PETALING JAYA: The cost of hiring an Indonesian maid has been capped at RM15,000 and this has to be borne by the employer under the new pact expected to be signed next month, says Indonesian ambassador Hermono. “This has been finalised under the new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be…
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PETALING JAYA: The education ministry should take a serious look at the nearly 200 graduates who were erroneously dropped from a teachers’ intake for next month, said Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching. The group passed an interview last year for a special intake of 18,000 teachers for April, but their…
GEORGE TOWN: An Indonesian child care worker caught beating a 10-month-old baby in a recording that went viral, was sentenced to two years’ jail by the sessions court here today. Ellis Andreyani, 47, pleaded guilty to child abuse at a house at the Taman Utama flats in Minden Heights, Gelugor,…
PETALING JAYA: The government will pay RM10,000 to families who have lost their source of income due to the death of their breadwinners as part of its insurance protection plan. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government has identified an initial 268,000 poor families through its eKasih system who…
PETALING JAYA: A women’s group has urged the government to reconsider its stance against banning child marriages, saying the practice has long-term consequences on girls and boys. “The longer it takes to eradicate the practice, the more girls and boys will be deprived of education and future employment opportunities,” said…
PETALING JAYA: The construction of a RM600 million customs, immigration, quarantine and security (CIQS) complex and staff quarters in Kalabakan, Sabah, has been put on hold as no funds were given by the finance ministry. Works minister Fadillah Yusof said the project in Serudong, which was part of the Jalan…
PETALING JAYA: To ensure Malaysians understand the nine core human rights instruments as well as the Rome Statute, the foreign affairs ministry has worked with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to have them translated to Malay. Foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah disclosed this today…
PETALING JAYA: The parent of a student at one of Malaysia’s oldest schools has apologised for claiming that a teacher had barred non-Muslims from being appointed class monitors. This comes after a screenshot of the parent’s claim went viral. The claim had been posted on a Facebook group for the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob will confer with Asean leaders to propose the use of Malay as the grouping’s second language, in efforts to elevate the mother tongue at the international level. Ismail said that apart from Malaysia, Malay was used as a medium of instruction in several…
PETALING JAYA: Damansara MP Tony Pua claims that Najib Razak is now trying to mislead Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Harun over the repayment of 1MDB’s principal debts after allegedly misleading the lower house previously. On Monday, Azhar said Najib had submitted his explanation on the issue and that a copy…
PETALING JAYA: The Johor health department has not detected any Covid-19 clusters linked to the state elections held on March 12. State health director Dr Aman Rabu believed that this was due to the SOPs set by the health ministry and Election Commission (EC), where Covid-19 patients were not allowed…
PETALING JAYA: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) has complained that the government has shown no concern over the issue of teachers having to use their own money to buy teaching supplies. Its president, Aminuddin Awang, said the issue emerged years ago and had not been receiving the…
GEORGE TOWN: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has qualified for the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket competition in the US but is short of funds to make it there in June. USM’s Wau Rocketry team, which had set a target of RM190,000 for its trip to New Mexico, is short of RM70,000.…
PETALING JAYA: Tony Pua remains a “very important asset” to DAP despite losing his place in its central executive committee (CEC), says newly elected party secretary-general Loke Siew Fook. In a Facebook post, Loke said he understood Pua’s disappointment on missing out on the CEC elections last Sunday “as it…
PETALING JAYA: Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar says the issue over the share ownership of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki has been resolved. He was responding to a parliamentary question from Lim Lip Eng (PH-Kepong), who asked how many agencies were involved in investigating Azam and the…
NEW YORK: An FBI agent told a jury how he traced US$35 million siphoned from 1MDB, diverted to a Goldman Sachs banker and used to buy a $20,000 gold-plated hourglass and $300,000 in diamond jewellery. Testifying on Tuesday at the foreign bribery trial of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker…
PETALING JAYA: Elroi Yee was just a teenager when he learned how difficult life was for children born to Malaysian mothers overseas. “I watched my young cousin grow up in an environment where belonging and family were stressful matters to discuss,” said Yee, the co-producer of a short film titled…
PETALING JAYA: There is a huge disconnect between the DAP leadership and the grassroots on the need for more Malay leaders to be at the top level of the party hierarchy, according to an analyst. Akademi Nusantara senior fellow (strategic research) Azmi Hassan said the results of the party’s central…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak says PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli is not seeing the bigger picture in stating that money used to bail out ailing oil and gas company Sapura Energy Bhd could be put to better use to serve the rakyat. In a retort to the Pekan…