KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – Nine major highway concessionaires in Klang Valley been announced on Monday that toll rates along their routes would be increased between 10 sen and RM3 start from Thursday. The new rates affect the Kuala Lumpur-Karak (KLK) expressway, Maju Expressway (MEX), Kajang Highway-SILK, Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE),
TAWAU, Oct 14 – UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, who is Defence Minister praised Sabah UMNO for its stable and solid condition, despite being the “youngest”. He said the solidarity in Sabah UMNO should be maintained and strengthened for the sake of the future generation. “We have to ensure UMNO
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 – Seven major roads in the city will be closed to traffic from 6.30am to 9am on Wednesday for the national-level Ma’al Hijrah procession, according to the police. Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Legal staff officer DSP S. Markandan said Monday the roads which involved in closure are
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 – The stocks of highway concessionaires on Bursa Malaysia posted a mixed reaction to the new toll rates announced on Monday. The new rates are effective Oct 15 and a dealer said the full impact had yet to be felt by the stocks concerned. The main turnkey contractor
THE HAGUE, Oct 13 – The Dutch Safety Board confirmed that Malaysia Airlines MH17 was shot down by a Russian Buk missile fired from surface to air system over eastern Ukraine last year. They said at a presentation today that the plane should never have been flying there as Ukraine should
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 13 – Umno deputy prsident Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin hopes the 1Malaysia Development Bhd issue can be resolved within six months as promised by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The former deputy prime minister, who was dropped from the cabinet in July, said he did not want to
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said Malaysia expects to receive a report on Monday on the investigation into a claim that wreckage of a plane that could be the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 had been found on an island in the southern
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 – The Home Ministry failed in its bid to stay a High Court order that lifted the printing suspension of The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily from resuming publication, pending the outcome of its appeal. High Court judge Datuk Asmabi Mohamad disallowed the application
MALACCA, Oct 13 – A group of pirates using homemade bombs to exploded damaging the ATM kiosk of a bank in Ayer Keroh here this early morning. The three masked men in a luxury car were earlier seen placing two homemade devices at the ATM kiosk at about 2:05am on Tuesday. However, only
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 13 – The Penang state government has decided to increase the household income ceiling for applicants of affordable housing in the state to enable more people to apply for a bank loan to purchase a house. State Town and Country Planning and Housing Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 13 – DAP Air Itam state assemblyman Wong Hon Wai hold a press conference today at Jalan Thean Teik on Monday morning said they will upgrading the road and drain to solve the flash flood at Jalan Thean Teik which in front the road of Sunshine Farlim Shopping Mall. He
PADANG TERAP, Oct 13 – The Education Ministry Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid hopes that the government will prioritise allocation for the Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) under the 2016 Budget to be tabled soon. He said the ministry was now upgrading vocational colleges and as such to hoped that the government
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – The Transport Ministry Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has directed to the Department of Civil Aviation to investigate a claim that wreckage of a plane which could be MH370 had been found at an island in the southern of Philippines. Liow said the investigation would also involve the
KLANG, Oct 12 – About 15 per cent of Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) customers in the Central Region namely Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya, as well as Labuan paid their sewerage bills this year. IWK central region manager Ir. Mohd Taufik Salleh said the remaining 85 per cent have
JAKARTA, Oct 12 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived Indonesia on Sunday for a two-day working visit. Najib, accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, arrived at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport here at 12.30 pm local time, and was greeted by Indonesian Minister of Industry Saleh Husin, Malaysia’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – Malaysia strongly condemned the acts of violence in the bomb attacks in Ankara, Turkey during a peaceful rally Friday. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said in his official Facebook account on Saturday that he was saddened by the loss of lives in the incident,
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 12 – Two Chinese men who produce harsh words and obstructing enforcement of the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) pleaded guilty in Georgetown Magistrate’s Court today. The defendant, Bok Kwan Shen, 25, and his friend Leong Wai Loon, 19, pleaded guilty in the month ahead Magistrate Syed Shaifah
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told a press conference today at Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana, Putrajaya here today that the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) should be used for terrorists. He said that the SOSMA is for terrorists with now it is scaring the people. The press
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 12 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said in the statement on Sunday that the State Government will not reduce the RM1.75 million allocation to Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) or Islamic religious schools. Lim said this game was slander against him based on racism and extremism with religious issues is now
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – Former Batu Kawan Umno deputy division chief Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer Matthias Chang were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday. They was been charged with the attempting to commit the sabotage against the banking and financial services in Malaysia. They allegedly was
