PETALING JAYA: The opposition’s willingness to cooperate with the new Ismail Sabri Yaakob administration should not be mistaken for the formation of a unity government, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said. “Nothing is further from the truth. DAP will remain in the opposition to play our constitutional role as a…
KUALA KANGSAR: The bombing of the Sultan Iskandar Bridge beam here, and the battle of Slim River that took place during World War II have now been immortalised on an information signboard in commemoration of this year’s Merdeka Day celebration. Malaysian Historical Society (MHS) chief researcher and chairman Shaharom Ahmad…
PETALING JAYA: Thirteen individuals, including a civil servant and a teenage girl, were arrested during a 4am raid on a wild party that began last night at an apartment in Medini, Iskandar Puteri, Johor. Iskandar Puteri district police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the raid led to the arrest of 10…
PETALING JAYA: The fiscal policies implemented during the pandemic to minimise the effects on the economy is helpful in the short term but may have unintended consequences that will slow Malaysia’s growth, says a think tank. In a policy paper, the Center for Market Education (CME) said it will only…
TOKYO: National powerlifting athlete Jong Yee Khie bagged a second medal for Malaysia, a silver, in the men’s 107kg category at the Tokyo Paralympics today. Despite being unsuccessful in his first attempt to lift 230kg, he bounced back to confirm the silver medal in his second attempt, this time lifting…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set Nov 8 to deliver its decision on whether to grant the government’s application to forfeit items seized from Najib Razak and various individuals and companies after May 9, 2018. Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan made this decision after deputy public prosecutor Harris Ong…
PETALING JAYA: The new Cabinet must have an open mind and accept the participation of all quarters to hasten the process of rebuilding the nation, says PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang. He urged the government and opposition to make the fight against Covid-19 a joint battle to come out safely…
PETALING JAYA: An analyst says Umno needs to act more like a government party now that its vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob is prime minister, instead of how it functioned like the opposition during Muhyiddin Yassin’s tenure. Universiti Sains Malaysia’s (USM) Ahmad Fauzi Hamid said Umno does not need to openly…
KUALA LUMPUR: Public hospitals throughout the country are still getting their supply of Covid-19 medicines despite a drastic increase in demand and disruption in supplies from manufacturers, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today. He said the medications were still being received in stages as the health ministry had…
PETALING JAYA: Two Malaysian terror suspects are to be indicted tomorrow at the United States Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for charges linked to deadly bombings in Indonesia more than 19 years ago. Mohammed Nazir Lep and Mohammed Farik Amin have been detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp…
PETALING JAYA: The incoming federal territories minister, Shahidan Kassim, was urged today to avoid the “bad example” of his predecessor, Annuar Musa, in avoiding meetings with Kuala Lumpur MPs. Seputeh MP Teresa Kok of DAP said Annuar had held only one meeting with the MPs, and even that was an…
KOTA KINABALU: Warisan president Shafie Apdal has voiced concern over the soaring daily Covid-19 infections in Sabah, claiming the state government is not doing enough to address the situation. Shafie also said the state’s public healthcare system had been stretched to breaking point, with not enough beds and facilities to…
GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s manufacturing industries have urged the government to reconsider mandatory Covid-19 testing for their workers every two weeks, saying the cost has gone up with the increasing demand for RTK Antigen test kits. An advisory group for the industries said the fortnightly tests will be burdensome, especially for…
PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaruddin is a breath of fresh air and the best man to be the health minister as he has proven himself as the former vaccine minister, say health experts. Former health director-general Dr Ismail Merican said Khairy should now ensure the vaccination programme comes under his ministry.…
PETALING JAYA: A graft watchdog has welcomed a suggestion that an opposition MP be appointed deputy speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, saying it could herald a move towards mature politics. Rasuah Busters founder Hussamuddin Yaacub told FMT the public would see such an appointment as a relief from months of…
KOTA KINABALU: Upko, the newest member in Pakatan Harapan, is aiming to revive its fortunes through the national opposition coalition after being almost decimated in the last Sabah polls, say political analysts. Universiti Malaysia Sabah senior lecturer Lee Kuok Tiung said it is better to join a political coalition instead…
KUALA LUMPUR: The decision to halt the involvement of private general practitioners (GPs) in the national Covid-19 immunisation programme (PICK) in the Klang Valley is only temporary. The health ministry and science, technology and innovation ministry, in a joint statement yesterday, said the decision was made after studying various factors…
PETALING JAYA: While the Covid-19 pandemic rages and all healthcare resources are used to fight it, the other Big C is just waiting in the wings, ready to become a huge problem in a few years. “We won’t see the impact now, but it will be there in a couple…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ordered the Sarawak lawyers’ body and state attorney-general to be included in a lawyer’s appeal to question the admission of two former top judges to practise law in the state. The two are former chief justice Richard Malanjum and former chief judge of Sabah…
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob missed an opportunity to inspire confidence in the people in his maiden speech yesterday as he did not indicate how different his government would be from that of his predecessor Muhyiddin Yassin, says an analyst. Oh Ei Sun, a senior fellow at the…