Continuous rain in 5 states until Wednesday
THE Malaysian Meteorological Department has forecast continuous rain in several parts of Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Sarawak, and Sabah up to Wednesday. According to the alert issued at 12.05am today, continuous rain is expected to occur in Kuantan, Pekan, and Rompin in Pahang.
Penang cops nab five foreigners over two separate fights
GEORGE TOWN: Police have arrested five foreigners for allegedly being involved in fights at two separate locations, Sungai Nibong and Prai. Read full story
Umno has no moral legitimacy to raise issue of money politics, says PAS
PETALING JAYA: Umno has no moral legitimacy to accuse PAS of practising money politics or bribery, says Khairil Nizam Khirudin. Read full story
Hospital emergency depts need sustainable system to ease congestion, ministry told
PETALING JAYA: Hospital directors must set up a sustainable and effective system to address congestion at emergency departments, says former Health deputy director-general Datuk Dr Christopher Lee. Read full story
Daim's wife Mahani Idris passes away
PETALING JAYA: Toh Puan Mahani Idris, the wife of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, passed away on Sunday night (Jan 22). Read full story
Music to our ears: Rescued 'singing apes' now in care of Sabah's new gibbon rehab centre
KOTA KINABALU: Five rescued gibbons will be sent to recover under Sabah’s first gibbon rehabilitation project set up recently in Kota Belud district on the west coast. Read full story
Iranian women take centre stage at Sundance film festival
MOVIES by and about Iranian women took center stage at the Sundance film festival this weekend, as diaspora filmmakers reflected on female-led protests and the deadly challenges of censorship and resistance in their ancestral home. “Joonam”, a documentary about a three-generation family of Iranian women now living in Vermont, and “The Persian Version”, a colourful […]
Selangor needs to get ready for tough state elections
SELANGOR unveiled its budget for 2023 last month. With politics in a flux right now, the Selangor elections will be the toughest fight of the six states going to the polls this year. Urban poverty, the rise in the cost of living, unemployment, local government elections, environmental issues, infrastructural development, food security and municipal problems […]
Gerakan has no chance in Penang, says Ramasamy
GERAKAN’S grand aim of winning back Penang from the hands of Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the coming state elections will not happen, Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy said this morning. According to Ramasamy, Gerakan and its president Dominic Lau’s hope for a political comeback in Penang is little more than a hallucination.
Encourage women to enter the maritime industry
THE maritime sector, long perceived as male-dominated, accounts for roughly 90% of global trade and it offers a diverse range of job opportunities with unlimited career advancement.