PUTRAJAYA, May 9 – The new governor of Bank Negara, Datuk Muhammad Ibrahim, on Monday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at his office at Perdana Putra here. Muhammad assumed the post on May 1 for a five-year period, succeeding Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – Malaysia’s largest cooperative bank, Bank Rakyat, aims to increase its customer base by 30 per cent this year via its partnership with Takaful Ikhlas Bhd. The bank has currently about six million customers. Chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal said under the cooperation, Bank Rakyat would promote
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – MCA will postpone its party election until after the 14th general election (GE14), said its president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said the party was supposed to hold its election this year but had decided to postpone it to enable its members to concentrate on the
KUCHING, May 9 – Sarawak’s Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem and his wife expressed their heartful condolences to family members of victims of the helicopter mishap near Sebuyau, some 250km from here last Thursday. In the helicopter crash, five people died including the Plantation Industries and Commodities deputy minister Datuk Noriah
GEORGE TOWN, May 9 – The Penang Immigration Department (JIPP) detained 58 foreigners from various countries in a special operation at a shopping centre in Queensbay, Bayan lepas, here Sunday. JIPP Enforcement Head Abdul Rahman Hassan said that in the operation beginning at 11.30am, the department inspected the food court and business
SRI AMAN, May 8 – The search and rescue operation to locate another victim of the helicopter tragedy in Batang Lupar resumed at 8.05 am Sunday. The SAR team left the operations centre at Lingga to scour the waters off Batang Lupar. Twenty-nine fire and rescue, armed forces and Civil Defence Department
GEORGE TOWN, May 8 – Around 50 Penang Uber drivers are crying foul against the company for not taking their grievances into account. The group gathered here in a meeting at Hotel Continental here this morning is to vent their frustration following a discussion with the management in Kuala Lumpur that they claimed had
KUCHING, May 8 – The Search and Rescue (SAR) team mobilised in the air crash tragedy in Sarawak will be using metal detectors to locate the main wreckage of the ill-fated helicopter, said Department of Civil Aviation director-general Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. “If we detect metal in the Batang
KUCHING, May 8 – Barisan Nasional (BN) garnered 63.72 per cent of the popular vote in the 11th Sarawak State Election. This is an increase of 8.32 per cent from the last state election, as the coalition only managed to get 55.4 per cent then. In the 2006 state election, BN received
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak expresses his thankfulness at the Barisan National (BN) victory in the 11th Sarawak state election (PRN). Najib, who is also the BN chairman, thanked the voters for their faith in the party. “Heartiest congratulations to Tan Sri Adenan Satem,
KUCHING, May 8 – The PKR clash with DAP in six constituencies during the 11th Sarawak state election has resulted in the BN winning all the six seats. The DAP-PKR electoral understanding broke down as they fielded candidates against each other in disputed constituencies including three new seats – Batu Kitang,
KUCHING, May 8 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak described Sarawak Barisan Nasional’s resounding victory in the 11th Sarawak election as an endorsement of the people’s trust in the leadership of Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem. The Prime Minister said the victory proved the strength of the partnership between the Federal
KUCHING, May 8 – Barisan Nasional made a clean sweep of the 11 new seats in the 11th state election, with four of the seats – Gedong, Kabong, Tellian and Stakan – going to PBB. In three straight fights, Mohammad Ali Mahmud won by an impressive majority of 7,042 votes against Leslie
KUCHING, May 8 – Lack of understanding and disunity between DAP and PKR in reaching a consensus in the allocation of seats for the 11th Sarawak election not only saw a number of seats lost but also resulted in candidates from both parties losing their deposit. The two parties battled
KUCHING, May 8 – PAS and its splinter Amanah not only failed to win any seats in the 11th Sarawak state election yesterday but seven PAS abd nine Amanah lost their RM5,000 deposits. PAS contested 11 seats and its candidates lost their deposits in all except for the Pantai Damai, Samariang,
KUCHING, May 8 – A triumphant Tan Sri Adenan Satem said Barisan Nasional’s (BN) achievement in the 11th Sarawak election was well beyond his expectations. He told a media conference here that this was because he had expected BN to win 65 or 66 seats prior to polling day, but saw BN
KUCHING, May 8 – The 11th Sarawak state election on May 7 saw 70.01 percent or 777,018 voters exercising their right and responsibility, according to the Election Commission. EC chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hashim Abdullah said the number included postal and early voters. He said mny factors contributed to the turnout including
GEORGE TOWN, May 6 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his wife Betty Chew arrived at the Penang office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at 9.30am Friday to have their statements recorded over purchase of a RM2.8mil bungalow in Jalan Pinhorn and the sale of land in Taman Manggis. Lim’s car
KUCHING, May 6 – A special team led by police has been sent to carry out a search and rescue mission for a helicopter reported missing in Sebuyau yesterday evening. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said initial reports said a helicopter that took off from Betong at
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 – Proton Holdings Bhd has appointed Datuk Seri Syed Faisal Albar Syed Ali Rethza Albar as its Non-Executive Chairman effective today, following the resignation of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on March 31, 2016. In a statement, Proton said Syed Faisal Albar, who is Group Managing Director of
