PM proud of M’sian SAR team in Turkiye
GAZIANTEP (Turkiye): Proud is how Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim described his feelings over the efficiency and professionalism displayed by the Malaysian search and rescue (SAR) team helping the earthquake victims in Nurdagi here. Read full story
‘Keluarga Malaysia’ rebrand cost over RM62mil
KUALA LUMPUR: Over RM62mil was spent by former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in the rebranding of his Keluarga Malaysia government, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Read full story
MOH to review safeguards following stabbing at hospital
GOMBAK: The person who stabbed a patient at Hospital Selayang is a psychiatric patient who was brought in by the police, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Read full story
Zahid: ROS will allow Umno’s no contest motion
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says Umno is confident that the Registrar of Societies (ROS) will approve the additional motion passed at the 2022 Umno general assembly for the party’s presidency and deputy presidency to be uncontested at this year’s party polls. Read full story
Wee: Data leak a risk with JPJ app
THE data of millions of Malaysians are at risk due to poor security features in the recently launched MyJPJ app, says former Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Read full story
Ministry to draft anti-sexual harassment act regulations, establish tribunal, says Nancy
THE Women, Family and Community Development Ministry will draft regulations and establish a tribunal related to the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2021 (Act 840) this year, said minister Nancy Shukri said. She said the law, which received Royal assent on October 8 and gazetted on October 18 last year, is one of the main focuses of the ministry to […]
Malaysia can become a high-income nation with 4-5% economic growth
MALAYSIA is on track to become a high-income nation if economic growth remains at around 4-5% and the value of the ringgit is stronger, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said. “It means that if economic growth from 2023 to 2025 is around 4-5% and performing well, we can reach the status of a high-income nation as early as 2026.
Protests break out in Nigerian city over cash shortages
ANGRY bank customers burned tyres and blocked streets in a southwest Nigerian city today in protests over scarcity of naira cash, police and residents said. The protests in Ibadan, 130 km north of Lagos, were the latest in Africa’s most populous nation over the central bank’s push to replace old naira notes with redesigned new […]
401 Malaysian job scam victims rescued, says Foreign Ministry
THE Foreign Ministry, as of February 13, has received 564 reports of Malaysians being victims of job scam syndicates abroad.
Football captain from Thai cave rescue dies in UK
ONE of 12 boys dramatically rescued from a Thai cave in 2018 has died at a school in Britain, authorities said today. Duangpetch Promthep, 17, was captain of the Wild Boars football team that was stranded in floodwaters in the cave in northern Thailand in June 2018.