KUANTAN, May 16 – Barisan Nasional (BN) does not take the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections lightly even though the opposition parties are scuffling to field their candidates to contest for the parliamentary seats. UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said BN would put its machinery to best use to
KUALA KANGSAR, May 16 – Every candidate selected to stand for election is vetted as soon as the candidate’s name is submitted by a political party to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Datuk Mustafar Ali said it was a normal process to vet candidates which had
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 – The DAP’s parliamentary leader, Lim Kit Siang, who is also Gelang Patah MP, was back in the Dewan Rakyat here today 9:50am this morning after serving a six-month suspension for making disparaging remarks against the Speaker, Pandikar Amin Mulia. He said he had used the past six months to tour
KUNSHAN, May 16 – Malaysia strolled past England 4-1 in the Thomas Cup Group C match held at the Kunshan Sports Centre, here Sunday. World number two, Datuk Lee Chong Wei took only 34 minutes to give Malaysia the first point after disposing Toby Penty 21-15, 21-11 in straight sets. He said
KUALA KANGSAR, May 16 – UMNO Youth has submitted a list of names of young candidates to contest in the Kuala Kangsar by-election on June 18. Its deputy head Khairul Azwan Harun said the list was presented to the movement’s head Khairy Jamaluddin to be submitted to the party’s top leadership. “Each
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 – AirAsia X Bhd and Thai AirAsia X on Saturday announced Tehran as their latest destination in the group’s route network, connecting both Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok directly to the Iranian capital. Direct flights to Tehran from Kuala Lumpur (klia2) and Bangkok (Don Mueang International Airport) will be
GEORGE TOWN, May 15 – Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah had offcially launched a new commercial center, Mmall 020 at Penang Times Square here today. Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah was arrival at about 11am and was welcomed by the chairman of Mmall O2O Datuk Teow Wooi Huat. Teow in his
PETALING JAYA, May 15 – Bersih 2.0 chairman Maria Chin Abdullah has been barred from leaving the country on Sunday night. She was stopped by airport officials when she tried to board a flight to South Korea this evening. Maria was at KL International Airport for her flight to South Korea
LONDON, May 15 – Manchester United’s final-day match against Bournemouth has been called off because of a suspect package. Two stands – the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End – were evacuated before the home game against Bournemouth and sniffer dogs brought in to search the stands. Kick-off, due at
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 – The government plans to set up a Youth Entrepreneurs Fund with an allocation of RM500 to help the group in entrepreneurship. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the fund would be handled by the Youth and Sports Ministry. “The setting up of
RAWANG, May 15 – Two men, including one with a criminal record of theft and causing hurt with a weapon, were killed in a shootout with police, in Jalan Lagong, here, early this morning. Selangor CID chief Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said in the 3am incident, an anti-crime patrol team spotted
PETALING JAYA, May 15 – Only 22 per cent of the 6.7 million Employees Provident Fund (EPF) active contributors aged 54 years have sufficient savings of RM196,800 or more to sustain themselves during retirement. EPF Head of Strategy Management Department Balqais Yusoff said the other 78 per cent of the contributors,
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 – The health ministry has been in constant contact with its Singapore counterpart to exchange latest developments on the Zika virus to take preventive measures. Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the government had zoomed in on one ‘import’ case of the virus which was
KOTA KINABALU, May 15 – The Kaamatan Festival as an original heritage of Sabah must be defended and capitalised to boost the tourism sector in the state, said the Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. He said in this regard, he hoped the Kota Kinabalu City Hall would
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 – The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is more than 90 per cent certain that the two pieces of debris found in South Africa and Mauritius, respectively, are from the vanished of the Malaysia Airlines MH370, says DCA director-general Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. He said the
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 – The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has received adequate information and explanation on Rayani Air’s flight suspension which led to the suspension of the airline’s air service licence on April 11. DCA director-general Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said the department would proceed with the investigation
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 – Teluk Datuk DAP state assemblyman Loh Chee Heng’s party membership has been terminated with immediate effect. In a statement here, DAP national chairman Tan Kok Wai said the party’s disciplinary committee held a hearing Saturday, in connection with allegations that the assemblyman had misused funds allocated
GEORGE TOWN, May 14 – DAP is not interested to contest in Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar parliamentary by-elections next month, said party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today. He said, for the moment, this is the decision from DAP. He said the decision whether Pakatan Harapan will contest in the coming by-elections will only be made together with the
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 – The Cabinet will be reshuffled shortly following the resignation of Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas as Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister and the death of his deputy Datuk Noriah Kasnon, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. “The Cabinet reshuffle to meet current needs
SEPANG, May 14 – Malaysia is lucky as once again it became the only ASEAN country to welcome the arrival of the world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, here, Saturday. The Ukrainian-designed cargo plane touched down at KL International Airport (KLIA) at 8.30am from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad,
