Say goodbye to your Pimp My Ride Saturdays and My Super Sweet Sixteen dreams: Music Television (MTV)’s dedicated music channels are shutting down after 40 years, and the internet is in full nostalgia meltdown. Yes, the same MTV that gave us Total Request Live (TRL), MTV Cribs and all those unforgettable chaotic moments in pop culture history is officially ending its music broadcast era. For...
In recent weeks, Malaysia has been deeply shaken by a series of disturbing campus incidents. These include the fatal stabbing of a student in Selangor, a gang-rape case in Melaka, an AI-generated obscene image scandal in Johor, and an act of animal cruelty at a public university. These tragedies are not isolated events but reflections...
PETALING JAYA: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has temporarily suspended the director of its Occupational Safety and Health Management Office from operational duties while authorities investigate allegations of stray dog killings on campus. In a statement on Tuesday (Oct 14), the university said the decision was made to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation by the...
Gold prices moved past $4,100 to a record high on Tuesday on increased prospects of U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts, while resurgent U.S.-China trade woes boosted safe-haven bets, including those for silver, which also scaled an all-time peak. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $4,117.72 per ounce at 0716 GMT, after hitting an all-time high of $4,179.48...
KUANTAN: The Pahang Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has nabbed another Musang King durian orchard operator on suspicion of money laundering involving hundreds of thousands of ringgit. The suspect is believed to have acquired, received, possessed, transferred and used money derived from durian cultivation on land with forest reserve status and state-owned land in a district in...
PETALING JAYA: The boy who stabbed a girl to death at a Bandar Utama school is believed to have confessed his feelings to the victim and was rejected, reports Chinese media. According to China Press, a friend of the victim said the boy confessed to the victim the night before the incident. The friend, who wished to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 90% of housing loans approved under the Housing Credit Guarantee Scheme have gone to Malaysians aged 40 and below, says Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu The Housing and Local Government Deputy Minister said more than 80,000 young borrowers had benefited from the scheme since its introduction in 2008. “The scheme has approved financing for 90,779...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM4.3mil has been allocated this year for the maintenance and repair of 115 Community Development Department (Kemas) preschools and nurseries in Sarawak, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Monday (Oct 13). Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister, Datuk Rubiah Wang, said that 20 new projects for the construction of Kemas preschools...
PUTRAJAYA: Heads of departments (HODs) have been granted the authority to approve work-from-home (WFH) requests from civil servants living within a 25km radius of their offices, particularly those affected by anticipated traffic congestion during the upcoming Asean Summit at the end of this month. "Eligible civil servants are encouraged to consult with their respective HODs for...
PUTRAJAYA: An unemployed man was sentenced to 12 months in prison and one stroke of the cane by a Magistrate’s Court here on Friday (Oct 10) for cheating a man over a bank loan approval. Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin imposed the sentence on Muhammad Nabilq Saparuddin, 34, after he pleaded guilty. The father of five was charged with...
