PUTRAJAYA, Oct 1 – Those who are registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) but have not paid their 2015 tax arrears have until Oct 31 this year to settle them to avoid a fine of up to RM20,000. Royal Malaysia Customs Department (JKDM) Director-General Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad said GST-registered
HOBOKEN, Sept 30 – A speeding commuter train that plowed into a New Jersey station during morning rush hour Thursday, killing one person and injuring 114, has caused major destruction at the transport hub and gateway to Manhattan. The train entered the Hoboken station “at a high rate of speed” and “crashed
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 – The ringgit closed lower against the US dollar today in line with falling oil prices amid market scepticism over the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) agreement to cut oil output. At 6pm, the ringgit was quoted at 4.1320/1390 against the greenback from 4.1220/1270 yesterday. A
BANGKOK, Sept 30 – Thai health authorities said Friday that microcephaly in two babies was caused by the Zika virus, in what is believed to be Southeast Asia’s first confirmed case of a link between the sickness and the birth defect. Health Ministry official Wicharn Pawan said two of the three infants
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 30 – The Penang High Court judge Hadhariah Syed Ismail has set December 6 for the case management of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng two corruption charges after incomplete documents prevented the start today, said his lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo. He said the Attorney-General (AG) was sending them
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 – Bursa Malaysia, which was spooked by a bomb scare today, saw lower trading almost across the board on selling pressure, a dealer said. At 5pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) declined 17.09 points to end at 1,652.55, versus Thursday’s 1,669.64. After opening 2.41 points
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 – The new retail price for petrol RON95 and RON97 for October will increased by 10 sen per litre, while diesel will increased by 5 sen which will effective at midnight tonight. The new price after Goods and Services Tax (GST), the retail price of RON95, RON97, and diesel for the month of October 2016 is as follows: RON95
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 29 – Malaysia remains single-minded in its pursuit to prosecute those who are responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 through appropriate effective prosecution mechanism, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said the interim report released by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for MH17,
Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to appear at the Utah Tech Tour this Friday, September 30th. Senator Orrin Hatch will host a special question and answer session with the Apple executive at the event, which will take place at the Grand America in Salt Lake City. Cook will likely
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 29 – A motorcycle spare-part distributor was charged in the Sessions Court here today with nine counts of failing to submit its Goods and Services Tax (GST) statements to the Royal Customs Department. The company, Razortech Enterprise Sdn Bhd, represented by its directors – Teoh Chin Ching, 65, Teoh
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 29 – Several areas in the state experienced flash floods to about knee-high after three hours of continuous rain early yesterday. Among the affected areas were Jalan P.Ramlee and Jalan Perak on the island, as well as Permatang Rawa in Seberang Perai on the mainland, due to river overflow.
The systems underlying our elections process are more important than ever this year, and the bad guys know it too. FBI director James Comey said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing today that “bad actors have been poking around” voter registration systems lately. “This is very different than the vote system in the
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 – National oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Nasional Bhd (Petronas) will look at the conditions that come with the approval of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant project in northern British Columbia by the Canadian government. Petronas president and group CEO Datuk Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin
Finally, finally, Twitter has rolled out a version of its storytelling feature called Moments that it should have released at launch. Today, the company says that it’s opening up the Moments platform so anyone can create their own stories using tweets and photos uploaded to the service. We already knew this day
RICHMOND, Sept 29 – The Canadian government has approved a proposed C$36 billion (RM112.6 billion) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern British Columbia led by Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas). The green light for the Pacific NorthWest LNG project in northern British Columbia comes after a three-year wait for Petronas and
Apple is planning to consolidate its various London offices into a single campus, come 2021. The Evening Standard broke the news today that Apple’s future home in the U.K. capital will be inside the Battersea Power Station redevelopment zone — a site that has played host to many a press launch in recent years, given the spectacular backdrop
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 28 – A motorcycle spare parts distributor was charged in the Sessions Court here today with eight counts of failing to submit Goods and Services Tax (GST) statements to the Royal Customs Department. The company, Faito Racing Trend Sdn Bhd, represented by its directors, Teoh Chin Ching, 65, and
TOKYO, Sept 28 – Fujitsu today announced that it has set up an environment at the FUJITSU Digital Transformation Center (DTC), a co-creative workshop space for digital transformation in Minato-ku, Tokyo, for testing IoT systems that combine IoT-related products and services from Fujitsu and its partner companies. Starting today, customers
RALEIGH, Sept 28 – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled to break out of deadlocked polls Tuesday after clashing in their first televised debate, lashing each other with insults on the campaign trail in critical states. An exuberant Clinton came out swinging, condemning her Republican rival as “dangerously incoherent” with an energy
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 28 – Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Pahang state government and the Department of Environment to take immediate action to address the pollution of Nyior River in Balok near Kuantan. Its president S.M. Mohamed Idris said the pollution that has persisted for some time now has not only
