KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 ― Gerakan president Datuk Mah Siew Keong confirmed today that Barisan Nasional (BN) member parties will soon release a joint statement declaring their position on hudud, following a report claiming that most of the pact’s partners are opposed to the Islamic penal code. In a press conference
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 – Business radio station BFM has taken down a video clip about the Kelantan hudud law after the host was threatened with death and rape over social media. The BFM Projek Dialog BFMKupas video clip uploaded yesterday drew at least 6,000 views and hundreds of comments about
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 – The right of free speech should not be used to legitimise seditious statements, says the nation’s top cop. National news agency Bernama quoted Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar as saying that despite the numerous police warnings on the matter some still persisted on
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 – A total 20 areas involving 65,796 homes in Klang and Shah Alam are expected to experience water disruption and low-pressure water flow because of a leaky pipe. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) in a statement said the disruption was due to a leakage involving a 1700mm
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 – Troubled 1Malaysia Development Bhd may call off the much bandied about and long-delayed initial public offering (IPO) of its energy assets and instead divest the entire portfolio of 16 power and desalination plants to tackle its hefty debt woes, the Business Times reported, citing unnamed
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 – The increased taxi and express bus fares is timely, however, the quality of services must improve for the comfort of the public. This is among the mixed reaction given by consumers, taxi, hired car and bus associations through a survey conducted by Bernama in Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 – Malaysia’s target of achieving high income status by 2020 with GDP per capita rising to about US$15,000 (RM55,695) is within reach, said the International Monetary Fund’s first deputy managing director David Lipton. During his keynote address at a dinner organised by Bank Negara Malaysia in conjunction
ZURICH, March 20 – FIFA’s executive committee began a two-day meeting on Thursday where they were expected to decide the dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, ending a saga that has lasted for more than four years. The committee is expected to ratify a recommendation from a FIFA task force
GEORGETOWN, March 19 – A very warm welcome everyone to the Launching of Penang World Music Festival 2015. The Penang World Music Festival (PWMF) 2015 will be returning on the 11th & 12th of April 2015. The festival had been organised by the Penang State Tourism since 2012. For the very
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 – The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has announced new rates for taxi and express bus fares. The base rate for both Klang Valley and Penang budget taxis remains unchanged at RM3. However, for Teksi1M the base rate goes up from RM3 to RM4. Distance fares for budget
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 ― The organisers of #KitaLawan rally today announced their plan to hold a week-long sit-in protest at Dataran Merdeka starting this Saturday to demand the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to step down. PKR’s Chang Lih Kang said that under IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, many politically-motivated
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 ― PAS cannot remain in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) after Kelantan passed the hudud amendment bill today as the Islamist party has “betrayed” the pact, DAP lawmaker Gobind Singh Deo said today. The DAP national legal bureau chairman said PAS Kelantan’s action was a deal breaker and that
GEORGE TOWN, MARCH 19 – A Penang DAP lawmaker has urged for all ties with PAS, starting from Penang to be severed at all levels as he claimed that PAS cannot be trusted any more following the party’s stand to implement syariah law or hudud. Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi urged the state government
GEORGETOWN, March 19 – The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBA) will implement a revised water tariff come Apr 1 to curb wastage. PBA chief executive officer Jaseni Maidinsa said the tariff review, announced last year, was needed to avoid a possible water rationing and to reduce excess consumption. This review is in line
PETALING JAYA, March 19 — The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be imposed not only for MEPS transactions but also for online banking and over-the-counter transactions. Association of Banks Malaysia (ABM) executive director Chua Mei Lin said GST would be payable in respect of a basic charge or fixed fee
KELANTAN, March 19 – Kelantan PAS says the numbers in Parliament are in its favour as it only needs a simple majority to get hudud implemented in the state by amending a law governing the scope of the Shariah courts, and not the Federal Constitution, deputy menteri besar Datuk Mohd
PETALING JAYA, March 19 – Without the presence of Datuk Lee Chong Wei who is still under temporary suspension, the 2015 Malaysian Open Badminton Championships may lose its lacklustre and excitement. Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Norza Zakaria said Chong Wei is a legend of the
SINGAPORE, March 19 – An enhanced programme to match professionals, managers and executives (PMEs) to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for training and jobs will aim to place over 3,000 PMEs by December 2017. Launched by Minister for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday, the P-Max programme builds on the previous Place-and-Train
TUNIS, March 19 – Gunmen stormed Tunisia’s national museum, killing 17 tourists of various nationalities and two Tunisians on Wednesday (Mar 18) in an attack that raised fears for the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The brazen daylight assault sparked panic at the nearby parliament and the National Bardo Museum itself,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 – Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s condition has deteriorated further, the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office said today. “He remains critically ill in the ICU,” it said in a one-paragraph statement. Yesterday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reported that the elder Lee’s condition had worsened due
