PETALING JAYA: DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng has called on the police to provide an update on their investigation into a claim linked to a “troll farm”, a network of fake social media accounts and pages that tried to boost support for the government and run down the opposition. Earlier…
PUTRAJAYA: Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat is heading a five-member Federal Court bench which has begun hearing Najib Razak’s application to include fresh evidence in his SRC International corruption appeal. Also on the bench are Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim as well as apex…
PETALING JAYA: Renewable energy (RE) proponents want the government to step on the pedal, but conditions show that speeding up adoption is easier said than done. For a start, several hurdles, such as costs, viability and the lack of state support, have to be overcome. There are good reasons to…
PETALING JAYA: In 2011, a French woman, Stephanie Foray, travelled to explore Asia, visiting India and Sri Lanka, with Malaysia next on her itinerary. The 30-year-old former French civil servant arrived in Melaka in May. After a couple of days, she went to Pulau Tioman, off the east coast. There…
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Mohd Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz speaking during question and answer session in Parliament August 11, 2022. — Bernama pic Saturday, 13 Aug 2022 11:55 PM MYT KUALA SELANGOR, Aug 13 — The implementation of ‘Undi18’, or voting rights for 18-year-olds is seen as a platform…
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) bertekad untuk terus memperbaiki kedudukan penarafan bintang dalam Penilaian Penyelidikan Malaysia (MyRA) yang dijalankan oleh Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT). Terbaru, Pusat Pengurusan Penyelidikan UMS telah mengadakan sesi dialog awam MyRA bertajuk ‘6 Stars, The Quality of Being Wise’ oleh Timbalan Naib Canselor (Penyelidikan dan…
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia and China should capitalise on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor along with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to strengthen existing trade and investment ties, said the International Trade and Industry Ministry. Deputy Trade Minister Datuk Lim Ban Hong said China is welcome to leverage…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has set Oct 25 to hear Najib Razak’s appeal to obtain banking documents related to US investment bank Goldman Sachs and former Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s family. The date was fixed following case management held before Court of Appeal deputy registrar Khairi Haron…
PETALING JAYA: A single mother has been fined RM8,000 after pleading guilty in the Kuala Lumpur sessions court to insulting Islam. Hong Jia Ming, 34, made her plea after the charge was read out to her by an interpreter before judge Nor Hasniah Ab Razak, Harian Metro reported. She will…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s economy has grown by 8.9% in the second quarter of 2022, following its 5% growth in the first quarter of the year, says Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). The central bank said economic growth was “particularly robust” in April and May, thanks to strengthened domestic demand, the steady…
KOTA KINABALU: Pelbagai pihak terus menyemarakkan Sambutan Bulan Kebangsaan dengan beraneka aktiviti termasuklah mengibarkan bendera Jalur Gemilang dan bendera Sabah. Di UMS, ia dimeriahkan dengan pemasangan bendera kemegahan negara dan kebanggaan Bumi Di Bawah Bayu di sekitar jalan-jalan utama seperti Jalan Perdana Puncak Ilmu, Jalan Samudera dan Jalan Canselor. Malah,…
BUTTERWORTH – DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng has accused the federal government of spinning the data on living costs by making claims that Malaysia’s inflation rate is the lowest among the Asean countries. “I think it is with regret that our government intends to portray a false narrative about Malaysia…
PETALING JAYA: The government is hoping to table the political funding bill in the Dewan Rakyat in October, says law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. According to a report by The Star, Wan Junaidi said the bill was “in the pipeline” with Putrajaya working on tabling the proposed law in…
KOTA KINABALU: Kumpulan Summer Joy Team dari Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) meraih wang tunai RM3,000 menerusi dua kategori pada Program Keusahawanan Impact Digital Entrepreneurship Apprentice @ Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi ([email protected]), di Kuala Lumpur, baru-baru ini. Kumpulan itu yang dianggotai tiga pelajar Fakulti Perniagaan, Ekonomi dan Perakaunan (FPEP) dinobatkan sebagai pemenang…
KOTA KINABALU – Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan (FSSK) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) telah menganjurkan Seminar Eksplorasi Pengetahuan dan Tingkah Laku (SEPT-COVID19) 2022, hari ini. Seminar tersebut bertujuan membincangkan dapatan kajian dan rbumusan tentang perspektif dan tingkah laku masyarakat terhadap kehidupan semasa pandemik COVID-19. Menurut Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Institute…
KUALA LUMPUR – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has welcomed the cabinet’s plan to heed its key recommendations to declassify reports related to the government’s procurement of six littoral combat ships (LCS). However, PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh warned the government against redacting key information, similar to what it did with…
KOTA KINABALU – The scheduled bus services in Kota Kinabalu and nearby districts will be managed by a single company under the Stage Bus Transformation Programme (SBST) that will be implemented soon, Sabah Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) chairman Datuk Chin Kim Hiung said. However, he made no mention of the…
PUTRAJAYA – The Health Ministry will take enforcement actions against illegal dental practitioners under the Dental Act 2018 (Act 804), said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the ministry viewed each complaint received by the ministry’s Dental Health Programme seriously, adding that the complaints will be…
KOTA KINABALU – The potential enactment of the anti-party hopping law in Sabah seems to be all set as all political camps in the state call for the law to be passed. However, the question remains whether the Sabah government will call for an emergency sitting or wait until the…
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), its subsidiary Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd and Capital A Bhd, the holding company of AirAsia Aviation Group Ltd, have announced the discontinuance of legal proceedings between all parties. MAHB managing director Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said there are no longer any…