KUALA LUMPUR: The new pension scheme that was recently announced is only a proposal and no decision has been made on the matter, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In response to various concerns voiced regarding the new pension scheme, the Prime Minister said that the proposal would be brought to Parliament as it required...
KUALA LUMPUR: "Hancur badan dikandung tanah, budi yang baik dikenang jua" (Until the body is disintegrated, all good deeds will be remembered). This Malay proverb may aptly describe Muhammad Wafi Zabidi’s appreciation towards Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah. Muhammad Wafi, 34, who is a cook at Istana Negara, said he would never forget...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: He took a curtain call finally after spending four decades “married” to the school where he studied and taught. “I came to school with my hair all black and now I am going away with my hair all white,” said K. Sundaresan with a laugh. The 60-year-old studied from Form One to Form Six at...
KOTA KINABALU: The government should start the proposed abolition of pension schemes by reviewing the benefits for elected representatives, says Libaran MP Datuk Suhaimi Nasir. "It is unfair to civil servants who on average have served more than 30 years before being eligible to pension benefits, while elected representatives who have only served for five years...
BUTTERWORTH: A team of divers is working to re-clamp the 1,350mm pipeline at the riverbed of Sungai Perai, and it is expected to be completed by midnight. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said that one of the three steel plates, each weighing 100 kg, has been successfully installed while the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is accountable for his every action as the prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the board of advisors of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the High Court was told on Friday (Jan 26). Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer Nur Aida Arifin testified that Najib, or the 1MDB management, had...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): The United Nations' top court stopped short on Friday (Jan 26) of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza in a case accusing Israel of genocide in the tiny coastal enclave, but demanded that Israel try to limit deaths and damage caused by its military offensive there. South Africa brought the case, which goes...
PETALING JAYA: Wong Tat Meng’s tireless work in turning world No. 10 Lee Zii Jia into an all-rounder has started taking shape on the court. Zii Jia proved that he is not just a stylish performer but equally effective in attack and defence as he dismantled Hong Kong rival Angus Ng Ka Long to storm into...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Dewan Negara president Tun Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been appointed the eighth Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak. The appointment takes effect Friday (Jan 26). He received the instrument of appointment from Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah in a ceremony at Balairung Kecil, Istana Negara here Friday. Also in attendance...
PETALING JAYA: The five victims of the landslide early Friday (Jan 26) morning at Cameron Highlands have been identified as Myanmar nationals. Cameron Highlands OCPD Deputy Supt Azri Ramli said that the first victim had been identified as Haphey, 36, who was found dead at about 3am on Friday, Malay language daily Sinar Harian reported. ALSO READ: One...
