KOTA ISKANDAR, May 14 – The Immigration Department has issued 2,485 temporary work permits as well as 1,682 employment and professional visit passes to foreign workers of Chinese nationals working in four construction locations in Johor. State Unity and Human Resources Committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said the four locations, included Forest
KOTA ISKANDAR, May 14 – Six long term measures have been planned to upgrade the quality of education in Johor, including the capacity of teachers and school administrators for the 21st Millennium Learning (PAK21). Johor Environment, Health, Education and Information Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat (pix) said the state government wanted to
BANGKOK, May 14 – A gunfight between Thai security forces and a band of Golden Triangle drug smugglers left nine traffickers dead, a senior official said Sunday, the latest clash sparked by the booming regional trade in narcotics. Narongsak Osotthanakorn, governor of northern Chiang Rai province, said the firefight broke out on
LONDON, May 14 – International investigators hunted Saturday for those behind an unprecedented cyber-attack that affected systems in dozens of countries, including at banks, hospitals and government agencies, as security experts sought to contain the fallout. The assault, which began Friday and was being described as the biggest-ever cyber ransom attack,
NANJING, May 14 – A future where faecal transplants in China will cure conditions like autism, IBD, arthritis, Parkinson’s disease and even MS was presented by global Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) leader Professor Thomas Borody (MD, PhD) at the opening of the China Microbiota Transplantation Conference in Nanjing, in his
PUTRAJAYA, May 14 – A Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) project manager and a woman who were remanded for five days by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to facilitate investigations into alleged corruption, have been released today. Magistrate Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Ab Rahman allowed the duo aged 55 and 51, to be
BEAUFORT, May 14 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is confident Barisan Nasional (BN) is able to wrest the Pujut state constituency in Sarawak from the opposition if a by-election is held for the seat. He said if the BN managed to wrest the seat, it would increase
PUTRAJAYA, May 14 – The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) says no ransomware attacks have been reported in Malaysia as at 10am today amidst a massive global cyber-attack which hit nearly 100 countries. The commission in a statement today said MCMC is continuing to monitor the situation together with other enforcement
KATHMANDU, May 13 – Voting began in Nepal on Sunday in its first local elections in two decades, a landmark moment in the country’s fraught transition to democracy. Polls opened in three provinces at 7 am (9:15am Malaysia Time) with nearly 50,000 candidates vying for the position of mayor, deputy mayor, ward
SEOUL, May 13 – North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in an apparent test of the South’s new president who backs engagement with Pyongyang. The missile flew about 700km before landing in the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The US Pacific Command said it did
JOHOR BARU, May 13 – The Youth and Sports Ministry will leave it to the Foreign Ministry to decide whether the national football squad can leave for Pyongyang to play in a 2019 Asian Cup qualifier. North Korea is set to play host to Malaysia in the much anticipated match in Pyongyang
BEIJING, May 13 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, here today. Najib, on a five-day working visit to China, will also attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 14 and
BEIJING, May 13 – A senior North Korean diplomat said Saturday Pyongyang would be willing to hold talks with the United States if the conditions are right. Choe Son-Hui, head of the foreign ministry’s North America bureau, told reporters at Beijing’s international airport that her country “will hold dialogue under right conditions”
PUTRAJAYA, May 13 – Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman will make an official visit to Qatar from May 13 (today) to May 17 to further enhance the bilateral relations between Malaysian and Qatar. In a statement, Wisma Putra said the visit is on the invitation of Qatar’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh
GEORGE TOWN, May 13 – Sarawak DAP has been told to prepare for Pujut by-election after Dr Ting Tiong Choon was disqualified as a member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly yesterday. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said he was shocked by the decision of the Sarawak State Assembly to disqualify Dr
PUTRAJAYA, May 13 – The Barisan Nasional (BN) expects to see more split in the opposition coalition ahead of the upcoming 14th General Election (GE14). Its secretary-general, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the breaking up of PAS-PKR was expected as the parties could not get along. “They (opposition) formed the
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WASHINGTON, May 13 – Another self-inflicted crisis has left Donald Trump’s critics outraged and some of his Republican allies dismayed, but a bedrock of support for the billionaire US leader means the political endgame is far in the distance. A few weeks ago, only Trump’s most rabid opponents would have predicted an
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 – Issues relating to the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will continue to be manipulated by the opposition to garner votes in the next general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said. However, in reality, he said the opposition wouldn’t dare to abolish
BARCELONA, May 12 – Lewis Hamilton bounced back from his Sochi setback on Friday when he topped the times for Mercedes in opening practice for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The three-time world champion led the way ahead of his team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who claimed his maiden win in Russia two weeks
