UK faces lower energy bills as inflation eases
UNITED Kingdom regulators today slashed a cap on domestic energy bills from July, easing a cost-of-living crisis one day after data showed a slowdown in elevated inflation. The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) said the annual amount suppliers are able to charge an average household would drop to £2,074 (RM11,856.82), citing “recent falls […]
Labourer claims trial to causing cousin’s death in Kelantan
KOTA BARU: A labourer was charged in the Sessions Court here on two counts of causing accidental death and possessing a shotgun with live bullets on May 12. Read full story
Renewable Energy Bill amendments will give Sabah power to regulate electricity supply
KUALA LUMPUR: The amendment of the Renewable Energy Bill will allow the Sabah government to manage the regulation of its electricity supply, says Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. Read full story
High Court sets 2024 dates for suit brought by family of Dutch model Ivana Smit
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has fixed 18 days next year to hear a lawsuit filed by the family of Dutch model Ivana Smit, who died in a fall at a condominium five years ago. Read full story
Giddy-up: Horseback drive-through for three teens at Terengganu fast food joint
PETALING JAYA: It was a different kind of drive-through experience when three teenage girls rode horses to place their orders at a Terengganu outlet of a fast food chain. Read full story
Lima’23: Defence Ministry finalises 43 contracts worth RM10bil
LANGKAWI: The Defence Ministry has finalised a total of 43 contracts worth RM10.128bil at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2023 (Lima’23) so far. Read full story
Anwar says govt open to criticism from ulama
PUTRAJAYA is open to criticisms from religious scholars as long as it is not slanderous, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. He said that ulama (religious scholars) can criticise constructively to help the government improve.
Rights group slams Japan’s ‘hostage’ justice system
JAPAN’s justice system “systematically” violates suspects’ rights by routinely denying bail and extending detentions through re-arrests, Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged today. A report compiled over three years by the civil society group took aim at the country’s “hostage justice” system – a term widely used after former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn’s shock arrest and […]
Part 1 – Confusion over the Allah controversy
FAR from not appealing against an earlier High Court decision in favour of Jill Ireland, the attorney-general had earlier appealed to the Court of Appeal but the case was sent back to the High Court to look at the constitutional issues Ireland had raised. The controversy dragged on until Dr Mahathir Mohamad became prime minister […]
Pro-independence activists lose suit to remove Sarawak from Malaysia
THE Kuching High Court has struck out the suit filed by 11 pro-independence Sarawak activists to remove Sarawak from the Federation of Malaysia. Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew, in throwing out the suit with costs, ruled that the 11 had no local standi and that the court had no power to alter the Federal Constitution.