KOTA KINABALU: Putrajaya risks incurring the wrath of the people, particularly in Sabah and Sarawak, if a report on Malaysia Agreement negotiations is not made public, say activists. Placing the report under the Official Secrets Act raised the suspicion that the government had something to hide, says Johan Ariffin, chairman…
PETALING JAYA: Singapore reported a record 2,236 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, surpassing the 2,000 mark for the first time. Its ministry of health also reported five more deaths, bringing the toll to 85, according to The Straits Times. The daily reported that yesterday’s cases were an increase of 589 over…
Bekas sarjan tentera yang diberhentikan perkhidmatannya selepas menolak vaksinasi Covid-19 memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman bagi membatalkan keputusan Tentera Darat Malaysia (TDM) itu.Wan Ramli Wan Seman, yang pernah bertugas di batalion ke-24 Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (RAMD) di Kem Rasah, Negeri Sembilan, memfailkan semakan kehakiman itu hari ini di Mahkamah Tinggi…
KUALA LUMPUR: Senior minister for economy Azmin Ali said he will review the reasons for the two-year delay in a multi-billion ringgit investment in Lahad Datu, Sabah. Replying to Redzuan Yusof ((PN-Alor Gajah), the international trade and industry minister also said that foreign investments had increased in the first half…
KUALA LUMPUR: The civil service, particularly the functions of ministries and related agencies will be restructured to turn it into a more “horizontal organisation” and reduce bureaucracy, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. A mechanism to select and take in professionals and management staff in various schemes will be put…
PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many of the long-hidden cracks in the country’s healthcare system, unseen for years without a catalyst to unearth them. FMT asked the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) to give a doctor’s perspective on areas in need, not only as the country begins to rebound…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has given an assurance to settle ongoing issues under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). “I am committed to settle the problems,” he said when tabling the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) today. Among the issues that will be addressed for the benefit of Sabah…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s target to raise Bumiputera equity ownership to 30% has yet to be achieved, prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. Ismail said as of 2019, it stood at 17.2%, while non-bumiputeras held 25%, and foreigners 45.5%. The remaining 12.3% is held by nominees. The 30% target…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will allocate RM400 billion under the 12th Malaysia Plan for development projects, both existing and new ones, the prime minister said. Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Covid-19 pandemic had forced the government to focus less on development projects, placing priority instead on overcoming the health crisis.…
KUALA TERENGGANU: The government is considering a new controlled price for the Covid-19 self-test kits sooner than December, as previously announced, deputy minister of domestic trade and consumer affairs Rosol Wahid said. He said discussions on the matter involving various stakeholders were currently underway. Rosol added that the reopening of…
PETALING JAYA: Smugglers are offloading Thailand-bound cigarettes and bringing them into Malaysia through small boats, according to industry watchers. A tobacco company official said the cargo is picked up and loaded on lorries at Malaysian ports and sold to local agents. Shaiful Bahari Mahpar of Japan Tobacco International Malaysia Bhd…
KOTA KINABALU: More than half or 50.5% of adolescents aged 12 to 17 in Sabah have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine up since Saturday, said state housing and local government minister Masidi Manjun. Masidi, who is also the state government’s spokesman on Covid-19 in Sabah, said 20,148 adolescents…
IPOH: Former distance runner, A Kandiah, who attracted the nation’s attention by running barefoot to win three bronze medals at the 1977 KL SEA Games, died from Covid-19 last Thursday. Kandiah, who ran barefoot with tape on his feet on the bitumen track at Merdeka Stadium, died at the age…
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) officer told the sessions court in Lim Guan Eng’s Penang undersea tunnel corruption trial that two businessmen linked to the project did not discuss anything in their WhatsApp conversation about making payments to the former chief minister. Wan Mohd Firdaus Wan Yusof,…
PETALING JAYA: Regulatory bodies like the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) should come up with their own regulations requiring firms and foundations to disclose donations made to political parties, a lawyer has suggested. Malaysian Bar’s constitutional law committee co-chair Andrew Khoo said in the absence of a Political Financing Act…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is ready to allow travel bubbles again following the easing of rules for the fully vaccinated, said state tourism, culture and environment minister Jafry Ariffin. He said the state had done this before and was confident it can be a success if everyone followed the standard operating…
PETALING JAYA: Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s recent comments about Umno being materialistic, greedy and having low morals is a signal that the party’s internal struggles have not been resolved yet, say two analysts Former Universiti Sains Malaysia lecturer Ahmad Atory Hussain said Umno’s top leadership is still suffering from…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 14,554 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. In a Twitter post, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of infections now stands at 2,171,232. Sarawak recorded the highest number of cases, with 2,825. -- Free Malaysia Today
GEORGE TOWN: NGOs must come together to “un-demonise” human rights and demystify the notion that it is a Western agenda, a women’s group said. Sisters In Islam executive director Rozana Isa said NGOs must educate the public on human rights, including on topics such as discrimination and equality. They also…
PETALING JAYA: A senior Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer who is being investigated by the agency for missing millions from case items has now been arrested by police – this time for firearms and drug offences. Criminal Investigation Department director Abd Jalil Hassan said the senior officer was one of…