KUALA LUMPUR – The government sees no need for the country to declare a climate emergency to counter global warming, and believes existing initiatives being taken are already sufficient. Environment and Water Minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, however, said Putrajaya will closely monitor all existing mitigation programmes and…
PUTRAJAYA – A new concept based on the Malay and Islamic agenda led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be established. At a solat hajat and doa selamat prayer ceremony here last night, Dr Mahathir, who is also Pejuang chairman, hinted at the establishment of the idea in an effort…
KUALA LUMPUR – The Immigration Department has been instructed to conduct an investigation into allegations that an immigration officer was publicly admonished by a senior government official at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. Hamzah said he had called Immigration Department Director-General Datuk…
KUALA LUMPUR – The issue of conservation of Tasik Chini in Pahang, and the crime of personal data breaches will be among the focus on the last day of the Second Meeting of the Fifth Term of the 14th Parliament, today. According to the Order Paper published on the Parliament…
PETALING JAYA: The immigration department has received 267 new applications for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme since it resumed, says home minister Hamzah Zainudin. In a written parliamentary reply, Hamzah also said 1,461 people had applied to withdraw from the programme from September 2021 until June this year.…
KUALA LUMPUR: The defence ministry and Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) had ignored the navy’s views on the littoral combat ship (LCS) project, says Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). At a press conference, PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh said the initial Sigma model ships chosen by the navy were…
KUALA LUMPUR: The communications and multimedia ministry will be distributing 350,000 Samsung devices under the PerantiSiswa programme starting this month. Responding to Lukanisman Awang Sauni (GPS-Sibuti) in the Dewan Rakyat, its minister, Annuar Musa, said Samsung was chosen as the provider after winning the contract through an open tender that…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP MP has backed an MIC leader’s call for an explanation on how an alleged bankrupt politician was appointed a member of Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s excise licensing board. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng praised MIC for pushing for answers over the matter, despite how it allegedly…
PETALING JAYA: In a move to save money, the health ministry is considering renting more medical equipment to replace old ones rather than procuring new equipment. Its minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, said the ministry first implemented this method to replace old medical equipment in 2020, with RM19.6 million spent to rent…
PETALING JAYA: Five years after Putrajaya approved a bridge project in Bau, Sarawak, under the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP), its MP is still waiting for construction to begin. Rural development minister Mahdzir Khalid said the Selampit bridge was approved in the second rolling plan of the 11MP in 2017, with…
PETALING JAYA: With many worried over a violation of constitutional rights in the Generational End Game (GEG) bill that aims to curb smoking among the young, constitutional law expert Shad Saleem Faruqi has sought to explain why this is not a case for concern. He said the “personal liberty” stated…
PETALING JAYA: A political analyst and an Umno Supreme Council member have refuted rumours about a coup to take down the Melaka government in the wake of a long-standing rift between chief minister Sulaiman Md Ali and state Umno chief Ab Rauf Yusoh. James Chin of the University of Tasmania…
PETALING JAYA: The public service department (JPA) has dismissed reports that its director-general, Shafiq Abdullah, had verbally abused an immigration officer as baseless and malicious claims aimed at tarnishing his image. JPA said Shafiq had rightly reprimanded the immigration officer, James Lee, over non-compliance with procedures after he failed to…
PETALING JAYA: The country’s largest workers’ group has urged the government to allow contributors to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to decide on the rate they want to pay until the end of the year. This comes in the wake of the announcement that the retirement fund had reverted the…
PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court’s decision last Friday not to allow Najib Razak’s newly constituted legal team more time to prepare for his case has surprised some observers, with questions being raised as to whether the court is being unduly harsh on the former prime minister. On July 26, law…
KUALA LUMPUR: Home minister Hamzah Zainudin has responded to the country’s Tier 3 standing in the latest Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report, stating that there are “different laws and practices” in the US and Malaysia. Hamzah said the tier-based assessment used by the US State Department in its annual TIP…
KOTA BHARU: The sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, has proclaimed his wife, Che Puan Nur Diana Petra Abdullah, as the sultanah of Kelantan effective today. The proclamation of Sultanah Nur Diana Petra Abdullah was read out by menteri besar Ahmad Yakob at Istana Balai Besar here today. Also present…
PETALING JAYA: The debts sustained by 1MDB, SRC International Sdn Bhd and Suria Strategic Energy Resources Sdn Bhd (SSER) generally have no direct effect on Putrajaya’s own debts, said finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. In a written parliamentary reply, Tengku Zafrul said the federal government’s debt stood at RM1.045 trillion,…
KUALA LUMPUR: Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil wants the government to regulate motorcycle e-hailing services, saying it can help ease traffic congestion and improve mobility among city dwellers. Calling on the relevant ministries to review motorcycle e-hailing services, he said such services could also help those who commute short distances.…
PETALING JAYA: It will be difficult for Malay-Muslim parties to avoid three-cornered fights come election time, says former PAS leader Khairuddin Aman Razali. Nonetheless, the former minister said these parties should continue building some form of togetherness in the name of Muslim unity, while contentions in the political arena should…