PETALING JAYA: The Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) cash aid for poor households will be doubled to RM1,200 this year, up from RM600 previously, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said the RM600 increase is expected to benefit over 700,000 poor and hardcore poor recipients with an allocation of RM700mil compared to last year's total...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former administrative assistant of a college was sentenced to a total of six years in prison and fined RM90,000 by the Sessions Court here Friday (Jan 19) after she was found guilty on charges of trafficking a 13-month-old baby boy and using forged documents to register the baby's birth four years ago. Judge...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Twenty-one-year-old Indonesian national was fined BND5,000 (RM17,600) on Wednesday for possessing smuggled cigarettes. Magistrate Fatin Fikriyah Rosli ordered for Yuki Erdi to serve five months’ jail in default of payment. The customs prosecutor revealed that their enforcement team raided his residence at Kampong Padnunok in Jalan Lamunin on January 15 at 11.05pm. Authorities...
JAKARTA, Jan 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): At 53, Mak Luke, a transgender woman, will go to the polls for the first time when Indonesia holds an election on Feb. 14 after finally obtaining a government identity card. Like many trans Indonesians, Mak Luke left her family as a teenager and ended up living on the streets,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Several areas in Pahang, Johor and Sarawak are expected to experience continuous rain until tomorrow and Jan 21. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (METMalaysia) in a statement today, issued an alert-level continuous rain warning for Kuantan, Pekan and Rompin in Pahang, while in Johor, it includes Kluang, Mersing, Kulai, Kota Tinggi and Johor Baru. "Continuous rain...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal upheld the 50-year-jail sentence imposed on a man convicted of two counts of incest with his 14-year-old daughter. A three-member bench comprising Justice Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, Datuk Azmi Ariffin and High Court Judge Datuk Noordin Badaruddin, in dismissing the 45-year-old man’s appeal for a reduction of his jail sentence...
KLANG: The Transport Ministry is closely monitoring the situation in the Red Sea, says Anthony Loke. The Transport Minister said they had yet to receive any negative feedback directly from Malaysian exporters and importers. "We hope this (situation) is just for the short term. It is very fluid. "There are efforts from other countries to have better security...
KUANTAN: The Navy has confirmed that some of its members have been summoned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for questioning over the 'procurement cartel' involving construction work at one of its base camps, involving more than RM9mil. Navy commander Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Ayob said that the MACC had also taken some documents to...
NILAI: Two young men made the bold decision to retire early from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and venture into farming three years ago. Major (Rtd) Mohd Farid Daud, 37, shared that his 10 years of experience and expertise in aviation engineering were not in vain as he applied them effectively to establish an integrated...
PUTRAJAYA: Businessman Mirzan Mahathir (pic) has been given 30 days to declare all his assets, be it in the country or abroad, says the country’s graft investigation body. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) also confirmed it had, since August 2022, begun investigating all entities named in the Pandora Papers as well as the Panama Papers. On Mirzan,...
