KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 – The usage of 1Malaysia Book Voucher (BB1M) to purchase items other than academic books, journals and magazines will be prohibited from Thursday. According to an Education Ministry statement Tuesday, the measure was taken after it received complaints on the misuse of BB1M to buy non-academic goods. “The
KAJANG, April 29 – Another individual believed to be involved in militant activities was detained in Kuala Lumpur this morning, raising the total number arrested to 10 individuals. Yesterday, nine people including a woman aged between 25 and 26, were arrested by the Counter Terrorism Division, Special Branch, Bukit Aman police,
BANTING, April 28 – The government will enact the National Aviation Policy to accelerate the aviation industry’s growth, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. He said the policy would recommend measures to be taken to enhance the aviation ecosystem and the industry’s service network, among them upgrading the existing
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Rembau division chairman Badrul Hisham Shaharin better known as Chegubard and two others were given discharge not amounting to acquittal ((DNAA) by the Sessions Court here Monday from a charge of organising an illegal rally on New Year’s Eve to protest
PUTRAJAYA, April 28 – Board members of the Malaysia-America Foundation paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak here Monday. The meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office lasted 45 minutes. Present at the meeting were the foundation’s co-chairs Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid for Malaysia and James Keith
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and US President Barack Obama today witnessed the signing of US$2 billion worth of commercial deals between Malaysian and American companies in the aviation, biotechnology and insurance sectors. Speaking at the event, Obama said the close trade and investment
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) is inviting interested parties in Sabah and Labuan Federal Territory to apply for the feed-in approval (FiA) for renewable energy quota allocated for the areas. This follows the recent opening of the Seda office in Kota Kinabalu to provide additional
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Barisan Nasional (BN), especially MCA, once again has to shoulder a heavy responsibility in wooing the Chinese to its side in the Bukit Gelugor by-election on May 25. Based on Penang BN’s electoral seat distribution, the Bukit Gelugor parliamentary constituency is allocated to MCA, and this
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today wishes a happy 80th anniversary to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). “The navy has served and sacrificed for the country for eight decades. Happy 80th anniversary to our navy servicemen,” he said in his Twitter account Sunday night. The
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – United States President Barack Obama said countries in Southeast Asia as well as America should embrace the can-do spirit of the ‘Malaysia Boleh’ mantra, which loosely translates as ‘Malaysia Can Do It’, in forging closer bonds for a brighter future. “I’ve have been only in Malaysia
CYBERJAYA, April 27 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and US President Barack Obama today officially launched the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC). The United States leader, who is on a three-day visit to Malaysia, stopped by in Cyberjaya to be briefed on MaGIC, which he said
PUTRAJAYA, April 27 – Malaysia and the United States have affirmed the importance of safeguarding maritime security and ensuring freedom of navigation and over flight throughout the region, including critical waterways in the South China Sea. This was contained in a joint statement issued following talks between Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Malaysia cannot flourish if the country’s religious and ethnic minorities are sidelined, President of the United States Barack said today. In his first official visit to the country, Obama said that prejudices against people from different religions and races have no place in the modern
PUTRAJAYA, April 27 – US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the United States was fully committed to providing more assets to assist in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. “I can tell you the United States is absolutely committed to providing
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Excitement is in the air at Universiti Malaya as participants and guests await the arrival of President Barack Obama on Sunday. Some 400 are here for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) townhall meeting, of which 103 are participants of the YSEALI workshop, representing 10
CYBERJAYA, April 27 – Malaysia and the United States have pledged to continue their shared commitment to foster more young entrepreneurs, as they will form the bedrock of both countries’ economies in the future. US President Barack Obama said this was important to provide a chance for youth, so they
PUTRAJAYA, April 27 – Malaysia and the United States have agreed to upgrade their bilateral relations to a “comprehensive partnership”, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. This, he said, marked a new phase in the relationship, with greater collaboration on the economy, security, education, science, technology and other
PUTRAJAYA, April 27 – US President Barack Obama has denied that Washington is ‘bullying’ Malaysia in the ongoing negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Instead, he said, he himself was being bullied by his own (Democratic) party on the pact while protests against the agreement was more due to
BAYAN LEPAS, April 27 – Queensbay Mall’s Vogue For Virtue 2014 is aims to make charity fashionable, which comprises of two major highlights, the month-long Model Search and the Charity Fashion Show with celebrities that took place at 7.30pm on 26 April 2014 at the mall’s Central Atrium. In essence,
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 – More than 100 Asean young leaders will share their views and opinions with the United States (US) President Barack Obama in a “town hall” meeting, an informal public meeting, to be held at a local university, here Sunday. The 103 participants of the Young Southeast Asian
