'Give online traders time to register with CCM' Puteri Umno says this is so traders can comply with the new gov't ruling. 'Give online traders time to register with CCM'

HULU TERENGGANU, Dec 22 (Bernama) — Twenty-six people who had been stranded on Gunung Gagau in Kuala Berang since last week are reported to be safe. According to Hulu Terengganu Fire Station chief Mohd Zamri Omar, all of the victims, comprising personnel of Survey and Mapping Department and ei …

Video | KiniTV Gabungan Anti Insinerator Kebangsaan (GAIK) today lodged a MACC report, urging a probe into the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government over the awarding of contracts for incinerator projects. The group also called on Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan to be a man, and talk with the l …

1MDB's debt balloons as ringgit weakens The currency slide adds RM3.96 billion to the sovereign fund's tab, The Edge reports. 1MDB's debt balloons as ringgit weakens

DUNGUN, Dec 22 (Bernama) — Rough seas, strong winds of 60 kilometres per hour and waves of up to 5.5 metres high has brought hard times for fishermen here as they are unable to go out fishing. A survey at Kampung Balik Bukit found that more than 50 fishermen have docked and brought their boats …

The future of M Navin, 16, a teenager born of a Malaysian father and a Filipina mother, remains uncertain. This follows the National Registration Department (NRD) and the Home Ministry are appealing against a Kuala Lumpur High Court order last month to issue him a MyKad. Navin’s lawyer Annou Xavier …

MIC deputy president S Subramaniam has conceded that the party can no longer be “in denial” about the problems plaguing the party and should address the problems as soon as possible: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284241 “We cannot be in denial any more. If there are no issues, why did people go t …

GEORGE TOWN, Dec 22 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Health will carry out a study on various short-term measures in an effort to reduce overcrowding and patient density at the Penang Hospital (HPP), said its Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam. He said among the steps to be taken would be the est …

Malaysia’s largest cinema operator Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) will not offset any rise in ticket prices due to the goods and services tax (GST) next April. Cinema-goers will face taxes of 31 percent of ticket prices with the introduction of the six percent GST, which is levied on top of the 25 perc …

DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang today urged Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to endorse the open letter penned by the ‘Eminent 25' in order to support moderation against extremism and intolerance: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284215 In a statement, Lim said that such an endorsement would send a “ …

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 22 (Bernama) — The proposed delineation exercise of Parliamentary and State constituencies that was scheduled to be gazetted this month has been postponed to next year due to the current floods in several states. Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof sa …

DAP's Seputeh MP Teresa Kok today questioned why only "halal turkeys" must be imported to Malaysia during the festive period as there is a shortage of turkeys for Christmas: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284206 In a statement, she criticised Veterinary Services Department director- …

Representatives from every national government are meeting this week to work toward a global climate agreement, and the location of the conference – Lima, Peru – offers critically important lessons for negotiators: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284196 In the debate over how to address …

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim says that the International Police (Interpol) has been used as a “tool by a dictator” in the issuing of the arrest warrant against International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) head Yusuf al-Qaradawi: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284191 “I urge Interpol to withd …

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