SIBU: Kehilangan kad pengenalan diri dan ketiadaan wang selepas diragut ketika berkunjung ke sini menyebabkan seorang wanita, Salmah Adik, yang kini berusia 70 tahun, “terkandas” di sini selama lebih 20 tahun. Bagaimanapun, usaha Hospital Sibu dan Jabatan Penerangan Sarawak mengesan warisnya selepas warga emas itu dimasukkan ke hospital berkenaan pada…
Kuala Lumpur: Bagi mematuhi pelaksanaan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) dari 13 hingga 26 Januari 2021, AirAsia membenarkan penumpang yang mempunyai tempahan penerbangan pada tarikh berkenaan untuk membatalkan perjalanan mereka. AirAsia dalam kenyataan berkata, bagi penumpang yang mempunyai perjalanan penting dalam tempoh ini, mereka perlu mendapatkan kebenaran yang sah daripada pihak…
KOTA KINABALU: Former Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Christina Liew has urged the public to be co-operative and adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the second phase of the COVID-19 Movement Control Order (MCO 2.0) for the common good. “This is not the time for social gatherings. It does…
Kuala Lumpur: Syarikat agrikultur, Colla Niaga Sdn Bhd yang memfokuskan aktiviti import, eksport dan penjualan daging tempatan berkualiti tinggi memproses 120 ekor lembu dengan anggaran 24,000 kilogram (kg) daging segar dalam tempoh sebulan. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Jamal Abdul Karim berkata, walaupun baru tiga tahun beroperasi hasil kerjasama dengan rakan kongsi,…
KOTA KINABALU: Bagi memastikan pelaksanaan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) dipatuhi oleh orang ramai, Polis Sabah melaksanakan 50 sekatan jalan raya (SJR) di seluruh negeri bermula tengah malam tadi. Ketua Keselamatan Dalam Negeri dan Ketenteraman Awam Sabah, Khalid Saion berkata, SJR yang dibuat itu membabitkan seramai kira-kira 4,000 petugas termasuk anggota…
PETALING JAYA: Several NGOs, including electoral reform group Bersih 2.0, this evening questioned the need to suspend Parliament and halt all elections, following the declaration of an emergency this morning. These groups pointed out that with there being no difference to the rules set under the various movement control orders…
PUTATAN: Jabatan Tenaga Kerja (JTK) Sabah mengenal pasti lebih 100,000 pekerja asing yang digajikan majikan di negeri itu, masih belum menjalani ujian saringan COVID-19, kata Pengarahnya Wan Zukli Wan Setapa. Beliau berkata sebanyak 7,578 majikan di Sabah yang menggajikan seramai 115,157 pekerja asing, diwajibkan memastikan setiap pekerja mereka melakukan ujian saringan COVID-19, bagi mencegah penularan wabak itu yang…
PETALING JAYA: The rising number of Covid-19 cases may force Umno to put on hold its plans to quit the ruling coalition but it is likely to strike back — unless it is able to get into the “driving seat” in government, say political analysts. Former Universiti Teknologi Malaysia academic…
PETALING JAYA: With the country’s public hospitals and low-risk Covid-19 treatment centres nearing capacity, experts say the health ministry might have no choice but to treat asymptomatic or mild patients at their homes. The burden of preventing infections will then be shifted from the government to the public themselves. The…
PETALING JAYA: A recent announcement that Muafakat Nasional (MN) will not seek registration as a political organisation should come as no surprise to observers who know the workings of the Umno psyche, according to a political analyst. James Chin of the University of Tasmania’s Asia Institute told FMT he believed…
KOTA KINABALU: A day after saying it was ready to contest fewer seats in the next general election, Sabah Umno has expressed its eagerness to take back the Tawau parliamentary seat from PBS. Tawau Umno division chief Ghazalie Ansing said the party will place a candidate to contest the seat…
PETALING JAYA: The days of youths riding a ‘kapcai’ may soon be over. Police have made a proposal to the Road Safety Council (MKJR) and transport ministry for a new licensing category for youths aged between 16 and 20 to only ride motorcycles below 70cc by 2025. “A new law…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has urged former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz to respond to a blogpost that claimed her family had received over RM100 million from fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, which included 1MDB funds. The Pekan MP recalled that Zeti had released…
PETALING JAYA: MUDA has submitted a letter of demand to the Registrar of Societies (RoS) asking for its registration as a political party to be completed within seven days, becoming the second party to take such legal action against the RoS. In a statement, MUDA said its pro tem committee…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will enter 2021 with its biggest spending plan yet to spur its virus-hit economy, but concerns are focusing on how to foot the bill after a sovereign-rating downgrade earlier this month. The government expects revenue to rise 4.2% next year, counting on higher tax collections – without…
PETALING JAYA: Parties in the government, comprising components of Perikatan Nasional (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN) and Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) have agreed to form a presidential council. The council will comprise the leaders of each party. The decision to set up the presidential council was agreed to today by party…
KUALA TERENGGANU, 18 Dis -- Penduduk Terengganu tidak perlu panik dengan ramalan bahawa negeri itu akan dilanda kemarau dan banjir serius, dalam tempoh lima atau 10 tahun akan datang. Timbalan Dekan Fakulti Sains Sosial Gunaan Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Profesor Madya Dr Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin sebaliknya berkata, semua pihak perlu mengamalkan penggunaan…
PETALING JAYA: Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 196 people were arrested by the police yesterday over movement control order-related offences. In a statement, Ismail said all those detained were issued compound fines. Most of the offences, he said, were for failing to provide materials for contact tracing.…
PETALING JAYA: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is investigating the delay in Boustead Naval Shipyard’s (BNS) delivery of six littoral combat ships (LCS) to the navy, hopes to complete its report by March. PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh said four meetings and proceedings with witnesses have been conducted so…
PETALING JAYA: A transport expert, an economist and the head of a business group predict that the Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) and the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Expressway (SUKE) projects will boost Malaysia’s economy upon completion. Transport planning consultant Rosli Azad Khan said the immediate benefit from the two highways…