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Yeo: No electricity tariff hike this year
KUALA LUMPUR: There will be no electricity tariff hike for all categories of consumers this year, said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Yeo Bee Yin. Speaking at the Dewan Rakyat, she said the government had taken various
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“Tainted” Najib a “liability” in denial
KUALA LUMPUR: Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has raised the heat by describing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as a tainted leader who is in denial as the latter holds the BN advisory chairman position. “I
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Malaria outbreak: No need to worry, says Dzulkefly
PUTRAJAYA: There is no need to worry about the malaria outbreak affecting the Orang Asli people from Pos Lenjang in Kuala Lipis, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad. Speaking to reporters, he said that the Orang Asli people contracted
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PAC: GST refund money not missing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has confirmed that no goods and services tax (GST) refund money has gone missing. The PAC however found that the transfer of the funds into a consolidated revenue account instead of the GST
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People’s consultative paper to be tabled on PTPTN
KUALA LUMPUR: A People’s Consultative Paper (KKR) will be tabled to the Cabinet on a new mechanism for repayment of National High Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans, the Dewan Rakyat heard today. Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik said the findings
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Lim pours fuel into fire over BN’s recipe for electoral catastrophe
PUCHONG: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has poured fuel into the fire by jumping into the bandwagon by describing Pekan MP Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appointment as BN advisory council chairman as a recipe for electoral catastrophe to the coalition.
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Over RM12,000 spent on each drug addict a year
KUALA LUMPUR: The government spent RM12,775 on treating each drug addict per year, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman told the Dewan Rakyat today. He said the amount was estimated together with RM35 spent on rehabilitation cost per day
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Judge limits ‘fishing expedition’ to 10 minutes
KUALA LUMPUR: High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali limited a ‘fishing expedition’ – the questioning by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s defence team – to 10 minutes after the prosecution raised objections. Deputy public prosecutor V Sithambaram
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Death in custody: Incapacity for outrage in ‘New Malaysia’
What does it take to make every elected representative and police officer feel outrage whenever there is a case of a death in custody? Under the bad old Barisan Nasional 9BN) regime, deaths in police and enforcement agencies’ custody were
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Pos Lenjang Orang Asli warded for malaria
PUCHONG: A total of 10 Orang Asli in Pos Lenjang, Kuala Lipis in Pahang have fallen ill, suspected to be due to plasmodium vivax malaria. Of this number nine have been warded. “This is the most dangerous kind of Malaria.
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