PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim supports the call for the government to allow the withdrawal of funds from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), especially by those who are struggling to make ends meet. He said that contributors should be able to access their funds as soon as possible without…
BAKRI: Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub admits that Pakatan Harapan (PH) will have a mountain to climb in trying to win the Johor state elections if voter turnout is low this Saturday. Citing the outcome of the Melaka polls, Salahuddin said Barisan Nasional (BN) will have the edge if that…
KUALA LUMPUR: A man with the title “Datuk” and a couple were among five individuals detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on suspicion of being “insiders” in a syndicate producing fake Visitor’s Pass for Temporary Employment (PLKS) as well as money laundering. The suspects, aged 34 to 47, were…
PETALING JAYA: Doctors have confirmed that 13-year-old Revnesh Kumar’s death was not related to the Covid-19 vaccine he received. Revnesh’s mother, Vijayarani Govindan, said the family received the preliminary post-mortem report today on the boy’s death. “The report states that Revnesh died a sudden death as test results showed that…
MERSING: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Felda settlers are now enjoying much better incomes after crude palm oil (CPO) prices surged to record highs recently. He said the CPO price hit a record RM8,076.50 per tonne on March 2, and this had greatly benefited Felda settlers and the country.…
PETALING JAYA: The education ministry has answered the pleas of about 330 interim teachers whose contracts are set to expire next month by giving them an opportunity to be absorbed into permanent service. The ministry said the teachers who possess the required qualifications and pass the interview process will be…
PETALING JAYA: Former human resources minister M Kula Segaran has taken international trade and industry minister Azmin Ali to task for saying that increasing the minimum wage could hurt small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), calling his comments a “betrayal” of the people. Yesterday, Azmin was reported as saying the government…
PETALING JAYA: Nightclubs are the only type of business that will not be allowed to reopen despite the country transitioning to the endemic phase from April 1. Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said this was because nightclubs were still considered high-risk for Covid-19 transmission. “There is only one type of premises…
KOTA KINABALU: A former director of a state government department has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes of more than RM1.2 million from two companies. According to a source, the suspect had solicited the sum in return for awarding towing service contracts to the companies between 2017 and 2018. The…
KOTA KINABALU: An Undi18 activist is concerned that young voters will not turn out in numbers for the Johor state elections this Saturday. Qyira Yusri, co-founder and education director of Undi18, said she had been in Johor for more than a week talking to many youths who told her that…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has allowed former health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad to amend his writ of summons and statement of claim in a defamation suit filed against former prime minister Najib Razak. Dzulkefly’s lawyer, SN Nair, said judicial commissioner Arief Emran Arifin allowed the application during an online proceeding…
PETALING JAYA: The Omicron variant poses a greater risk to children as they have yet to receive the same protection enjoyed by fully vaccinated adults, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin says. He said the current situation was “of great concern”, noting the increase from 7,730 cases among children in 2020 to…
KUALA LUMPUR: A minimum of nine women will be in DAP’s central executive committee (CEC) even if delegates do not vote them in during the party elections later this month. DAP national organising secretary Loke Siew Fook said this was in line with the country’s aspiration to have at least…
NEW YORK: It started with a fake Gmail account. From there, a web of lies that culminated in a faked car accident. Former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner detailed on Tuesday how he used an email account with his ex-wife’s name for all sorts of shenanigans, beginning with a lie…
Kuala Lumpur: Persatuan Biodiesel Malaysia menggesa kerajaan untuk mempercepatkan pelaksanaan program biodiesel B20 pada tahun ini dan menurutnya terdapat kelewatan bagi menaik taraf kemudahan pengadunan biodiesel akibat Covid-19. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
PETALING JAYA: The defence ministry and the National Security Council (MKN) are developing a website to make it easier for the people to understand the new SOPs and guidelines involved in the transition to the endemic phase. Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the website was in the final stages of…
PETALING JAYA: While the transition to the endemic phase of Covid-19 will see the reopening of international borders, unvaccinated arrivals will still be subject to a five-day mandatory quarantine period. Those who are fully vaccinated will not be required to quarantine, but will still be subject to existing SOPs like…
PETALING JAYA: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has sued MCA vice-president Tan Teik Cheng and a local daily for defamation following a report he says contains false claims against him. According to Lim, Tan had said in a report in The Star that he “did not dare deny” claims that…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s employment situation continued its steady improvement in January with just 680,400 remaining jobless, the lowest since the lockdown began in March 2020. According to the statistics department, this was a 1.1% drop from the 687,600 out of work in December 2021. The current unemployment rate stands at…
MUAR: Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin has dismissed former prime minister Najib Razak’s challenge to debate the Felda issue. The Bersatu president said PN did not even need to send its information chief, Azmin Ali, to debate the matter as he was confident that Najib would fail to reply to…