PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has shot back at opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who slammed him yesterday for threatening to “make life difficult” for those who refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Yesterday, Anwar said it would be better for Putrajaya to counter the anti-vaxxer group with scientific facts…
TAMPIN: The education ministry is studying the possibility of allowing Form 5 students to attend school without a rotation of classes as the vaccination rate is encouraging. Minister Radzi Jidin said his ministry was discussing the matter with the health ministry before making a decision. Radzi said the increase in…
PETALING JAYA: Plantation industries and commodities minister Zuraida Kamaruddin has come under heavy flak for saying locals are not keen on working in plantations despite the “lucrative income” offered. Kluang MP Wong Shu Qi described Zuraida’s statement as “unreasonable” and said Malaysians were known to be the biggest group among…
PETALING JAYA: Faced with an increasing number of Covid-19 cases in Singapore, a hospital group in the republic has sent out a message on social media inviting medical officers (MOs) from Malaysia to work there on a contract basis. Besides offering a reasonably attractive salary upon conversion to the Malaysian…
PETALING JAYA: Any attempt to hold the Sarawak state election before the implementation of Undi18 and the automatic voter registration (AVR) is a direct act of voter suppression, says Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. He said this will be seen as an attempt to suppress the voices of the…
PETALING JAYA: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has hit back at Wee Ka Siong over their proposed debate on the cabotage exemption policy, telling the transport minister not to use the 2022 budget as an excuse to delay their public debate. In a Facebook post, Lim said the MCA president…
PETALING JAYA: The Melaka state elections will take place on Nov 20 with early voting set for Nov 16. Election Commission (EC) chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh announced that nominations will be on Nov 8. He said the EC had hired a total of 28 election officers to monitor campaign activities.…
PETALING JAYA: The rollout of Covid-19 booster shots to eligible recipients must be properly planned and coordinated with all relevant stakeholders, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) health committee said. This comes in the wake of a statement from the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) that there had been no proper engagement from…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has allowed the temporary release of Najib Razak’s impounded passport to enable him to visit his daughter Nooryana Najwa, who is due to deliver her second baby soon in Singapore. A three-member bench chaired by Kamaludin Md Said unanimously agreed to allow the application after…
PETALING JAYA: Umno’s new election candidate selection process, involving the party’s top three leaders, is likely to weaken Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s hold on power as party president, say two analysts. Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya said the candidate list was previously decided by the president. The latest decision to…
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian facing a terrorism trial in Guantanamo Bay has sought to annul the arraignment, saying a Malay translator provided by the US government was incompetent and an Indonesian translator helping the prosecution was biased. Mohammed Nazir Lep said the Indonesian translator had stated last year that “I…
PETALING JAYA: Emerging Enterprise Sdn Bhd, which is one of the top 20 companies in the Selangor Accelerator Programme this year, plans to go for an initial public offering at RM100 million valuation within three years when it gets approval from the Education Ministry (MOE) to implement its Intelligent School…
PETALING JAYA: Emerging Enterprise Sdn Bhd, which is one of the top 20 companies in the Selangor Accelerator Programme this year, plans to go for an initial public offering at RM100 million valuation within three years when it gets approval from the Education Ministry (MOE) to implement its Intelligent School…
GEORGE TOWN: Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy is expected to contest for a parliamentary seat in the next general election and Indian members in DAP are said to be already jostling to take over his place. There are two rival sides, one aligned to Ramasamy and one said to…
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite successfully leading Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) through one of the most challenging periods in aviation history, its group CEO, Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh, could end up losing his job. There are rumblings in MAHB over plans to replace or curb the corporate figure’s authority in the…
PETALING JAYA: Economists have urged the government to refrain from limiting the opportunities for Malaysians to find well-paying jobs abroad. They said Putrajaya should consider the benefits to these workers’ families as well as to the economy from the money they were sending home. On Monday, deputy human resources minister…
PETALING JAYA: Seat negotiations among Perikatan Nasional (PN) component parties for the Melaka state election will be finalised soon, Bersatu said. Its secretary-general, Hamzah Zainudin, said the Bersatu supreme council discussed preparations for the election, following the recent dissolution of the state assembly, last night. “Bersatu is ready to face…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2022 -2024 term after it won one of the 18 seats with 183 votes. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob shared the news in a Facebook posting. “Malaysia’s success in taking a seat in the UN…
PETALING JAYA: The construction industry has highlighted how an amendment to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Act will improve safety standards. Gazetted on Sept 10 and enforced on Sept 13, the CIDB (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Order 2021 has updated the list of products and construction materials contained in…
PETALING JAYA: Health experts have asked Putrajaya to provide enough budgetary support to fill gaps in the healthcare system that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed. They said the pandemic had laid bare several shortcomings, such as a shortage of manpower, a lack of attention to the importance of digitalisation, and…