MOE projects recruiting 20,000 new teachers in 5 years
THE Education Ministry projects the recruitment of 16,886 to 20,081 new teachers in the next five years, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Sabah Pakatan bemoan exclusion from district- and village-level posts
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s Pakatan Harapan members in northern Kota Marudu are unhappy over their exclusion from district- and village-level posts. Read full story
Drastic action needed to overcome Sepanggar water woes, Sabah Water Department told
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Water Department (JANS) has been urged to take drastic action to deal with the water crisis that has gone on for a long time in Sepanggar. Read full story
Wrong to claim Anwar not given proper acknowledgement during Saudi trip, say analysts
KUALA LUMPUR: Detractors are wrong to claim that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s recent official visit to Saudi Arabia was not fruitful just because he did not meet King Salman Abdul Aziz Al-Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to analysts. Read full story
Two die as m-bike crashes into parked lorry in Batu Pahat
BATU PAHAT: Two foreign men were killed after their motorcycle crashed into a parked lorry at KM3.5 on Jalan Bukit Pasir-Tongkang Pechah here. Read full story
Over 300 child abuse cases at daycares, kindergartens in 2022, says Nancy Shukri
KUALA LUMPUR: Over 300 child abuse cases happened at kindergartens and daycare centres last year, says Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. Read full story
Govt approves 21,000 foreign workers for plantation sector
THe government has approved a quota of 20,970 workers for the plantation sector under the Foreign Worker Employment Relaxation Plan (FWERP) as of March 18. Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister Siti Aminah Aching said Malaysia is still in need of foreign workers in the near term.
Cuba says voter turnout ticked up in legislative elections
CUBA’S government managed to mobilise voters yesterday for National Assembly elections, the results of which were a foregone conclusion, as it pushed back against a recent abstentionist trend in the communist-ruled nation. As many as eight million eligible voters selected from the 470 candidates on the ballot – 263 women and 207 men – are vying […]
Perikatan wants PM to explain Saudi trip in Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should address questions by Perikatan Nasional MPs on his recent trip to Saudi Arabia in the weekly Prime Minister’s Question Time session, says Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal. Read full story
Bills tabled to abolish mandatory death sentence, criminalise live-streaming sex involving children
KUALA LUMPUR: Four crucial Bills were tabled in Dewan Rakyat to pave the way for the abolition of the mandatory death sentence while also criminalising live-streaming sex involving children. Read full story