DAP parliamentarian Lim Lip Eng today called on PAS to be consistent with its stand on violence. The Segambut MP said this was after several PAS leaders were seemed to be ‘admiring’ the path taken by former PAS member Mohd Lotfi Ariffin, who was reported to have died in Syria. “Several PAS members s …

A group of civil society groups, including Bersih, has launched a campaign where Malaysians can either sign, dance or merely pose for a photo in order to increase pressure on the government to repeal the Sedition Act. Following the hauling up of more than 20 politicians, activists and even academici …

Ahmad Jauhari Yahya KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — The contract of Ahmad Jauhari Yahya as managing director/group chief executive officer (CEO) of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has been extended for a year from Sept 20, 2014 to Sept 19, 2015. MAS announced this in a statement to Bursa Malaysia to …

Malaysia will donate at least 20 million pairs of medical gloves to Ebola-afflicted countries to help in the fight against the deadly virus, Prime Minister Najib Razak said today. Malaysia to send rubber gloves to Ebola-hit countrieswww.malaysiakini.comLiberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will each rece …

Outgoing Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has given assurance that water tariffs in the Klang Valley will be increased ‘reasonably’. The water tariff hikes, if any, will be made under the supervision of the Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (Span) as well as with the agreement of the st …

SINGAPORE, Sept 15 (Bernama) — A small freshwater fish found in many tropical aquariums may hold the key to unlocking one of the leading causes of respiratory diseases in humans. Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), have identified hundreds of novel ge …

Malaysia Airlines today announced that it has extended group chief executive officer and managing director Ahmad Jauhari Yahya’s contract for another year. According to Bernama, his contract has been extended to Sept 19, 2015, effective this Saturday. Under his watch, MAS suffered two unprecedented …

The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has denied a report that Indonesian police chief General Sutarman said he and his Malaysian counterpart knew what happened to Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight #MH370. Police attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Aby Nursetyanto, said the report by In …

KUCHING, Sept 15 (Bernama) — A 24-year-old Zimbabwean student is under investigation for Ebola and has been admitted at an isolation ward of the Sarawak General Hospital since last night, Sarawak Assistant Minister for Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said here today. He said the male studen …

PKR MP Rafizi Ramli has urged Prime Minister to break his silence and tell the rakyat if the soon-to-be-implemented goods and services tax (GST) will mean higher petrol pump prices. He said that it is imperative for Najib, who is also finance minister to own up to this as senior customs officers hav …

Malayan tigers are now considered critically endangered species with their numbers in the wild declining despite efforts to protect them from poaching, officials and conservationists said today. New studies show the number of Malayan tigers in the wild dropped to between 250 and 340, from the previo …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — The government is studying the possibility of creating what is called the “30 Per Cent Club” towards increasing women’s participation at the decision-making level. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the same initiative implem …

Known for being a straight shooter, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu has called on the Islamists in the party to "reform" and "upgrade" so that the ulama leadership remains relevant. He said PAS must "walk the talk" and not let a "Kamal Attaturk" to rise beca …

A former youth leader of a Malaysian Islamist political party died in war-torn Syria while fighting government troops, a news report said today. Mohamad Lofti Ariffin, former youth information chief of the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) in the northern state of Kedah, succumbed to injuries to his hea …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — The Sales and Services Tax (SST) is no longer fit for a rapidly growing and economically progressive economy such as Malaysia and it is imperative for the country to expand and diversify its tax base, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The Prime Minister said Ma …