PETALING JAYA: Are there any 100-year-old contributors of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) out there? The answer is yes! The EPF recently posted a general notice including in The Star classified ads seeking to contact people who are 100 years old and above who have not claimed their EPF savings. The fund said members and their beneficiaries...
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Industrial Master Plan (NIMP) 2030 will have specific plans to ensure growth in local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and improve the livelihood of Malaysians, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. According to Anwar, the government’s Madani Economy framework and NIMP 2030 were both aligned in their focus to improve lives...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police are on the lookout for one witness in their investigations into an alleged gang rape here. Wangsa Maju OCPD Supt Ashari Abu Samah said that the victim, a local woman, had filed a report on Aug 30 stating that she had been raped by five men at a house in Wangsa Maju. "All suspects...
MELAKA: An army commando has discovered a mortar shell just 30m away from his house here. Zakaria Ismail, 32, said he and other family members were at his house in Taman Tanjung Minyak here to celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday. He said he was looking for bamboo shoots to cook a dish for the birthday party when he...
GEORGE TOWN: A 43-year-old man has drowned at Miami Beach in Batu Ferringhi here. In a statement, the Fire and Rescue Department said some individuals attempted to rescue the victim, Haryardi Salleh, before authorities were alerted to the incident at 4.28pm on Thursday (Aug 31). The victim was recovered from the water but remained unconscious. "Rescuers who arrived...
PUTRAJAYA: The police say that the vehicle that hit two cyclists as seen in a viral video is an ehailing vehicle and that the accident occurred on Jalan Dengkil, Kota Warisan in Sepang on Aug 27. Sepang deputy OCPD Supt Md Noor Aehwan Mohammad said the ehailing driver and one cyclist lodged police reports over the...
JOHOR BARU: If DAP really wants the support of Malays through cooperation with Umno, it needs to make big changes to achieve success in GE16, says Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed. The Umno supreme council member said that there was no other way to convince Malays that DAP today is different from before, apart from it being...
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Fisheries Department will continue to take samples periodically to monitor the density of the Noctiluca Scintillans algae in waters off Teluk Bahang, which has been experiencing the ‘red water’ phenomenon from Saturday. In a statement, the department said it will monitor the density until the situation reaches a safe level. "Preliminary results of...
PETALING JAYA: The government should drop new amendments to the Federal Constitution as it will create a new class of stateless people, activists say. “Infants and children will be punished from birth.This proposed amendment flies in the face of the reason for its original incorporation into the Federal Constitution. This history is important,” they said in...
MUAR: Claims of PAS receiving a sum of RM90mil from Umno before the 14th General Election (GE14) caused the party to lose support from voters, says Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya. The PAS candidate for the Simpang Jeram state seat said that he could feel a significant difference in the acceptance of the people in this by-election...
