RAWANG, April 2 – The Education Ministry will issue a circular prohibiting all teachers from uploading images or video clips of certain school incidents on social media, said Deputy Education Minister Datuk P. Kamalanathan. He said the circular would be released as soon as possible to prevent the occurrence of yet to
GEORGE TOWN, April 1 – Penang state government has submitted its proposal on the first line of the Bayan Lepas light rail transit (LRT) project the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) for approval. State Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the official application was
TOKYO, Apr 1 – Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is pleased to announce that international wheelchair rugby(1)player Tomoaki Imai, has joined the staff at its Tokyo headquarters. Imai started playing wheelchair rugby in 2009 and earned a place on Japan’s national team as a 1.0 class athlete in 2013. Imai was awarded the title Best
GEORGE TOWN, April 1 – Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, Teng Chang Yeow hold a press conference today at Gerakan Headquarter said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is trying to trick the public by dilly-dallying and not answering questions on the purchase of his bungalow which was extra-ordinarily cheap, and the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 – The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has denied claims on social media saying it was giving RM2,500 in aid to members every six months. EPF’s Corporate Affairs Department clarified that the RM2,500 was Death Benefit payment presented to dependents of the deceased as a gesture of compassion
BUTTERWORTH, April 1 – The Penang Regional Development Authority (Perda) today dismissed Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s claim that the agency sold its land in Tok Keramat, Seberang Perai Selatan (SPS), at below-market price. Its chairman, Datuk Shabudin Yahaya said Lim should look at the issue from various aspects and not
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 – Former Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Mohamed Amin Osman died at the age of 89 due to pneumonia at Prince Court Medical Centre today. He was admitted to the medical centre three days ago and died at 5.30 am today, said former IGP Tun
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 – A continuation of full lane closure on Cheras-Kajang Highway will be conducted for a month starting Friday (April 1) to facilitate pier painting works. MMC-Gamuda KVMRT (PDP) Sdn Bhd in a statement Thursday said the repair works at KM14.4 until KM14.8 would commence from 10pm to
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 – Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia on Thursday ruled that the issue of the RM2.6 billion political donation cannot be debated in Dewan Rakyat as it is sub judice. Pandikar Amin, in a note to Members of Parliament, said the decision was made after considering
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 1 – Penang Umno Youth lodged police report again over the issue of the business links between Penang Island City Council (MBPP), Tan Chiew Choon and Phang Li Koon, who sold her house to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at RM2.8 million. Penang Umno Youth deputy chief Jasmin Bin
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 1 – A businesswoman Phang Li Koon has arrived at the George Town District police headquarters this morning at 9:30am with a man, who believe is her lawyer. She was here to assist in the investigation over her statutory declaration (SD) over the sale of her bungalow in
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 March – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has resigned as chairman of Proton Holdings, along with several other government-linked posts, according to a media release on his blog. A letter of resignation was sent to Group Managing Director of DRB-HICOM Berhad, Mr Syed Faisal Albar on Wednesday
KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government allocated RM400 million to Kelantan last year, making it among the states to receive the highest amount. Najib who is also Finance Minister said the sum did not include allocation given to state agencies, compassionate funds
KAWASAKI, March 30 – Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. (collectively “Fujitsu Laboratories”) today announced the development of automatic test-generation technologies to limit excessive testing work and enhance efficiencies for agile development – an evolutionary approach to developing software which incrementally adds small-scale functions, and then one
KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 – The police have crippled two drug syndicates with the arrest of five African nationals and a local woman in two separate raids here and also in Selangor. The foreigners comprised the three Nigerian men and two Ugandan women. The police seized syabu weighing 14.13kg worth RM2.14 million
KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 – The Magistrate Court here Tuesday set April 15 to decide on the application filed by activists Adam Adli Abd Halim and Mohd Fariz Abd Talib to refer the constitutional issue of their street demonstration charge to the High Court. Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris set the
KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 – Individuals wishing to sell goods online must register with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) starting from next year. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said his ministry was in the process of drafting regulations involving all sales of items, including one-offs. “Even
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 – The so-called ‘Save Malaysia’ gathering on Sunday was anything but about saving Malaysia, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. He said that to save Malaysia, the Constitution should be protected instead of violated, like how they were proposing to oust the
PUTRAJAYA, March 29 – The Malaysian High Commission in Islamabad will continue to monitor the situation although no Malaysian casualty was reported in Pakistan’s east Lahore city suicide bomber attack on March 27. In a statement on Tuesday, Wisma Putra said the Malaysian Government strongly condemned the attack which had thus
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 – The police have detained five taxi drivers who took part in a protest against ride-hailing apps Uber and Grabcar in Jalan Bukit Bintang here Tuesday. Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zainol Samah said the taxi drivers, aged between 30 and 50, were nabbed for failing to
