SUNGAI BULOH: Entrepreneurship funds for the Indian community have increased to RM100mil, says Datuk Seri R. Ramanan. The Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister said the increased allocation is for the Indian Community Entrepreneur Financing Scheme (Spumi) and Spumi Goes Big Financing Scheme. Funding applications may be made from Tuesday (Jan 14) through the National Entrepreneur Group...
A MESSAGE has been circulating widely on WhatsApp since last week with a photo of a slip of paper reminding the recipient to pay a parking compound. There is also a QR code printed on the slip. The message warns recipients not to scan the QR code as it is a scam, claiming that a friend's employee...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must urgently implement comprehensive political financing legislation to mitigate corruption risks and enhance transparency, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. Speaking at the Political Financing International Conference on Tuesday (Jan 14), Azalina highlighted that the absence of specific laws governing political financing in...
BANGKOK: Strong high pressure system is prolonging the current cold spell in much of Thailand, but rain is expected to ease in the South. Cold to very cold weather has been forecast for the upper part of Thailand as the strong high-pressure system from China extends to cover upper Thailand and the South China Sea, the...
PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said disagrees with the Attorney General's Chambers’ (AGC) recent application to obtain a gag order on a purported royal addendum that allows Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest. "Honestly, in my...
BANGKOK: A Thai court on Monday (Jan 13) approved 12 days of detention for a man suspected of shooting dead a Cambodian opposition politician in an attack in Bangkok. Ekkalak Paenoi, who confessed to the crime Saturday in a livestream video, was escorted to the court in Bangkok wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet alongside uniformed...
KLUANG: A 29-year-old wanted man was arrested for trying to jump off a four-storey building at Jalan Dato Haji Hassan, here. Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said that the incident occurred on Monday (Jan 13) at 6.55pm. “A police team were notified about the incident of a man who was trying to jump off from...
Over the weekend, Ben Affleck received a visit from FBI agents and Los Angeles police at his Brentwood home as the Palisades fire raged nearby. According to photos obtained by Page Six, authorities were seen outside his front gate. An FBI spokesperson explained that members of the agency’s Ground Intercept task force were “conducting activity in...
KAJANG: The proposed implementation of urine tests at concert venues is impractical and difficult to carry out, says the Director-General of the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK), Datuk Ruslin Jusoh. He said this was because urine screening to detect drug abuse cannot be done carelessly and takes time to complete. ALSO READ: NYE drug deaths: Address the issue, not...
KUCHING: Sarawak will potentially supply power to Sabah and Brunei once a 500MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) facility is completed in Miri by 2027, says Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg. The Premier said Sarawak already had an agreement with Sabah to supply 50MW of power, but the neighbouring state had requested an increase to 100MW. "We...
