Malaysia's national costume for this year's Miss Universe pageant finals is inspired by a Pahang Malay folktale of a warrior princess named Walinong Sari. Beauty queen Sandra Lim will don the creation when she represents Malaysia at the competition taking place in Mexico City on Nov 16. The costume is the brainchild of designer Ezuwan Ismail ,...
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on Tropical Storm Trami, which was detected 1,281 kilometres (km) northeast of Kudat, causing continuous rain and strong winds in Sabah. MetMalaysia in a statement on Wednesday (Oct 23) said that the tropical storm was located at latitude 15.7 north and longitude 124.4 east, about...
KUALA LUMPUR: A policeman narrowly avoided injury after a car that had stopped by the roadside sped off when approached. Sentul police chief Asst Comm Ahmad Sukarno Mohd Zahari said that the incident occurred when two policemen were on patrol in Jinjang here on Oct 21. He said the two policemen noticed a parked car its engine...
KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is aggressively ridding the capital of illegal structures, with at least four enforcement operations carried out on Wednesday (Oct 23). In a series of social media posts, DBKL said structures in Taman Batu Muda and Jalan Klang Lama were demolished. Photos showed a structure in Taman Batu Muda built on a pedestrian...
KUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) says it has taken appropriate action against those involved in malpractice after the media reported that millions in pilot training funds had gone missing. In a statement on Wednesday (Oct 23), Mara said it had taken appropriate action by lodging police reports and initiating legal proceedings against those involved. Mara also...
KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of the targeted subsidies for the so-called T15 income bracket would place pressure on dual-income households, particularly working women, says Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. The Muar Member of Parliament explained that if a dual-income household with an income of RM13,000 surpasses the T15 threshold, it will negatively impact the families listed...
JOHOR BARU: Johor Regent Tunku Mahkota Ismail has granted an audience to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur. "In the meeting, various recent issues related to the state of Johor were presented and discussed," according to a post on Tunku Mahkota Ismail's...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: A relative of a kidnap victim was among 13 suspects including three foreigners arrested by a special Johor police task force. “The victim, aged 59, lodged a police report on Oct 13 stating that he had been kidnapped at his house in Johor Baru. Following that, state police together with Bukit Aman, set up...
SHAH ALAM: Social media influencer Mohd Hazalif Mohd Hazani, popularly known as Alif Teega, maintained his not-guilty plea in the Sessions Court here to two counts of misappropriating over RM60,000 raised for two religious charity programmes this year. Mohd Hazalif, 30, made the plea when the charges were read out to him again before Judge Datuk...
PUTRAJAYA: Following the availability of the MyInvois Portal for taxpayers in June, they can now issue e-invoices through the ‘MyInvois’ application on their smartphones at any time, according to the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN). In a statement today, LHDN announced that the MyInvois app is available for download across all operating system platforms, including the App...
