KOTA KINABALU: The federal Public Works Department should allow local construction companies to form consortiums to carry out the Pan-Borneo Highway projects, says Parti Warisan president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. He said awarding such contracts to public listed companies with no physical presence in Sabah would only further delay the long-overdue Pan-Borneo Highway projects in...
CYBERJAYA: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today urged all courier companies in the country to participate in the Courier Safety Passport Training Programme to further enhance the safety of workers and the efficiency of parcel deliveries. He said the programme also aims to ensure the safe handling of parcels and to provide necessary skills for courier industry...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have busted a syndicate that charged migrants up to RM2,300 each to return to their home country illegally in two recent raids. Sinar Harian reported that the two raids in Ops Pintas were carried out by the Federal Police Criminal Investigation Department's Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrants Smuggling Prevention Division (D3). The coordinated raids...
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry views the baseless and irresponsible statements seriously and will not hesitate to take action against certain parties claiming that generic medicines could harm patients. In a statement on Friday (Nov 8), the ministry said such statements raise concerns among patients-whether in the ministry’s facilities or private healthcare-encouraging them to reject treatment regimens. “The...
PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur City Hall has conducted a special operation on business operators that use public areas to store and display goods, including those operating in unhygienic conditions. City Hall's Enforcement Division and the Health and Environment Division led the operation which focused on businesses at Pasar Borong Kuala Lumpur and Pusat Bandar Utara Kuala...
GEORGE TOWN: The family of a father and daughter killed in a stabbing incident at an apartment in Bandar Baru Farlim, Air Itam, on Friday night claimed their bodies for burial. The remains of Siti Zulaila, 30, and her father, Zulkifli Ibrahim, 62, were brought out of the Penang Hospital Forensic Medicine Department after the post-mortem...
PETALING JAYA: US-based Malaysian comedian Ronny Chieng has asked Americans frustrated with the results of the recent US presidential polls to "go back to Malaysia". Waving his Malaysian passport, Chieng has joked during a segment on the popular The Daily Show that if Americans are too frustrated with the results of the election, they might want...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 28,811 notices have been issued by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) for various offences under Ops Khas Motosikal since it was implemented on Nov 1. JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli said as of the seventh day of the operation, the most common offences are not having a licence or road...
PUTRAJAYA: Three mosques under the purview of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) have been asked to hold solat hajat (prayers of need) to pray for the success of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s mission, as he represents Malaysia at the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Riyadh on Nov 11. Religious Minister in the Prime Minister’s...
SEREMBAN: A 16-year-old student died after he was believed to have fallen from the fourth floor of a block at a secondary school here. The male student died on the spot in the 6am incident. It could not be immediately established how the incident happened. Reporters were also barred from entering the school grounds. A police vehicle carrying...
