PM wants sufficient funds for flood victims
MANILA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants sufficient allocations to be channelled to the victims of the floods in Johor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Sabah and Melaka, which have so far affected 29,000 people. Read full story
RM10mil to buy floods essentials for flood victims
KOTA TINGGI: The government has disbursed RM10mil for the purchase of essential items for the victims of what has been declared the worst floods in Johor in recent years. Read full story
Pejuang seeks to join PN to ‘avoid splitting Malay votes’
PETALING JAYA: Speculation on which coalition Pejuang is likely to join has been put to rest with the party officially seeking to join Perikatan Nasional.Pejuang president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir revealed that he had written to Perikatan chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on the matter. Read full story
Pejuang not a game changer for Perikatan, say analysts
PETALING JAYA: Parti Pejuang Tanah Air’s application to join Perikatan Nasional holds little meaning for the coalition, as the party is “too small” and without a “wow” factor, say analysts. Read full story
S. Africa’s Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend’s murder
SOUTH African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who killed his girlfriend 10 years ago, will know in about a month whether he will be released on parole, his lawyer said today. “We have been advised by the parole board that (the) hearing will take place on March 31,” his lawyer Julian Knight told AFP. “It’s an […]
Floods: More than 31,000 evacuees at relief centres in four states
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees in four states continued to increase on Thursday (March 2) evening with 31,375 people currently housed in 241 temporary relief centres, compared with 29,091 reported in the afternoon. Read full story
Police nab duo, seize drugs worth RM14.9 million
POLICE arrested two local men with 451.2kg of methamphetamine estimated to be worth RM14.9 million, following a raid on a four-wheel drive vehicle in Rawang on Tuesday. Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the duo aged 22 and 33, believed to have been acting as transporters, were held in a raid by a team from the Bukit […]
France to gradually pull troops from Africa, says Macron
PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron today said the era of French interference in Africa is “well over” as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the region.
31,375 flood victims displaced in 4 states
THE number of flood evacuees in four states continued to increase this evening, with 31,375 people currently housed in 241 temporary relief centres, compared with 29,091 reported in the afternoon. IN JOHOR, the number of evacuees increased to 28,486 people as of 8pm, compared with 26,633 in the afternoon, with another relief centre being opened. A […]
8 vying for Umno vice-presidency
EIGHT candidates are in the running for the three vice-president posts in the ongoing Umno elections. Two of them are incumbents Mohamed Khaled Nordin, who is also higher education minister, and Padang Terap MP Mahdzir Khalid.