IPOH: A 50-year-old man died after experiencing breathing difficulties during a hiking expedition at Bukit Larut in Taiping. Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the victim, Ahmad Saharim Saudi, had complained about breathing difficulties before collapsing at about 10.30am on Wednesday (April 30). "The victim had hiked near Checkpoint 4, located...
PETALING JAYA: The Price Control and Anti-Profiteering (Price Marking for Drugs) order, which mandates that private healthcare providers display medicine prices, has been gazetted and will come into effect on May 1. The order under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act was signed by Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Ali. Individual healthcare providers...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Pulai MP Suhaizan Kayat is being treated for an infection at the intensive care unit of a private hospital here. His personal assistant Mohamad Nizam Junait said Suhaizan was admitted at around 11pm on Tuesday (April 29). “He had a fever and experienced a drop in oxygen levels and was admitted to the ICU. “Let us...
KUALA LUMPUR: A 19-year-old man fell to his death from the 39th floor of a residential condominium at Jalan Razak Mansion in Sungai Besi. Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Aidil Bolhassan said the incident occurred at about 10.53pm on Tuesday (April 29). "We believe the victim fell from the 39th floor of the condominium and onto the roof...
PETALING JAYA: The government has agreed to end the price control on chicken eggs and reduce the egg subsidy rate from RM0.10 to RM0.05 per egg, effective May 1, 2025. Subsequently, the egg subsidy will be completely abolished on August 1, 2025. From February 2022 to December 2024, the government spent nearly RM2.5bil on egg subsidies to...
PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) Foreign Taxpayer Branch (CPCA) counters will officially operate at Level 9, Block 10, Government Building Complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, Kuala Lumpur, starting Thursday (May 1). In a statement on Wednesday (April 30), the board announced that the operating hours of CPCA for consultation services are from 8am to 5pm...
KUALA LUMPUR: The next proceedings in the case involving the Sulu group's claim are scheduled to be heard at the Paris Court of Appeal on July 7, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. She stated that the hearing would involve the French judiciary examining the validity...
MELAKA: Two women have been arrested over suspected involvement in a scam offering non-existent online loans, says Melaka’s top cop. State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the suspects, aged 25 and 33 years old, respectively, were apprehended during a raid at a residence in Desa Cheng Perdana here on Monday (April 28). “They are...
PETALING JAYA: The expansion of the Sales and Service Tax (SST), initially slated for May this year as announced in Budget 2025, will be implemented at a later date, says a Finance Ministry spokesman. “The ministry has completed its nationwide engagements with multiple industries to finalise the scope of the expansion and the applicable tax rates. ALSO...
SUNGAI PETANI: Saleswoman Han Chin Tin was enjoying her usual breakfast at a coffee shop in Jalan Taman Bersatu – unfortunately, it turned out to be her last meal. The 55-year-old woman was killed on the spot when a car crashed into the shop at about 9am. The driver of the car suffered a stroke while behind...
