KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak said freedom of speech and the expressing of one’s opinions must be treated as a privilege rather than an absolute right. He said if the privilege has abused, can sometimes be withdrawn. He said this in his latest posting on
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin who was suspended from his number two position in the party vowed that he will continue to speak although he may faced sacked from UMNO. He said he was not afraid of the party secretary-general’s warning that he could be sacked if he continued to undermine UMNO and
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 – The process of identifying whether the aircraft debris found in Mozambique belongs to missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 will take some time because it involves a number of procedures, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said that as to how long
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 – The High Court here will decide on April 18 whether Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) could be an intervenor in a judicial review application filed by 39 owners of business premises at the Ampang Park shopping mall. The owners of the business
GEORGE TOWN, March 3 – About 20 protesters from Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) and residence from Taman Siara 81 had hold a peaceful demonstration to urged City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) to seriously consider the objections raised by residents of Taman Siara 81 and neighbouring landowners on a proposed high density development on Lots
HONG KONG, Mar 3 – The 33rd HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show opened today and runs through 7 March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). With more than 2,500 exhibitors from 41 countries and regions, the five-day show features a wide range of finished fine jewellery.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today conveyed his congratulations to the candidates who obtained excellent results in the 2015 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. “Congratulations #SPM2015 students. Those of you who have achieved excellent results and those of you who have
PUTRAJAYA, March 3 – The Court of Appeal here Thursday granted leave to the Penang Government to commence a judicial review to challenge the Home Ministry’s order in declaring the Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) as an illegal organisation. A three-man-bench led by Justice Datuk Lim Yee Lan allowed the state government’s
PUTRAJAYA, March 3 – A total of 9,721 candidates obtained excellent results (Grade A+, A, A-) in all subjects in the 2015 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, but the number fell by 0.25 per cent from 11,289 candidates in 2014. Education director-general Datuk Seri Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof said the index
SINGAPORE, March 3 – Ah Boys to Men actor Noah Yap, 22, was convicted on Wednesday of drug consumption and jailed nine months in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) detention barracks. In response to media queries, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said on Thursday (March 3) that the subordinate military court
SHAH ALAM, March 3 – Ex- Umno Supreme Council and now PKR secretary Saifuddin Abdullah said after an Asset Declaration forum here today that the suspended Umno Deputy President Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Former Deputy Prime Minister, can’t save the ‘dying’ UMNO. Saifuddin explained that internal reforms was almost
CANBERRA, March 3 – The airplane debris found in the African country of Mozambique would be transferred to Australia for examination, China’s Xinhua news agency reported Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester as saying on Thursday. Chester confirmed in a statement that the debris is a piece of
SINGAPORE, Mar 3 – 136 entries have made it as finalists and will be contending for metals at the Asia Pacific Effie Awards 2016. Each of these finalists have been through two rounds of rigorous judging by an expert jury comprising 130 senior level advertising and marketing professionals from agencies and
GEORGE TOWN, March 3 – Penang Gerakan urged Penang State Government to reveal full plan of Gurney Wharf which planned reclamation project at the Gurney Drive seafront. The party’s state youth chief Hng Chee Wey noted that the overall Phase 2A of Sri Tanjong Pinang at the shore of Gurney Drive land reclamation
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 – A moderate earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale struck Southwest of Sumatra this morning, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department. In a statement Thursday, the department said the quake with its epicenter at 629 km southwest of Siberut, Indonesia, 1,140 km southwest of Port Dickson,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 – Most states recorded good results in the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) 2015 examination announced today, with some recording full pass percentages of one to five subjects surpassing the national percentage. In KOTA BAHARU, the overall full pass percentage of candidates for Kelantan was 98.26
PUTRAJAYA, March 2 – The Education Ministry is awaiting a full report from the hospital on the case of pupils of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Ladang Nigel Gardner, Hulu Selangor who ate a breakfast of fried noodles believed to be tainted with glass shards. Its minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is confident that former UMNO deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will continue to be with the party despite being suspended of his post. He said based on the spirit of Muhyiddin for the party when he
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 – The Social Security Organisation (Socso) is targeting 50,000 employers to register their staff this year, says chief executive officer Datuk Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed. He said: “If in 2014, we recorded 41,847 employers who registered their staff with Socso and in 2015, there were 49,751,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 – Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) today denied that it was conducting a second-stage water rationing plan for the Klang Valley, as spread on WhatsApp recently. Its corporate communications chief Amin Abdullah said the information which was spread referred to the water rationing plan in
