KUALA NERANG, Apr 15 – Schools used as polling centres for the 14th general election are allowed to take replacement holiday on the day prior to polling day, said Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid. This, he said, was based on a circular, ” Surat Pekeliling Ikhtisas (SPI) Bilangan 2 1995: Persediaan
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 15 – Barisan Nasional (BN) is expected to announce its list of candidates for the 14th General Election (GE14) seven or 10 days before the nomination day on April 28, according to its secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. However, he said BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak
PADANG TERAP, Apr 14 – The Barisan Nasional (BN) government has given an assurance that the prices of five essential items will not be increased as long as the coalition helms the country’s administration. Caretaker Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the items were rice, flour, cooking
KLUANG, Apr 14 – Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein described the purported cooperation between Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as mere rhetoric and something that is not likely to happen. He said if the cooperation was real, it should have been in place a long
BANGKOK, Apr 14 – The police have derailed an attempt to smuggle 125kg of ‘ice’ (crystal methamphetamine) into Malaysia via Sungai Golok which separates the border between Kelantan and southern Thailand. A police team manning a security checkpoint in Kreeyor-Kholohtuvor Road near the Thai side of the narrow river seized the
KOTA BELUD, Apr 14 – The government, in collaboration with telecommunication companies, has been actively implementing various telecommunications infrastructure development initiatives to ensure 95% broadband coverage in the country by 2020. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak said even satellite technology, such as the Very Small Aperture
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 14 – Medical officers from five hospitals under the Health Ministry have made a breakthrough in producing a cure for Hepatitis C. The success of a study carried out by medical officers from Alor Star Hospital, Selayang Hospital, Ampang Hospital, Kuantan Hospital and Sungai Buloh Hospital was announced
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 13 – The opposition should stop politicising the issue of Kampung Baru purely to win the support of the residents in the area in the run up to the 14th General Election (GE14). Titiwangsa caretaker Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said such a move was
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 13 – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today Pakatan Harapan (PH) will abolish the first Penang Bridge toll charges if they wins power in capturing Putrajaya in the 14th general election. In a Facebook post, caretaker Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said PH will abolish all toll
TEMERLOH, Apr 13 – After failing with PAS, DAP is now trying to ride on PKR to woo support from Malays in the 14th General Election (GE14), said MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. Liow said in their eagerness the bring down the government, DAP was “willing to sell its
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 13 – Umno has reminded all its members to refrain from sabotaging the party, supporting its adversaries or committing any other related offences in the run-up to the 14th General Election (GE14) on May 9. Its secretary-general, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, said all party members, including
KOTA BELUD, Apr 13 – Barisan Nasional (BN) is always committed to the preservation of religious freedom in this country, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. He said the commitment was in line with the Malaysian Agreement when Malaysia was being formed, which stated that religious freedom
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 13 – DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua Kiam Wee today failed to convince the court to reinstate his lawsuit against caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and the government for alleged misfeasance in the management of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds. The Court of Appeal comprising
MALACCA, Apr 13 – DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang (pix)remains mum about his plans on whether to stay put in Johor or go for broke elsewhere in the party’s bid for the 14th general election (GE14). “Wait for the announcement,” he told reporters after a talk organised by Malacca Pakatan Harapan
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 13 – Caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today gave assurance that if Barisan Nasional (BN) managed to wrest back the state in the 14th General Election (GE14), the next Chief Minister of Penang will be selected from among the leaders of a BN component party
KOTA TINGGI, Apr 13 – The enforcement of the Anti-Fake News Act gazetted on Wednesday is not a strategy for the government to win the 14th General Election (GE14), but instead a law to protect the people in general. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 12 – Runway 3 of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang will be closed for a month-long comprehensive runway maintenance works starting on May 11 this year. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said the runway would be closed until June 7 for
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 12 – Pos Malaysia Bhd has appointed Datuk Mohammad Zainal Shaari as chairman, effective April 13. In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, Pos Malaysia said Mohammad Zainal is currently the group managing director of Tradewinds (M) Bhd, a position he has held since June 2014. He was also previously, the
BALIK PULAU, Apr 12 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today launched 12 Health Ministry projects in Penang valued at RM1.64 billion. The 12 projects involved the construction of the specialist clinic block and the maternity ward of the Penang General Hospital (HPP); the construction of the women’s block and the
KOTA KINABALU, Apr 12 – The Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) is expected to launch the state manifesto by early next week, said its secretary Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan today. “There is a window that was given, but I don’t think it (the launch of the state manifesto) will be later than
