CYBERJAYA: The government has allocated a special cash incentive of RM40,000 to participants who win the gold medal at the Worldskill Competition (WSC) 2024 in Lyon, France this Sept 7 to 16, says Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong. The incentive was to encourage participants to achieve excellent successes at WSC2024, he said at the...
MELAKA: A total of 10 vehicles were trapped in flood water at Jalan Tun Razak, Ayer Keroh on Friday evening (June 28) following a heavy downpour. The weather also uprooted a giant tree, damaging a car and a motorcycle at Jalan Sungai Putat, Batu Berendam. The driver trapped inside his car was later rescued by the Fire...
PETALING JAYA: It is learnt that the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has yet to grant an audience to Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin. According to a reliable source, Hamidin asked for a meeting and several FAM officials approached palace representatives but to no avail. "We were made aware that...
SIBU: Two men lost their lives after the car they were travelling in was involved in a pile-up in Siniawan, Bau, on Thursday (June 27). The victims were Atong Nebok, 62, and Wilson Atong, 36. The collision involved two cars, a lorry, and a van. The State Fire and Rescue Department said in its daily update that...
NIBONG TEBAL: Penang Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) lodged a police report alleging sabotage of the unity govt machinery's campaign for the Sungai Bakap state by-election by damaging Pakatan Harapan buntings and flags. Penang AMK chief Muhammad Fadzli Roslan claimed that 38 buntings and 53 flags placed around Bandar Tasek Mutiara, Simpang Ampat, were taken down by...
NIBONG TEBAL: Voters in Sungai Bakap stand to face significant losses if they vote for the Perikatan Nasional candidate in the state by-election says a state PKR leader. State PKR deputy chairman Datuk Mohamad Abdul Hamid said one of the losses would be the lower annual allocation to their respective constituencies. "First of all, in terms of...
KUALA LUMPUR: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Firefly Specialist Group has identified four congregating firefly species, threatened with extinction. In a joint statement today, the group discovered the matter after assessing the status of four congregating firefly species using the IUCN Red List criteria. The Comtesse's firefly (Pteroptyx bearni), the Synchronous bent-wing firefly (Pteroptyx...
KUALA LUMPUR: The withdrawal of BlackRock's investment from Malaysia, if it happens, will have implications and negative impacts on efforts to realise the country's investment agenda, said Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. BlackRock is a shareholder in various listed companies worldwide, including sovereign funds from Saudi Arabia, the United...
KUALA LUMPUR: Several Members of Parliament today urged that the new Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairman be appointed immediately to ensure it can properly carry out its functions and role on human rights. During the debate on the motion of Suhakam's Annual Report and Financial Statement for 2021 and 2022 at the Dewan Rakyat,...
NIBONG TEBAL: The Education Ministry has taken various approaches and mechanisms to boost the spirit and motivation of teachers to prevent them from opting for early retirement. Its Minister, Fadhlina Sidek (pic), said the ministry took a serious view of the issue but would still give the teachers involved the space to decide. "We constantly create various...
