PETALING JAYA: Political analysts say Amanah must revamp and renew the party’s leadership for failing to take the party to greater heights since the 2018 general election. Former academic Azmi Hassan said that Amanah’s future would remain with Pakatan Harapan but the party would garner far fewer seats than before.…
KUALA LUMPUR: The personal data of recipients who register to receive vaccine jabs under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will not be revealed to the vaccine manufacturer concerned. The coordinating minister of the programme, Khairy Jamaluddin has given this reassurance saying that data may be shared with the pharmaceutical company…
PETALING JAYA: Muhyiddin Yassin has survived a year in power. Whether his Perikatan Nasional government will last another year will depend on its cooperation with Umno, according to political analysts. Bridget Welsh of the University of Nottingham Malaysia said Muhyiddin’s government had started off strongly. It received praise for its…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to…
LAHAD DATU: Sejumlah 22 ekor babi di sebuah kampung di Pitas telah dimusnahkan dalam fasa pertama pelupusan haiwan itu bagi mengekang penularan Demam Babi Afrika (ASF) di daerah itu, kata Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan. Kitingan, yang juga Menteri Pertanian dan Perikanan Sabah, berkata lebih banyak babi…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Football Club (Sabah FC) kini kembali semula dengan maskot ‘Sang Badak’ atau ‘The Rhinos’ mengantikan maskot ‘Tambadau’ bagi menghadapi saingan Liga Malaysia musim ini. Maskot itu diperkenalkan semula pada majlis pelancaran jersi baharu Sabah FC musim 2021 daripada Lotto, secara maya menerusi platform media sosial rasmi Sabah…
Passengers, wearing face shields due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, sit inside a bus in the Iranian capital Tehran June 22, 2020. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. TEHRAN, Feb 28 — Iran’s health ministry said the country’s coronavirus…
Kuala Lumpur: AFFIN Bank Bhd meraih pendapatan bersih RM2.264 bilion bagi tahun kewangan berakhir 2020, peningkatan 18.3 peratus berbanding tahun sebelumnya. Ia disokong pendapatan bukan faedah lebih tinggi, khususnya daripada peningkatan dalam instrumen kewangan. Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan AFFIN Bank, Datuk Wan Razly Abdullah Wan Ali berkata, keuntungan…
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow receiving a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine shot during the Covid-19 Phase One Immunisation Program inauguration ceremony at the Pulau Pinang Hospital, George Town, Feb 28, 2021. — Bernama pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. GEORGE…
Kuala Lumpur: Wasiyyah Shoppe Bhd, syarikat amanah patuh syariah mengumumkan rombakan Lembaga Pengarahnya dengan melantik Datuk Ahmad Tajudin Abdul Rahman sebagai Pengerusinya yang baru berkuat kuasa 2 Februari 2021. Syarikat itu dalam kenyataan berkata, pelantikan beliau dibuat susulan persaraan Datuk Ahmad Khairummuzammil Mohd Yusof pada Disember 2020. Memulakan kerjaya di…
KOTA KINABALU: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) may benefit from the defection of opposition MPs to the coalition but analysts say this could be a potential flash point in relations between the Sabah wings of Umno and PPBM. GRS now has 48 seats in the 79-member state assembly, five shy of…
PETALING JAYA: A public health expert, citing recent research on how Covid-19 spreads, has spoken out against shutting down buildings and offices to carry out sanitisation. Universiti Malaya professor of medicine Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman said sanitisation work had been deemed “a waste of time and money”. Making reference to the…
PETALING JAYA: The government’s latest move to increase the fines for those who breach the movement control order regulations will do little to stop people from committing offences, according to two experts. Clinical psychologist Sarah Zehan of Relate Mental Health Malaysia said there was “little evidence” that harsher punishments could…
Kuala Lumpur: Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) akan mengadakan sesi perbincangan dan libat urus dengan ahli bagi mendapatkan pandangan mengenai dasar dividen berperingkat. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif KWSP, Tunku Alizakri Alias berkata, ia memerlukan pembabitan bersama pencarum memandangkan dividen berperingkat memiliki struktur yang kompleks dan sangat rumit untuk dilaksanakan. "Dividen berperingkat…
RANAU: Seorang balu berusia 62 tahun boleh menarik nafas lega apabila ‘sulap’ yang dibina menggunakan daun keladi dan dahan kayu akhirnya diganti dengan sebuah rumah yang dibina hasil gotong-royong penduduk Kampung Lembah Permai, Kundasang. Kisah Gorimeh Gumat yang tular di laman media sosial ini mendapat perhatian Timbalan Ketua Menteri merangkap…
PETALING JAYA: Any individual who breaches movement control order (MCO) regulations, now faces fines up to RM10,000. This is according to the new Emergency (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 published in the Federal Gazette website today. Meanwhile, the emergency ordinance also said that companies who violated…
KOTA KINABALU: Sebatik assemblyman Hassan A Gani Pg Amir today announced he has quit Warisan and declared himself an independent who backs the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) ruling coalition. According to Bernama, Hassan decided to leave the party led by Shafie Apdal as it focused more on politicking, instead of…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and four other MPs from his Pejuang party have welcomed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree that Parliament can be convened during the state of emergency. They also want it to be done as soon as possible. “Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin…
PETALING JAYA: Parents sending their children to school do not need police permits and need only show letters issued by schools if they are stopped at roadblocks, senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. He said parents needing to cross district or state borders to send their children to…
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has urged security forces not to stop foreigners because it may deter them from coming out for the Covid-19 immunisation programme. Chief minister Hajiji Noor said this was needed so everyone in Sabah could be vaccinated. “We have informed the security forces that this is…