TELUK INTAN, Jan 4 – The Higher Education Ministry will take stern actionp against any Private Higher Education Institution (IPTS) in the country found to have violated the rules and guidelines set. Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, said imposing ‘hidden’ fees, refusal to pay back the remaining fees from the National Higher
PETALING JAYA, Jan 4 – Malaysians prefer to hire foreign maids through agents although the government has allowed direct hiring from Jan 1, the Malaysian Association for Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) has said. It said direct hiring is too complicated and time-consuming, the Malaysian Reserve reported on its portal today. According
JOHOR BARU, Jan 4 – An assistant veterinary officer pleaded not guilty in the sessions court here today to three counts of accepting bribe, totalling RM3,500, from a contractor. Ruminant Unit head at the Johor Veterinary Service Department, Mohd Razi Basar, 41, made the plea after the charges were read out
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 3 – The DAP-led Penang government is awaiting approval from the relevant agencies on fishery, traffic and social impact studies to complement the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. State Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 3 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today accused PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang of being a turncoat, saying PAS turned down political cooperation with Pakatan Harapan so as to split the opposition vote and help Barisan Nasional win the next general election. The Pakatan Harapan chairman said
SINGAPORE, Jan 2 – At least three people were injured when a ceiling collapsed at Resorts World Sentosa on Tuesday morning, Channel NewsAsia reported. Quoting the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the report said two people were taken to the Singapore General Hospital in a conscious state, while one was being assessed by
NEW YORK, Jan 2 – A teenage boy in the US state of New Jersey was in police custody Monday after being accused of gunning down his family on New Year’s Eve with a semiautomatic rifle, authorities said. Police were called to a home in the city of Long Branch, about
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak believes the people can see and feel the efforts and sincerity by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government to ease their financial burden, like through the abolition of four tolls today. He said all the promises and actions by BN were not
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 – A group of 10 men armed with hammers took just about three minutes to escape with jewellery worth RM1.5 million from a goldsmith shop in a shopping mall in Taman Segar, Cheras here last night. Cheras district deputy police chief Supt Ismadi Borhan said in the 8.30pm
ALOR STAR, Jan 1 – There is no increase in fares for ferry rides to Langkawi, but RM3 is being charged as management fee for ferry tickets bought over the counter, said State Education, Transport and Non-Governmental Organisations Committee chairman Datuk Tajul Urus Mat Zain. “The move was aimed at encouraging
PETALING JAYA, Jan 1 – WhatsApp users around the world, including Malaysia, were unable to send New Year’s messages to their friends and family after the messaging app crashed. However, a spokesperson of the messaging platforms said the issue had been resolved shortly after the outage. According to Down Detector’s outage map
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 – A total of 135,761 pupils entered Year One for the 2018 school session in Johor, Terengganu, Kedah and Kelantan today. According to the 2018 School Year Calendar, the school session in these four states, categorised as Group A, commences today while the other states under Group B
SHAH ALAM, Jan 1 – Accompanied by cheers and applause from the public, many of them motorists, the boom barriers at the Sungai Rasau and Batu Tiga toll plazas were raised for good just after midnight, marking the end of toll collection at the two locations. The toll collection at the two
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 – Toll collection at Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau in Selangor, Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah and at the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) in Johor will be abolished effective midnight tonight. The Works Ministry in a statement today announced that motorists at Sungai Rasau, Batu Tiga and
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 1 – Two men on the police’s wanted list in connection with criminal and drug cases, were detained during the ‘Ops Rentap Khas’ carried out by the Timur Laut district police headquarters here, earlier today. District police chief ACP Anuar Omar said the two men, both in their 30s,
BUKIT GANTANG, Dec 31 – The third phase of the house-repair programme (Touch Point 2.0) for 100 houses here, will be completed by the middle of next month. Bukit Gantang Umno Division chief Datuk Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal said the estimated RM1 million cost for the repairing project was
SYDNEY, Dec 31 – Six people were killed when a seaplane crashed into a river in Australia on Sunday, police said, with divers recovering three bodies so far. The plane went down in the Hawkesbury River near the suburb of Cowan 50km north of Sydney, said police in New South
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 – The government and non-governmental organisations can play a useful role in helping to create greater awareness of climate change, said St John Ambulance Sarawak chairman and commander Datuk Seri Ang Lai Soon. He said it was everyone’s responsibility to help in their own little way and within
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 31 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad or anyone else at all can contest the Putrajaya parliamentary seat in the next general election, said the current MP, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. Tengku Adnan, who is the Umno secretary-general, was asked to comment on Dr Mahathir’s announcement yesterday that he
JOHOR BARU, Dec 31 – The Selangor and Penang Urban Transformation Centres (UTCs) are expected to be ready and fully operational within the first six months of next year. The Finance Ministry’s National Strategy Unit director, Datuk Dr Aminuddin Hashim said the Selangor UTC would be located in Shah Alam while the
