vaccine mandate protest turned violent after Victoria govt required all construction workers to have at least one dose by Friday.
Tue Sep 21 2021
Phase two of CIVac to begin Aug 5 - Fadillah
Phase Two of the Construction Industry Vaccination Programme (CIVac) which will kick off on Aug 5 will involve 55,000 construction workers in Penang and Johor.
Thu Jul 22 2021
Thais wait overnight to get free COVID-19 tests
Ekachai Sirichert, a 30-year-old construction worker, said a test is required for him to go back to work.
Fri Jul 09 2021
Concrete slab at highway construction site collapses, two workers injured
Two Bangladeshi construction workers were injured after a concrete slab and metal reinforcements at a new highway construction site above the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), near here, collapsed.
Sat Jun 19 2021
Three dead, one seriously injured after crane topples on SUKE highway
Preliminary investigations found three construction workers died while a local road user was injured in the incident.
Mon Mar 22 2021
Federal Court defers to Aug 26 to decide appeals in drug trafficking cases
The Federal Court has deferred its decision to Aug 26 to decide appeals in drug trafficking cases involving three Iranians and a construction worker.
Wed Jul 15 2020
Nine bodies of landslide victims found, efforts underway to find two others
Nine bodies of foreign construction workers buried alive during the landslide at Tanjung Bungah here yesterday, have been found so far.
Sun Oct 22 2017
Three dead, many feared buried in Tanjung Bungah landslide
At least three people have been killed in a landslide incident at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah, here, this morning.
Sat Oct 21 2017
Two construction workers killed in Pengerang
Kota Tinggi district police chief Supt Ahsmon Bajah said the police were still investigating the cause of the 3.45 pm incident.
Mon Oct 09 2017