PENAMPANG: Sabah deputy chief minister Jeffrey Kitingan has proposed the setting up of a coordinating committee to ensure that concerns raised by communities on issues relating to development projects are heard. The proposed committee will consist of government departments and agencies as well as project contractors, he said. Kitingan said…
KUANTAN: The Malaysian armed forces (MAF) has placed 16,612 personnel, including 782 officers, on standby for the floods, caretaker defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein said. He said the personnel would be deployed to 5,496 hotspots nationwide, Bernama reported. Hishammuddin said they also included 4,301 first responders tasked with carrying out rescue…
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) kini giat menjalankan penyelidikan berkaitan Program Pembentukan Keluarga Bahagia sebagai Pendekatan Holistik dalam Menangani Masalah Penyalahgunaan Dadah, Gam dan Bahan Terlarang di Sabah. Ketua projek merangkap Felo Kanan Fakulti Psikologi dan Pendidikan (FPP) UMS, Prof. Madya Dr. Azizi Yahaya berkata, penyelidikan itu menerima geran…
NILAI: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menjuarai Pertandingan Debat Antirasuah Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (IPT) Piala Ketua Pesuruhjaya Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) 2022 yang berlangsung baru-baru ini. UMS membawa pulang hadiah wang tunai bernilai RM5,000 berserta piala pusingan, trofi dan sijil, manakala Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) yang muncul sebagai Naib Juara…
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Okt (Bernama) -- Perak nyata berada dalam kelas tersendiri apabila berjaya melakar hatrik dalam kejohanan hoki Piala Tun Abdul Razak 2022, selepas membelasah Pahang 5-1 pada aksi final di Stadium Hoki Nasional, Bukit Jalil malam ini. Kemenangan berkenaan memastikan Perak muncul sebagai pasukan kedua paling berjaya pada kejohanan itu…
PETALING JAYA: PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man has rubbished claims by Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki that the Islamic party decided to stick with Perikatan Nasional (PN) for the next general election (GE15) due to Bersatu’s offer of 47 winnable seats. He said Asyraf also broke his…
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional (BN) will be contesting in 191 parliament seats in the upcoming general election (GE15), says its chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He also announced that aside from Umno and the other BN component parties, candidates from parties that are recognised as Friends of BN would be given…
KOTA KINABALU: Warisan welcomes Bandau assemblyman Wetrom Bahanda to join the party if he wants to, but no decision has been made on whether he will be chosen to be the party’s candidate in Kota Marudu in the 15th general election, says Warisan president Shafie Apdal. Shafie said joining Warisan…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP leader has questioned PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s silence over the alleged corruption of Umno leaders when his party was part of the ruling government. Lim Lip Eng was commenting on Hadi’s latest speech that PAS was “delaying” its cooperation with Umno under the Muafakat Nasional…
PETALING JAYA: The education ministry’s letter to a teacher, threatening dismissal or demotion for raising concerns over the mathematics syllabus in primary schools has come under criticism from the opposition. Amanah’s Hasan Bahrom, who leads the party’s education bureau, said if action is taken against Fadli Salleh, it would not…
GEORGE TOWN: Scores of houses in several areas on the island were hit by flash floods following heavy rain which started at 10pm yesterday. State environment and welfare committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said he received information that houses in Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas and George Town were flooded but…
PETALING JAYA: Veteran Sabah leader Joseph Pairin Kitingan has urged voters, especially those of the younger generation, to support local political parties at the coming general election. Pairin said voters must keep in mind the need to protect Sabah and its future, as well as the safety and development of…
PAPAR: Sabah-based Warisan has yet to decide on contesting any parliamentary seats in Peninsular Malaysia, party president Shafie Apdal said yesterday. He said the party viewed calls to contest in the Peninsula as merely a proposal, although some Warisan leaders and members have expressed their desire to contest in states…
PETALING JAYA: Partners in the Gerakan Tanah Air coalition in Kelantan have clashed after Putra leader Ibrahim Ali announced that his party would contest seven parliamentary seats in the state. His claim came under fire from the state GTA deputy chairman, Sazmi Miah, who said Ibrahim, who is Kelantan GTA…
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional component party Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah has suggested that BN go it alone in Sabah for the general election. PBRS president Joseph Kurup said any electoral cooperation between BN and the ruling state coalition GRS would only benefit Perikatan Nasional He said his suggestion “also takes…
PETALING JAYA: The police are working with various parties to track down the individual who is suspected of abducting an 11-year old boy six years ago. Wangsa Maju police chief Ashari Abu Samah told FMT that they were waiting for certain information from the Indonesian embassy and the immigration department…
KUALA LUMPUR: Before Covid-19 brought the world to a halt, Angelia Pranthaman and her family would travel to Singapore every Friday to visit her brother Pannir, who has been on death row since 2017. But the virus outbreak led to the closure of the Malaysia-Singapore border, and the family had…
PETALING JAYA: An Umno Supreme Council member predicts Perikatan Nasional will face many problems after the next general election and eventually break up. “There are many in PN who are party hoppers, from Umno, from Pakatan Harapan, so they will face problems (because) they can only rely on PAS,” said…
PETALING JAYA: The decision by PAS to contest the general election under its own logo in three states is an effort by the party to maximise its name recognition and its chances of winning, says a political analyst. Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs said the…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sarawak government will consider giving subsidies to Sarawakians to return and vote in the coming general election, said Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg. He said the matter would be discussed in detail with other leaders before arriving at a decision. The premier was asked about this at…
