LANGKAWI, Feb 15 – Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it was still too early for the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) top leadership to announce whether BN would be contesting in the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat and Chempaka state seat by-elections. He said although the BN leaders touched on
CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Feb 15 – MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel today confirmed that he will be meeting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on the crisis the party is facing. The Natural Resources and Environment Minister said it would be a closed-door meeting and that his deputy, Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, would also be
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 15 – The UMNO Youth feels that Barisan Nasional (BN) need not necessarily contest in the by-election for the Chempaka state seat(BN), but to focus on flood rehabilitation process in Kelantan, says its leader, Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar. He said there was a need for close cooperation between
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 – DAP lawmaker Charles Santiago says Pakatan Rakyat needs to re-strategize its approach in keeping the coalition stronger and not just focusing on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In a statement, the Klang Member of Parliament said that the Opposition Coalition needed to go beyond Anwar. “The call for
JOHOR BAHARU, Feb 15 – The Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAIJ) detained 11 couples, allegedly for committing ‘khalwat’ (close proximity) in a Valentine’s Day operation, ‘Ops Mawar Merah’, which ended early Sunday. JAIJ assistant enforcement officer, Hafiz Abd Rahman said the operation, which began at 4 pm Saturday and ended about
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 – Indonesian President, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo yesterday said that he wants to immediately cease the practice of Indonesian women travelling abroad to work as maids. According to reports in Antaranews Indonesia, he said the move was closely linked to the nation’s self-esteem and dignity. “I have asked the
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 – Pakatan Rakyat’s Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has made history by being the only leader in the world to be convicted of sodomy twice. Umno’s mouthpiece Utusan Malaysiam through its column Awang Selamat, today supported Anwar’s conviction, saying that the court’s decision has been accepted by the nation who portrayed their
COPENHAGEN, Feb 15 – One person was shot in the head and two policemen were shot in the arm and leg in central Copenhagen, police said in a statement early Sunday. It was not confirmed if the incident was related to Saturday’s deadly shooting at a cultural centre in Copenhagen where a
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 – While couples around the world celebrated Valentine’s Day yesterday, others decided to have fun with an Anti-Valentine’s Day Party! It was held at the Happer restaurant bistro, organised by a match-making company, Matchzsticks. Filled with single women and men, the Anti-Valentine’s party gave singles a chance to make new
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 – Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is probably one of the most social media-savvy politicians in the country, gaining him popularity among youths who have affectionately nicknamed him “KJ”. Dressed in a silky blue baju Melayu and funky black-and-orange striped socks, the 39-year-old Oxford University graduate, described
GEORGETOWN, Feb 14 – On behalf of the State Government, CM Lim Guan Eng would like to thank to the Officer of the Secretary of the Penang State Government through the Local Government Division for successfully managing the process of giving the fifth times incentives since 2013 to all taxi drivers
GEORGETOWN, Feb 14 – ‘Beautiful’ and ‘glowing like diamonds’. Those are some of the words used to describe Penang’s 112-year-old Kek Lok Si Buddhist temple in Air Itam. Earlier, the temple’s lighting ceremony began about 8pm, with hordes of people gathering to pray and also witness the annual spectacle. This year was the fourth
JOHOR BARU, Feb 14 – At least 185 Johor Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK) personnel will be moving around in the state to ensure that traders do not hike up the price of goods during the festive season. Johor Consumerism, Domestic Trade and Tourism exco Datuk Tee Siew Kiong
KOTA BAHARU, Feb 14 – The drop in fuel prices had reduced overall costs borne by private car rental and taxi operators by 10 to 11 per cent. Land Public Transport Commission chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, however, said the amount was small as the operators also had to bear
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 – A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale shook Taiwan at 4.06am today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department s.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Taitung of Taiwan island early Saturday, said the China Earthquake Networks Centre.aid in a statement that the epicentre of the earthquake was located 113km
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 14 – Her face is covered in a layer of hardened scars and she is blind in her right eye, but acid attack survivor Tan Hui Linn has never been happier with her life. The 23-year-old student is elated to have passed all of her Association of Chartered
Apple has taken another step toward turning iWork into a service anyone can take advantage of, similar to Google’s web-based productivity suite. The company made its iWork for iCloud apps available to anyone, regardless of whether or not they have any Apple hardware, so long as they have or sign
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 – DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has slammed Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad saying that Dr Mahathir started “all the rot in Hamlet” in his 22 years as premier. Kit Siang was referring to a blog post by Dr Mahathir right after the Federal Court’s dismissal of Opposition
BAU, Feb 13 – At the appropriate time, the Sarawak Barisan Nasional will make a suitable decision on the fate of two new state political parties, the United People’s Party (UPP) and Teras (Parti Tenaga Rakyat) which want to join the coalition. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this would
BAU, Feb 13 – The attempt by some PKR members to lure former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to take up their “offer” as chairman shows that the party is desperate. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Dr Mahathir is a hardcore member of Umno, a party he led for
