KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has announced that the early school aid of RM150 will be distributed starting Monday (Jan 13) for students from Year 1 to Form 4. According to a statement released on Friday (Jan 10), students of the 2024/2025 school session in these grades will begin receiving the aid from Monday. The ministry also...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has been actively monitoring potential public health emergencies since August last year, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (pic), following reports of a new mpox strain discovered in China. The Health Minister assured the public that sentinel surveillance had been activated at all international entry points since August 2024, after the World Health...
PUTRAJAYA: Singapore aims to open consulates in Sabah and Sarawak to deepen economic links with East Malaysia and strengthen ties between people on both sides. Singapore and Malaysia will also start a programme for volunteers from Singapore to help teach English in some Malaysian schools. It will be known as the Malaysia-Singapore English Volunteers Programme, with a...
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man who owed a loan shark S$2,500 set up a fictitious boat repair company with two corporate bank accounts to repay his debt, and ended up sparking a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe. The court heard that the accounts were used to launder US$580,000 (S$794,000). Muhammad Ibrahim was on Wednesday (Jan 8) sentenced...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The "Gulf of Mexico" name is internationally recognized, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday in response to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's comments about renaming the body of water. Trump on Tuesday had argued in favor of renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Sheinbaum then took jabs at Trump, saying...
MANILA: Around 400 foreign nationals were arrested on Wednesday (Jan 8) in a "large-scale" raid on a suspected online scam farm in Manila, the national immigration agency said. Authorities raided a building and found workers allegedly engaged in online scam operations targeting victims abroad. International concern has grown in recent years over similar scam operations in Asia...
MELAKA: A 36-year-old factory manager got out of harm's way moments before his luxury car burst into flames after a crash along KM199.7 of the North-South Expressway near Ayer Keroh Toll Plaza. Tan Hong Ta from Johor Baru was thankful that no fatalities occurred after a tanker lorry collided with the rear of his car in...
SEREMBAN: A Cantonese-speaking Sikh is the man behind a well-known laksa dish here, enough to rival Penang’s famed asam laksa. He runs a stall named Singh Laksa, which offers the dish comprising curry powder, turmeric, coriander, curry leaves and lemongrass. Each bowl is served with homemade vegetarian sambal. Confused? Well, that’s the potpourri of Malaysian food. “We are...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians reacted with dismay to the announcement of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) requirement for entry into the United Kingdom starting Wednesday (Jan 8). Many wondered if Malaysia should also impose such fees for travellers coming into the country, as other nations are also said to be considering a similar move. A Facebook user, who...
JOHOR BARU: A man was killed while eating with his friends at a restaurant on Jalan Setia 3/2, Taman Setia Indah, here. It is understood that the victim and his friends were having lunch in front of the restaurant at around 11.30am on Wednesday (Jan 8) before he was shot. According to a workshop worker who refused...
