Umno to seek pardon for Najib
THE Umno Supreme Council is seeking an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to get Najib Razak a royal pardon said Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. The Umno secretary-general said the Supreme Council will present a memorandum which will make a case for the former prime minister to be pardoned.
Rouble hits 12-month low against dollar
THE Russian rouble today fell to its lowest rate against the dollar in a year, dipping to 82 roubles to the US unit on the Moscow Stock Exchange (Moex). Russia has been under massive sanctions imposed over the Ukraine offensive for more than a year.
Court hands man 9 year sentence for imprisoning woman in rural China
A MAN in China has been jailed for nine years for imprisoning a woman in a rural shack, a court said today, in a case that has triggered outrage on social media. The primary defendant, Dong Zhimin, was handed a jail sentence of nine years for the crimes of “abuse and illegal detention”, according to […]
DBP moots new law which gives them enforcement powers
KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) has suggested a new act that gives them more authority, especially in terms of enforcement relating to the misuse of language as well as to provide accreditation of the standard of language at various levels. Read full story
PSC: 9,152 candidates called in for interviews for permanent Health Ministry positions
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 9,152 candidates have been called for interviews for permanent appointments to fill 4,914 vacancies for medical officers Grade UD43, dental officers Grade UG41 and pharmacists Grade UF41 for the year 2023, according to the Public Service Commission (PSC). Read full story
Nationwide Rahmah sales grossed RM52 million, says Fuziah
THE Rahmah Sale programme started by the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry has grossed RM52 million in sales since its implementation through 3,223 sales promotions since January. The ministry’s Deputy Minister Fuziah Salleh said it involved 118 parliamentary constituencies with the sale of goods that were sold up to 30% off market prices, […]
Opposition bloc spurns Malacca CM’s invite to join govt
MALACCA opposition leader Dr Yadzil Yaakub has rejected an offer to join the government bloc as part of efforts to strengthen the state’s first ever unity government. Yadzil, Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Bemban state assemblyman, said he and Sungai Udang assemblyman Dr Mohd Aleef Yusof had decided to remain in the opposition to serve as a check-and-balance to the state […]
MOH approves additional indication approval for Evusheld Covid medication
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has agreed to grant additional indication approval for the product Evusheld 100 milligrammes per millimetre (mg/ml) Solution for Injection (Tixagevimab 100 mg/ml and Cilgavimab 100 mg/ml) manufactured by Astrazeneca AB of Sweden. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the approval was made at the 383rd Drug Control Authority (DCA) […]
Honduras shrimp industry worried by diplomatic break with Taiwan
ON the Pacific coast of Honduras, thousands of people working in the shrimp farming industry are worried about their futures following the government’s decision to break diplomatic ties with their largest export market: Taiwan. “We don’t want them to stop business with Taiwan,” Lorena de Jesus Zelaya, 51, who works in a shrimp packing plant, […]
巫统最高理事将呈备忘录 恳求国家元首考虑特赦纳吉
巫统最高理事会恳求国家元首考虑赦免前首相纳吉。 巫统总秘书阿斯拉夫说，最高理事会也要求觐见国家元首，以便提呈寻求特赦纳吉的备忘录给陛下。