SEBERANG PERAI: A DAP leader has denied accusations that he is the main culprit in the assault case of Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) executive director Ramachandran Muthiah in July, and says he will file defamation suits against the responsible parties. Seberang Perai city councillor David Marshal claimed that the…
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia sees brighter skies ahead after Malaysia lifted interstate travel restrictions, with the low-cost carrier also pushing to restart international flights to Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives as early as next week, its president told Nikkei Asia. Bo Lingam, AirAsia Group’s president for airline operations, said on…
PUTRAJAYA: The Shariah High Court in Selangor has powers power to that of the civil court to hear judicial review cases involving Muslims and Muslim religious authorities, the Federal Court heard today. State legal adviser Salim Soib said the religious court acted as check and balance for aggrieved parties who…
PETALING JAYA: More than RM11 million worth of aid was channelled to zoos and permanent exhibitions over the course of the pandemic. Energy and natural resources minister Takiyuddin Hassan said this in a written parliamentary response to Xavier Jayakumar (PH-Kuala Langat) who had asked about the government’s efforts to help…
PETALING JAYA: Psychoeducation on reproductive health and programmes dealing with sexual harassment will be introduced in schools, education minister Radzi Jidin said. Radzi said the education ministry will be collaborating with NGOs to implement the programmes. He said this in a written reply in Parliament to Maszlee Malik (Ind-Simpang Renggam),…
PETALING JAYA: Bus tickets to all destinations from Seremban have sold out after the government allowed interstate travel yesterday. As a result, express bus operators in Negeri Sembilan said they had to look for more buses to meet the demand. Express bus operators association president Mohd Rofik Mohd Yusoff said…
KUALA LUMPUR: Only 71.7% of the 1.7 million people residing in Kelantan have clean water supply, said environment and water minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man. He told the Dewan Rakyat today that among the main reasons for this were issues with raw water sources, adding that 15 of the 36…
KLANG: A woman has accused a police officer of borrowing RM100,000 from her to buy the rank of superintendent. In her police report, she claimed the deputy superintendent (DSP) and his friend had separately threatened to kill her and her family for wanting the return of her money. She alleged…
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein hopes to strengthen Asean cooperation and understanding during a defence meeting among member nations in November over the new security partnership among Australia, the UK and the US (Aukus). Stating that the meeting would be an important platform to have a clearer picture of…
PETALING JAYA: The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has found that other offences exist in the case of the US$6.94 million (RM28.95 million) that went missing from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and has asked relevant enforcement agencies to investigate further. “The investigation paper has been returned for further action,” a statement…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s motion to annul the emergency ordinances has been postponed to the next Dewan Rakyat meeting. The lower house was expected to debate and pass the resolution today, the last sitting of the first meeting of the fourth session. According to the order paper,…
Polemik kemiskinan lumrahnya berkisar tentang aspek “mengisi perut”, iaitu memastikan sentiasa ada makanan untuk mereka yang berkenaan, namun, ada aspek lain yang barangkali jarang terlintas di fikiran kebanyakan kita, iaitu bagaimana kemiskinan memberi kesan kepada kaum hawa - remaja atau dewasa - dalam menguruskan haid mereka.Pernahkah kita terfikir bagaimana kaum…
PETALING JAYA: Asking the public to take photos or videos of traffic offenders and reporting them to the road transport department (JPJ) and the traffic police is not practical and unlikely to bring down road crashes, experts said today. Law Teik Hua of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Road Safety Research Centre…
PETALING JAYA: As the economy reopens, direct cash assistance will be the most appropriate form of government stimulus to allow the people to capitalise on eased restrictions, economists say. The cash handouts would give people the liquidity they need to spend, generating business and revenue for firms that have endured…
PETALING JAYA: With travel restrictions being lifted tomorrow, the government has been urged to establish a data centre that will collect Covid-19 data from tourism spots across the country. Malaysian Inbound Tourism Association (Mita) president Uzaidi Udanis said the data would help those in the tourism industry develop best practices…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police will conduct random inspections in focus areas while roadblocks at state borders will be ended with the lifting of restrictions on interstate travel from midnight last night. Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said roadblocks will continue to be mounted in areas in…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry hopes to vaccinate children under the age of 12 in 2022. Officiating the Malaysian Medical Association’s (MMA) “Malaysia Doctors’ Day Celebration”, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said, hopefully, children can be vaccinated sometime next year, and “we can give them that shield against Covid-19”. He had…
PETALING JAYA: With borders being reopened and interstate travel allowed for fully vaccinated adults from Monday, there is a sense of relief as well as wariness among some on the medical front line. A Sungai Buloh Hospital doctor who only wants to be known as Ahmad said that while he…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry reported 64 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, according to its GitHub database. Of the total, 14 were classified as brought-in-dead. The death toll now stands at 27,329. As of midnight, there were 116,596 active cases including 759 in intensive care units (ICU), 408 of whom require respiratory…
PETALING JAYA: An economist has warned against unnecessary interference in the market by implementing a total waiver on interest accrued during the loan moratorium, as it could put unnecessary strain on an already fragile market. The issue has come under scrutiny during the loan moratorium, with some arguing that deferring…