Malaysians optimistic country is on the up-and-up, survey finds
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians are keen to move on from the political instability that has been plaguing the nation and give the new leadership a chance to prove itself, according to a Merdeka Centre survey. Read full story
Wisma Putra launches donation campaign for Turkiye, Syria quake victims
PUTRAJAYA: The Foreign Affairs Ministry (Wisma Putra) has started a donation campaign through its Foreign Affairs’ Calamity Fund to help victims of the earthquake disaster that struck Turkey, Syria and neighbouring countries. Read full story
Teenager drowns in Gua Musang river
A GROUP of teenage boys was excited to go swimming yesterday in Sungai Kombat, Felda Perasu in Gua Musang but tragedy struck after one of them, a person with disabilities, drowned. Gua Musang district police chief Sik Choon Foo said the victim, Muhammad Fakhrul Imam Zulkepli, 16, together with his friends, went to the location of […]
Businessman fined RM50,000 for falsifying Penjana Kerjaya claim
A CATERING service provider was fined RM50,000 by the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to submitting a false claim to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) for incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 programme involving RM170,400. Judge Elesabet Paya Wan also ordered Mohd Eszahar Mansor, 38, to serve 10 months in jail if he […]
Nearly 50 injured in Peru anti-govt march
ALMOST 50 people were injured in Peru in violent clashes between law enforcement and anti-government protesters outside an airport yesterday, a month after 18 demonstrators were killed at the same location. A march had been organised in the city of Juliaca, Peru’s southern Puno region, to demand justice for the 18 civilians killed on January […]
Tok Mat: Govt to buy two more submarines under navy transformation plan
KOTA KINABALU: The government is planning to acquire two more submarines under the Royal Malaysian Navy’s 15 to 5 transformation plan, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan. Read full story
Going digital: 'Hot' and 'cold' on social media over road tax
PETALING JAYA: The move to abolish the need to display road tax received mixed reactions from social media users. Read full story
Ringgit strengthens in Q4 on domestic political certainty
THE ringgit ended the fourth quarter of 2022 (Q4 2022) stronger by 5.3% against the US dollar, buoyed by the encouraging global developments and greater domestic political certainty with the formation of the new government in November, Bank Negara Malaysia said. In a statement today, the central bank said the local note’s performance was also […]
Macron mulls stripping Putin of France’s top honour
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron said today he might strip his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of France’s top honour, but is waiting for the “right moment” to do so. Putin received the Grand-Croix de la Legion d’Honneur, the top rank in France’s honours system, in 2006 at a time when Moscow enjoyed better relations with Paris […]
Malaysia records 8.7% GDP growth in 2022, highest in over 2 decades
MALAYSIA’S economic growth rose to a 22-year high of 8.7% in 2022, against 3.1% in the previous year, contributed by positive growth in all sectors, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said. In a separate statement, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said the nation’s GDP expanded by 7% in the fourth quarter of 2022 (Q4 2022) versus 14.2% in Q3 […]