The opposing political giants are set to put up a fight in all 56 seats PETALING JAYA: The swords have been drawn in Selangor. To counter Pakatan Harapan’s line-up, the state’s Perikatan coalition will field three former federal ministers, three former state executive councillors and a former deputy state legislative assembly speaker. The coalition announced its candidates last...
MACC yet to divulge reason for arrest and details of investigation PETALING JAYA: A businessman who was held by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Monday has been freed on bail by the commission. MACC sources when contacted confirmed that the businessman, who is also a Datuk and concert organiser, was released past noon yesterday. The 42-year-old businessman...
KUALA LUMPUR: Seventy dilapidated clinics under the Health Ministry (MOH) across the country have been successfully upgraded through the Bitara Madani initiative. Deputy Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni (pic) said that at the same time, 366 more clinics are currently in the implementation phase. "We (MOH) expect to complete the upgrading works on all 436 dilapidated clinics by...
PETALING JAYA: Baby Shima (pic) has clarified that she won’t be standing in the upcoming state polls after all, claiming it was a joke gone wrong. According to Kosmo!, the popular actress, whose real name is Nor Ashima Ramli, said she did not expect the fanfare she received after she uploaded a video of herself announcing her intention...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit continued to strengthen against the US dollar at the close today, lifted by the positive report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that has raised its global economic growth forecast for 2023, said an analyst. At 6 pm, the local note gained to 4.5470/5505 against the greenback compared with 4.5615/5650 at Tuesday’s...
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has questioned why action was taken against the alleged offenders of 3R (race, religion and royalty) while the government is still reviewing the laws. “The Law Minister says the Government is reviewing 3R- related laws,” the former prime minister said in a tweet. But before that the government is already...
KLANG: A man was crushed to death after a container toppled on him while he was trying to move his car at Taman Sri Sentosa here. South Klang OCPD Asst Comm Cha Hoong Fong said the incident occurred at 5.09pm Tuesday (July 25). "We received a call that a container had fallen on a man along Jalan...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz has been seen entering the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here for the RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MBD) trial involving Datuk Seri Najib Razak. She is expected to testify against the former prime minister as a prosecution witness in the trial on Wednesday (July 26). Zeti's...
PETALING JAYA: “No news but creating news,” Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says of a viral tweet that claimed a former Health director-general will be entering the fray in the upcoming state elections. He had been asked if there was any truth to the claims by Twitter user @ArwahMakLampir that the former health director-general could...
PETALING JAYA: National men's singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong has made it to the second round of the Japan Open but it was another early exit for independent player Lee Zii Jia. World No. 21 Tze Yong stunned Singapore's 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew 21-16, 21-17 in the first round at the Yoyogi Gymnasium in...
