KUALA LUMPUR: The trial of former Sabah infrastructure development minister Peter Anthony on charges of using false documents has been postponed to May 3 as he has been ordered to self-quarantine after coming into close contact with a Covid-19 patient. His lawyer, D. Senthinathan, told the court that Peter had…
PUTRAJAYA: Former Selangor menteri besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim’s eight former aides can keep the RM2.7 million paid to them as compensation in a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) in 2014. This follows a unanimous decision by a Federal Court five-member bench led by Court of Appeal president Rohana Yusuf in allowing…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be working with Microsoft to establish an inclusive digital economy through the Bersama Malaysia initiative in the next five years. Speaking at the launch of Bersama Malaysia today, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the initiative will cost at least US$1 billion, or RM4 billion. It is…
KUCHING: All schools in Sarawak’s red zones have been ordered to close for two weeks starting tomorrow because of the spike in the number of Covid-19 cases. Chief minister Abang Johari Openg said the decision was made after the spread of Covid-19 among school teachers, students and their families. “I…
PETALING JAYA: A woman who claimed that her mother was listed as “vaccinated” for Covid-19 on the MySejahtera app despite never having received the jab has clarified the incident was a misunderstanding. The woman, known as Mrs Gill, has apologised for the misunderstanding. It was previously reported that Mrs Gill’s mother, a…
KOTA KINABALU: Night market traders in the city hope that the authorities, particularly Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK), will allow them to resume business in the near future. A trader at the Sinsuran night market here, who only wanted to be known as Ema, 26, said the closure began on…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is objecting against a legal challenge filed by 18 young adults to compel it to implement the constitutional amendments to allow 18-year-olds to vote and to be automatically registered as voters. Lawyer Gurdial Singh Nijar, representing the young adults, told High Court judge Ahmad Kamal Md…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has pleaded for one to three years to fulfil the requirements under the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) as many companies are still recovering from the pandemic. Its executive director, Shamsuddin Bardan, said employers had been given…
PETALING JAYA: Urging Malaysians to get vaccinated, Malaysian Medical Association president Dr Subramaniam Muniandy says the benefits include protection against hospitalisation and death. He also suggested that fully vaccinated Malaysians should be given privileges, to encourage more people to register for the jab. Subramaniam said the rate of contracting Covid-19…
PETALING JAYA: Former federal minister Zaid Ibrahim has called for a general election to be held, preferably by mid-year, in order for a new set of capable leaders to take over because “this government has failed in a monumental way”. Zaid told FMT that Malaysia’s biggest issue was not the…
KOTA KINABALU: Embattled tourism players are struggling to manage in the face of extended travel bans, which have sapped their income and dimmed their prospects of a quick rebound. One place trying to make ends meet is ND Divers, a formerly thriving homestay and dive centre in the middle of…
KUCHING: The education ministry should close all schools in Sarawak’s red zones as soon as possible to avoid Covid-19 from spreading, said the Sarawak Teachers’ Union. Union president Adam Prakash Abdullah said the surge of cases in Sarawak was alarming as it was affecting more schoolchildren and teachers. “The number…
PETALING JAYA: The ban on interstate travel, including during the Hari Raya celebrations, needs to be extended owing to the Covid-19 situation, the health ministry said today. According to a Bernama report, health minister Dr Adham Baba said the ministry will propose that the lifting of interstate travel restrictions be…
PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians who travel frequently to China want to receive the Sinovac vaccine, says Khairy Jamaluddin, the minister coordinating the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. “Sinovac covers 20% (of the Malaysian population). Many who frequently travel to China have asked for the vaccine,” he said in a Twitter post.…
PETALING JAYA: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said he will contest in the party’s central executive committee (CEC) election in June. However, the Iskandar Puteri MP said he will not be aiming for any top leadership position. “I am prepared to be defeated in the party election where I have…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has been “running on the spot” for several decades for solutions to poverty in the Indian community, says Klang MP Charles Santiago, who attributes the failure to a race-based approach to tackling the problem. He said this narrative of each political party helping its own kind had…
KUALA LUMPUR: Harga runcit petrol RON95, RON97 dan diesel masing-masing kekal RM2.05, RM2.54 dan RM2.15 seliter bagi tempoh 15 hingga 21 April ini. Kementerian Kewangan dalam kenyataan memaklumkan harga itu berdasarkan penetapan harga runcit produk petroleum secara mingguan menggunakan formula Mekanisme Harga Automatik (APM). “Bagi melindungi pengguna daripada kesan kenaikan harga sebenar minyak…
CYBERJAYA: The newly-launched cloud-based and cybersecurity services for the government is expected to enable the sector to quickly expand and deploy new smart services across various agencies at lower costs. The comprehensive cloud-based services include infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, software-as-a-service, cloud-based professional services as well as managed cloud-based services for the government.…
PETALING JAYA: Any fatwa or religious edict should not violate the Federal Constitution, which is the supreme law of the country, says constitutional law expert Shad Saleem Faruqi. Unfortunately, he said, civil courts tend to ignore these provisions on fundamental rights. “So many fatwas are regarded as if they are…
PETALING JAYA: It will be ex-mentri besar vs the current one with Azmin Ali likely to face his successor and former ally Amirudin Shari in his defence of the Gombak parliamentary seat in the next general election (GE15). This is the prediction based on data collated by a non-governmental organisation…