KUALA LUMPUR: Showing solidarity with the Palestinians was the main objective of Sunday's (Oct 22) rally at Dataran Merdeka, not the dos and don'ts at such events, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. The Home Minister said the lives of two million Palestinians were at stake, with the Israeli army massing at Palestine's borders. "The (priority) is...
KUALA LUMPUR: MPs will not be allowed to live-stream their speeches in Parliament using their own devices beginning Monday (Oct 16), says Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul. Johari said that Standing Order 35(1) requires MPs to direct their speeches to the Speaker chairing the session. “Looking at their devices isn’t abiding by the said Standing Orders. With...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be tabling the Malaysia Madani 2024 Budget at Dewan Rakyat this Friday (Oct 13) afternoon. This will be the second national budget tabled by the unity government under the leadership of Anwar, who is also Finance Minister. The tabling of the Budget, which will begin at 4pm, will...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tanah Merah MP Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham wants to know if the photographer who claimed he was vaping in the Dewan Rakyat has been called up. Ikmal, from Perikatan Nasional, said the photo by a photographer from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had garnered over a million views. He said he had already declared that...
KUALA LUMPUR: Justifying the government’s move to replace the World Bank-endorsed Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 (SPV) with the Madani Economy Framework, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the decision was made after taking into account the local context and economic factors. The Prime Minister told the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Oct 9) that while Malaysia benefitted from...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's 5G adoption rate is among the fastest in the world with 70.2% coverage and 5,873 sites available nationwide as of Sept 30, says Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications and Digital Minister was replying to Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani's (BN-Titiwangsa) question about the status of 5G network development. "Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), the sole provider...
PETALING JAYA: The action taken by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) against a news portal was within legal boundaries, says Fahmi Fadzil (pic). The Communications and Digital Minister said that while he has not been fully briefed on the matter, it was important to have a balance between media freedom and freedom of speech...
KUALA LUMPUR: No investigation has been opened at this point linked to a report lodged by Tanah Merah MP Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz over a photo that allegedly showed him vaping in Parliament. “From our classification, we have decided there is no investigation because there are no criminal elements involved,” said Kuala Lumpur police...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Science, Technology, and Innovation Ministry is allocating RM5.3mil until 2025 to upgrade the nuclear technology application facilities and laboratories of the Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuklear Malaysia) in an effort to address the country’s food security issues. Its Minister Chang Lih Kang (pic) said the project, which started this year, seeks to improve food...
KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional's Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan took a jibe at the unity government on the issue of equal allocations for all MPs. Takiyuddin (PN-Kota Baru) said the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional government was “playing tug-of-war” and wavering on the issue of allocations for Perikatan MPs. This attitude greatly differed from what Perikatan did when it was...
