KUALA LUMPUR: Two men from PKR have filed an application to become interveners to support a suit by seven non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including Bersih 2.0, seeking a declaration on the role of Parliament and the judiciary during a state of emergency. Hang Tuah Jaya MP Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin and…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin congratulated Lee Zii Jia on his maiden All England victory last night, and advised him to use it as a catalyst to achieve more success Noting that the player from Kedah was only 22, Muhyiddin said he had many more years to go in…
PETALING: Selangor’s Covid-19 task force has found that 90% of senior citizens in the state have not yet registered to be vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Task force chairman Dzulkefly Ahmad said the low sign-up rate was based on observations and data collected by the team. He described…
KOTA BHARU: Malaysia’s unemployment rate is expected to be more stable by the middle of the year said economics minister Mustapa Mohamed. He said the unemployment rate in January was 4.9%, compared with 5.3% in May last year, which was the highest recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic period. “It is…
PETALING JAYA: MIC president S Vigneswaran has downplayed the likelihood of Umno working with Pakatan Harapan parties. According to a Bernama report, Vigneswaran said informal talks between Umno and PKR leaders would be a non-starter as the party’s grassroot members will not agree to the cooperation. “I hope Umno will…
Saudara-saudari sekalian dalam Kritus yang dikasihi, Sejak Selasa lalu, saya terima begitu banyak pesanan dorongan, penghargaan dan sanjungan serta doa untuk kami daripada saudara-saudari yang saya kenal dan juga tak kenal atas kenyataan bersama oleh 53 orang Ahli Parlimen, Senator dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) di Sabah dan Sarawak…
Perwakilan dari setiap negeri yang terlibat dengan Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2020 (PAU 2020) di ibu negara pada hujung minggu depan, perlu mendapatkan kebenaran daripada pihak polis sebelum merentas negeri.Naib Presiden Umno Ismail Sabri Yaakob berkata setiap bahagian hanya boleh menghantar enam orang wakil ke PAU 2020 itu berikutan prosedur operasi…
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Mac -- Malaysia merekodkan 3,170 kes COVID-19 rentas negeri setakat hari ini sejak 1 Jan lepas, kata Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham berkata, daripada jumlah tersebut, Kedah mencatatkan kes tertinggi sepanjang tempoh itu iaitu 714 kes diikuti Perak, 582 kes dan…
Oleh Anas Abu Hassan KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Mac -- Penyedia perkhidmatan awan global, Cloud4C, sedang mencari peluang untuk mengukuhkan kehadiran serta geografinya di rantau Asia Pasifik (APAC) khususnya Malaysia, Singapura, Indonesia, Filipina dan Vietnam pada tahun ini. Pengasas dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Sridhar Pinnapureddy berkata syarikat itu melihat potensi penggunaan teknologi awan di rantau selepas pengenalan rangkaian generasi kelima (5G). Laporan GlobalData telah memperakui…
PETALING JAYA: The then government under Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 1986 had allowed Christians to use four words including Allah in their publications on the condition that it must be stated “For Christians Only” on the front page of such materials, a High Court ruling revealed. Judge Nor Bee Ariffin…
IPOH: Police have opened an investigation into the commotion that took place at the Perak DAP convention held at the Ipoh International Convention Center (IICC) last Sunday. Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the case was currently being investigated under Section 22A of the Emergency (Prevention and Control of…
PETALING JAYA: Police have opened an investigation into alleged breaches of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) by prominent individuals, including politicians and ministers, who attended a wedding recently. Sepang police chief Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said they initiated the probe yesterday following a report filed by MUDA at the…
GEORGE TOWN: Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy today said Kedah’s repeated demands for Penang to pay for water drawn from Sungai Muda was most likely an attempt to divert attention from the state’s intention to carry out more logging activities upstream of the river. He said it was also…
PETALING JAYA: A group representing retired armed forces personnel has urged home minister Hamzah Zainudin not to interfere in Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Abdul Hamid Bador’s efforts to clean up the image of the police force. National Patriots Association (Patriot) president Mohamed Arshad Raji said it was “unbecoming” of Hamzah…
KUALA LUMPUR: Three sisters are feeling “helpless and terrified” even as their “Datuk Seri” father is to be charged soon with sexually abusing one of them since she was 10 years old. The older sister, aged 23, said they were hoping for swift justice and awaiting a Protection Order from…
PETALING JAYA: The conspicuous absence of the prime minister’s special envoy to the Middle East, Abdul Hadi Awang during his official visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia recently has raised some questions. Some are wondering how such a key official for the region with a ministerial status was left…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) and other Islamic religious agencies will take appropriate action on the issue on the use of the word “Allah” after getting the consent of the Conference of Rulers. Religious affairs minister Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri said the outcome of discussions on the…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians based in Singapore have voiced their dissatisfaction with the long lines at the Malaysian high commission in the country, an ongoing issue since the pandemic began. The Straits Times (ST) reported hundreds of people queueing to renew their passports since the early hours of yesterday morning, with…
KUALA LUMPUR: The decision to extend the East Coast Rail Line’s (ECRL) original alignment of 640km to 665km is a very significant move as it will be connected to both North Port and West Port, said an expert. Public transport researcher SM Sabri SM Ismail said without the extension to…
PETALING JAYA: A restaurant owner in Petaling Jaya had the shock of her life when she was slapped with a RM25,000 fine by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) for playing piped-in music. MBPJ says it is an offence because she did not have an entertainment licence. The owner plans to…