KOTA KINABALU, Jan 8 (Bernama) — The curfew from 7pm until 5am in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone), which started on July 19 and scheduled to end tomorrow, has been extended to Jan 25. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said the decision to extend the curfew was m …
Read More »General : Najib Receives Courtesy Call From Asean Sec-Gen
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today received a courtesy call from Asean secretary-general Le Luong Minh at Perdana Putra here. The meeting was part of Le’s itinerary during his three-day working visit to Malaysia beginning yesterday. The working v …
Read More »General : Prime Minister Returns To Work By Chairing Cabinet Meeting
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak returns to work after a rest due to the E.coli bacteria by chairing the Cabinet meeting in Putrajaya Wednesday. Najib tweeted: “”Alhamdullilah, back to work today. Thanks to everyone, including friends online …
Read More »General : Muhyiddin Receives Courtesy Call From Hong Kong Secretary For Education
Eddie Ng Hak-kim and Tan Sri Muhyiddin YassinPUTRAJAYA, Jan 7 (Bernama) — Hong Kong’s Secretary for Education (SED) Eddie Ng Hak-kim called on Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in Putrajaya, here Wednesday. The 30-minute meeting between Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minis …
Read More »General : Flood Victims May Get Zakat Relief Aid – Jakim
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 7 (Bernama) — Flood victims may receive relief aid from Zakat (alms) based on criteria where allocation and distribution must be supervised and monitored by the mufti in every state, said the Department of Islamic Development of Malaysia (Jakim) director-general Datuk Othman Mus …
Read More »General : Basarnas Finds Tail Of AirAsia Aircraft On Sea Floor
JAKARTA, Jan 7 (Bernama) – The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has found another large object on the sea floor, believed to be the tail of AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501. Besarnas chief Bambang Soelistyo said the object found at 10.30am today has the word “Air” and wa …
Read More »General : Japan, China Confident Malaysia Can Take Leading Role To Boost Asean Unity
By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) — Asean dialogue partners Japan and China are confident that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will lead Asean towards a stronger bloc with Malaysia’s assumption of the Asean Chairmanship this year. Japan’s Ambassador …
Read More »Video | KiniTV: Former MIC treasurer general R Ramanan claims that the Registrar…
Video | KiniTV: Former MIC treasurer general R Ramanan claims that the Registrar of Societies (ROS) will no longer entertain letters from the MIC, after party president G Palanivel wrote to them on Jan 2 requesting for a time extension to conduct the re-elections. 'ROS will no longer entertain …
Read More »General : 2 More 1Malaysia Clinics Open In Sabah
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 6 (Bernama) — Two more 1Malaysia clinics were opened here and have been operating since last December. City Health officer Dr Mohammad Saffree Jeffree said the clinics were located at Polytechnic Commercial Centre, Sepanggar and Taman Canggih, Inanam. There are now nine 1Mal …
Read More »General : NS Government’s Leave To Appeal On Transgender Landmark Ruling Set For Jan 27
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 6 (Bernama) — The Federal Court here has set Jan 27 for hearing of an application by the Negeri Sembilan Government and four others to seek leave to appeal against the appellate court’s decision which declared invalid, the state Syariah enactment which criminalises Muslim …
Read More »General : High Court Dismisses Former Social, Political Activist’s Application
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) — A former social and political activist has failed in his application for a judicial review on the Federal Territories Syarie prosecution chief’s decision to charge him at the Syariah High Court. Dr Kassim Ahmad’s application was dismissed without cos …
Read More »General : Thai Immigration Department In Songkhla Contributes To Flood Victims In Malay’sia
BUKIT KAYU HITAM, Jan 6 (Bernama) — Concerned with the plight of flood victims in Malaysia, staff of the Thai Immigration Department in Songkhla have extended aid to the victims. The aid comprising rice, canned food and other essential items was handed over by Songkhla Immigration chief Bonpot …
Read More »General : Support Plan For Telecommunication Systems During Floods To Be Tabled
CYBERJAYA, Jan 6 (Bernama) — The Communications and Multimedia Ministry will table to the cabinet tomorrow, a proposed support plan to boost national preparedness, especially with regard to the telecommunication systems, in facing natural disasters. Its minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek …
Read More »General : Government To Ensure Schooling For Students Not Affected By Floods
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 5 (Bernama) — The government will ensure that students in about 300 schools that were affected by the floods could begin their schooling session according to schedule, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. While hoping for efforts to repair the affected schools co …
Read More »General : Traders Need To Be Considerate And Reduce Prices Of Goods
SEREMBAN, Jan 5 (Bernama) — Businessesmen should not be taking advantage of consumers by raising the prices of goods ahead of the enforcement of the goods and services tax (GST) in April, said chairman of the Consumers Association of Negeri Sembilan (Nesca), Khairuddin Yunus. He said on the co …
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