PETALING JAYA: The All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia (APPG) has urged Putrajaya to let a parliamentary select committee (PSC) draft the upcoming political funding bill, like how it was done for the anti-hopping bill. PAS MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari, chairman of the political financing APPG, pointed out that the group had…
PETALING JAYA: A condolence book will be opened at the British High Commission next week for the public to offer their condolences over the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The high commission said the book will be available from Sept 12 to 15 from 8am to 4.30pm. It said a…
PETALING JAYA: The Selangor government has been reminded not to make any prejudicial statements pending the Shah Alam High Court’s judicial review of the backdated degazettement of a piece of land in the Bukit Cherakah forest reserve. On Aug 4, two environmental NGOs – the Shah Alam Community Forest Society…
PETALING JAYA: DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng has urged the prime minister to dissolve the “ineffective, incompetent and irrelevant” anti-inflation task force led by Annuar Musa, after the overnight policy rate (OPR) was raised again. Citing how Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said the OPR hike was due to inflationary pressures,…
PETALING JAYA: A former policeman has filed an application to seek a declaration that the offence of enticing a married woman with the intention of having illicit intercourse is unconstitutional. Azri Awang said the provision under Section 498 of the Penal Code is in breach of Articles 5(1) and 8(1)…
PETALING JAYA: Whoever forms the next federal government after the 15th general election must continue pursuing the agenda of healthcare reforms, says the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA). MMA president Dr Koh Kar Chai lauded health minister Khairy Jamaluddin for leading the charge for a health white paper, saying politicians often…
PETALING JAYA: Foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah has conveyed Malaysia’s condolences over the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. “Malaysia extends (its) sincere condolences to the monarch’s family, the people and the government of the United Kingdom on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II,” he said in a Facebook post. “Her Majesty…
PETALING JAYA: Child rights activists have called for improvements in the training of social welfare officers handling child abuse cases following the voicing of concerns over the under-reporting of incidents. They said properly trained personnel would see cases investigated, handled and reported more appropriately. Yayasan Salam CEO Ananti Rajasingam said…
KOTA KINABALU: A meeting of the Special Council on the Malaysia Agreement (MKMA63) has endorsed restoring 35% of the 222 parliamentary seats to Sabah and Sarawak. Minister for Sabah and Sarawak affairs Maximus Ongkili said the issue was deliberated and endorsed at the 5th meeting of the special council chaired…
PETALING JAYA: The search for fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, who is wanted in connection with the RM52 billion 1MDB scandal, is still ongoing, said inspector-general of police (IGP) Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani. Acryl’s statement comes in the wake of claims by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope,…
KUALA LUMPUR – Many urban Malaysians prefer to err on the side of caution by covering their faces, despite the Health Ministry’s recent move to relax its mask mandate. After visiting several crowded areas, The Vibes found that most members of the public were still donning their face masks, especially…
GEORGE TOWN – Consumers in Penang are urged to use water sparingly and get habituated to conserving it as the recurrence of heavy floods at Baling in neighbouring Kedah threatens to disrupt the raw water supply through the Sg Muda river that flows between both states. In a statement, the…
PETALING JAYA: A Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) leader says menteris besar and chief ministers are being given vast powers on land matters in their states, and such powers are detrimental in keeping Malaysia’s food security intact as farmlands are being cleared. PSM central committee member Rani Rasiah said these chief…
LONDON: As world leaders paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth on her death aged 96 yesterday, ordinary people in Britain and around the globe paid their own respects to a woman who had been the face of her nation for more than 70 years. On a rainy London night, thousands gathered…
GEORGE TOWN: An activist thinks Kedah will oppose the proposal for a regional water authority for the three northern states. Penang Water Watch president Ngai Weng Chan said this is because it would require Kedah to relinquish its rights over the Ulu Muda basin, a water catchment for the state…
LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died today. She was 96. Buckingham Palace announced her death in a short statement, triggering 10 days of national mourning and an outpouring of tributes to her…
LONDON: Doctors are concerned about the health of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and have recommended the 96-year-old remains under medical supervision, Buckingham Palace said today, with immediate family travelling to be by her side. The queen, Britain’s longest reigning sovereign and the world’s oldest monarch, has been suffering from what Buckingham…
PETALING JAYA: A rights group has called on Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to publicly pledge to abolish the mandatory death penalty before Parliament is dissolved. Charles Hector of Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture said many were concerned that the announcement by a minister recently that the mandatory death…
PETALING JAYA: A Selangor PKR leader called on Muda to back Anwar Ibrahim as Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) sole candidate for prime minister in the 15th general election if the latter wants to join the opposition coalition. Selangor PKR information chief Halimey Abu Bakar said Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s party…
PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional (PN) said that unofficial talks between PAS and Umno went nowhere following the latter’s decision not to work together with PAS for GE15. Its chairman Muhyiddin Yassin also said these unofficial talks did not involve any top leaders from both parties. “PAS also reiterated its stance…