KUALA LUMPUR: Parliament will cooperate with the Health Ministry to ensure food safety and quality standards are met after a cafeteria in the building was ordered to shut down, says Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul. This is after the cafeteria in the Parliament building's main block was shut down for two weeks due to...
KUALA TERENGGANU: A total of 883 schools, including primary and secondary schools, were identified as being at risk of flooding across the country. Education director-general Azman Adnan said they included 227 schools in Sarawak; Sabah (208); Pahang (93); Kelantan (91); Terengganu (90) and Perak (45). He said besides that in Selangor, 42 schools were identified as being...
KOTA KINABALU: The government has been urged to provide a detailed breakdown of the development allocation given to Sabah tabled under the federal budget each year in the Dewan Rakyat. Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin said this was important so that the people are aware of the actual sum channelled to the state and...
KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya plans to introduce the “Roadmap to My Digital Justice” next year in order to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into the legal system, said Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said the cooperation will involve various stakeholders, such as the Digital Ministry and Communications...
When you visit the cinemas this weekend, you might do a double take when you see the posters for the movie The Last Dance. Instead of featuring the familiar alien symbiote Venom, this one showcases Hong Kong actors Michael Hui Koon Man and Dayo Wong Tze Wah standing in front of a coffin. Though both movies share the...
UEM Sunrise Bhd, the township and property arm of UEM Group Bhd (UEM Group), aims to redefine Malaysia’s real estate sector with a focus on sustainable living and future-ready developments. This ambition is exemplified by its groundbreaking master development in Johor, where 2,428ha of land are optimised to meet residential and industrial needs. Guided by its “Form...
THE sight of military hardware in a public place - such as a port - is bound to turn heads due to the rarity of such occurrences, and as such any news and photos of incidents like these tend to go viral rather rapidly. Recently, a 10-second video with images of several fighter jets believed to...
Netflix subscribers will now have to pay more for their monthly subscription, as the streaming service has increased the prices on all its plans for customers in Malaysia. The price bump sees the cheapest Mobile subscription plan, which offers 480p streaming quality over a tablet or smartphone, now priced at RM18.90 a month (previously RM17). Similar price...
PETALING JAYA: A local courier company has apologised after one of its vans were caught in a viral video running over a dog sleeping on a road in Banting. GDEX said the driver of the van had since been suspended. "On Nov 6, a GDEX van driver had run over a stray dog that was lying on...
KAJANG: A factory in Semenyih was completely destroyed by a fire, while two others sustained significant damage. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar reported that they received the distress call at 10.44am on Thursday (Nov 14). "Twenty-seven firemen from six fire stations were dispatched to the scene," he stated on Thursday (Nov 14). The...
