PETALING JAYA: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he will leave it to the delegates to decide whether the presidency and deputy presidency should be contested at the party polls. As a democrat, Zahid said, he was of the view that it should be up to the delegates to have…
PETALING JAYA: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has accused Dr Mahathir Mohamad of indoctrinating party members into hating DAP, in defending its recent alliance with the party. “He was the one who indoctrinated us for 22 years and portrayed a negative picture of the party,” he said in a talk…
PETALING JAYA: Zakaria Abdul Hamid, who was sacked from Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) earlier this evening, has slammed its president Larry Sng, calling him “unethical”. In a text message to FMT, Zakaria described his sacking as the dirtiest form of politics he had witnessed. He said Sng was ungrateful. “He…
PETALING JAYA: The National Recovery Council (MPN) chaired by former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been dissolved, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said MPN was redundant as its duties overlapped with other government bodies. He said the council was established in July 2021 as there was a need for…
PETALING JAYA: A Terengganu exco member said he has no information on the whereabouts of menteri besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar. However, Mohd Nor Hamzah said Samsuri had previously made his rounds to provide aid to flood victims in the state. “No information (on his whereabouts), we’re all busy with our…
PETALING JAYA: Petronas will hand over regulatory power of Sabah’s gas supply to the state, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said the Cabinet has agreed that regulatory power over Sabah’s gas supply should be transferred from Putrajaya through Petronas to the state government. “This has already been done in…
PETALING JAYA: The costs for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has been reduced by RM11 billion compared to the original cost of RM85.97 billion in 2016, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. In 2021, then transport minister Wee Ka Siong said the project would cost RM50.27 billion following changes…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has instructed Rafizi Ramli to respond to PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man’s lawsuit for claiming that he had approved a RM2 billion project after Parliament was dissolved. Rafizi’s lawyer, Nik Zarith Nik Moustpha, said the court ordered the PKR deputy president to…
PETALING JAYA: Former Machang MP Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub’s reappointment as Felcra chairman has been put on hold, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. At a press conference today, Anwar said he has informed deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on the matter. Earlier this week, Zahid had said Jazlan will be…
PETALING JAYA: Dewan Negara president Rais Yatim has described the Senate as a “stepping stone to the top” for politicians and senators. In a speech on the first day of the new Dewan Negara session, Rais acknowledged that 17 senators had resigned to contest in the recently concluded general election…
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees continued to rise in Terengganu and Kelantan but remained unchanged in Johor and Perak. It showed a drop in Pahang. In Terengganu, the number rose to 40,456 from 11,097 families compared to 39,311 from 10,937 families last night. All of them were being…
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) berjaya melahirkan 13 graduan cemerlang dalam kalangan kakitangan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Veterinar Sabah pada Majlis Konvokesyen UMS ke-24/Kesemua mereka menamatkan pengajian dalam program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains (Pengeluaran Ternakan) yang dikendalikan Pusat Luar Universiti Malaysia Sabah (PLUMS). Pada awal penubuhan program itu, pelajar dari jabatan…
Oleh: Nur Faezah Binti Roslan (Pelajar Komunikasi FSSK) KOTA KINABALU: Graduan Fakulti Perhutanan Tropikal (FPT), Low Yee Teng, 24, berjaya merangkul Anugerah Pelajaran Diraja Bukan Bumiputera UMS pada istiadat Konvokesyen Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) kali ke-24 yang berlangsung di Dewan Canselor, UMS. Yee Teng, graduan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Dengan…
KUALA LUMPUR – The country is unlikely to ever record a surplus fiscal budget in the future, as witnessed during Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s first stint as finance minister in the 1990s, the Dewan Negara was told. This is owing to the extremely high direct debt incurred by the federal…
PETALING JAYA: The native courts in Sabah must be prepared to handle cases involving child marriage applications once the state raises the legal age to marry to 18 years, says a DAP assemblyman. Kepayan assemblyman Jannie Lasimbang pointed out that there was no age limit to marry under customary laws…
PETALING JAYA: Three serving judges appear to be in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s consideration for appointment as the next attorney-general (AG), sources say. They are Federal Court judge Zabidin Diah and Court of Appeal judges Yaacob Sam and Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil. A source said the three have all the…
PETALING JAYA: The High Court in Sungai Petani, Kedah, has refused to grant bail to three Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) detainees pending their trial. Muhammad Jeeva Sembu, 33, G Thiyagu, 32, and V Yanasegar, 21, were charged with being members of an organised crime group known as…
PETALING JAYA: Amid the worsening floods in Terengganu, netizens have started asking questions on the whereabouts of menteri besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, who they say seems absent in the state. Some 40,450 people in the east coast state have been evacuated to 299 relief centres as of this morning, an…
PETALING JAYA: A former aide to Muhyiddin Yassin said the former prime minister never used government-owned cars during his tenure in office. Marzuki Mohamad said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had erred in claiming that Muhyiddin’s administration placed an order for a new Mercedes S600 limousine. “He (Muhyiddin) has always been…
PETALING JAYA: Former MP Puad Zarkashi has called for rules governing the Dewan Rakyat to be amended to ensure proceedings can take place without disruptions following a “chaotic” two-day sitting. The Johor state assembly speaker and Umno Supreme Council member was commenting on the Dewan Rakyat sittings on Monday and…