PETALING JAYA, March 5 – Highway concessionaire, Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (PLUS), will open a contraflow lane and close certain lanes on the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) in stages to facilitate road repair work, starting Monday. In a statement here yesterday, PLUS said the road repair work would be implemented
KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s move in forging a collaborative alliance with UMNO’s sworn enemies to topple Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will not work. Instead, Barisan Nasional Strategic Communication director Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the move would only strengthen Najib’s position as prime minister
HONG KONG, Mar 4 – The blue-violet tanzanite gemstone embodies a romantic and mysterious charm that is captivating global consumers. At present, the Chinese mainland and the United States are the world’s largest markets for the gem, which is only found in Tanzania. Tanzanite was the focus of a seminar
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Datuk Hasan Arifin said the people should not worry and should have confidence in the recommendations and summary of the Public Accounts Committee on the 1MDB Governance Management Control to be tabled in Parliament soon. This was because it was
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – The next-of-kin of 12 MH370 passengers from Malaysia, Russia, China and Ukraine today filed a negligence suit against Malaysia Airlines System Berhad (MAS), claiming damages over the loss of family members on a flight to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Two Ukrainians, Tetiana Yevhenivna Chustrak
JASIN, March 4 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be treated professionally by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) if he wants to file a complain on his suspension as UMNO deputy president, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid, who is also Home Minister, said ROS
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir must follow the democratic process of the country and await the next general election, in line with Malaysia’ laws and Federal Constitution, if he wants to change the government and prime minister, said a government spokesperson. The spokesperson said
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – Former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, ex-deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the opposition leaders had been signed a declaration seeking the removal of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as Prime Minister and to institute reforms. Below is the list of demands contained in what is described as
PETALING JAYA, March 4 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the opposition leaders had been signed a declaration seeking the removal of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as Prime Minister. He said these people who attending today have shown their commitment which signing the form of a a declaration seeking the
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – After being delayed several times, the auditor-general’s final report on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) investigation has been finally tabled to the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today. However, most of the media has been barred from covering the tabling of the Auditor-General’s final audit report on 1MDB before the Public
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – Malaysia have qualified for the finals of the Thomas and Uber Cups which will be held simultaneously in Kunshan, China from May 15-22. Although both the men and women’s squads failed to qualify for the two finals on merit at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 – The decision of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to impose a ban on The Malaysian Insider from Feb 25 for violating the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 was made following careful and due consideration on the impact of such a ban on freedom of
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
