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Putrajaya to amend Federal Constitution, limit PM’s tenure
KUALA LUMPUR: The government would table a Bill today to amend the Federal Constitution, introducing a term limit for the coveted prime ministership. The Bill, which would be tabled by Law Minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong, is part of the
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Dr M: Police wants Sosma but govt will review it
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Police is adamant on retaining the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) to safeguard national security, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today. However, he assured the public that the government would evaluate
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Defence White Paper creates more jobs, boosts national defence
The Defence White Paper, (KPP) which was tabled in Parliament yesterday, will create more job opportunities for the national defence industry. Security and defence analyst, Ruhanie Ahmad said the KPP would provide numerous job opportunities through the identifications of new
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No such thing as separate congress, says PKR sec-gen
There is no such thing as PKR holding a separate congress, PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said. He dismissed allegations of a group of supporters of PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali planning to hold a
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PSD approves 10,675 permanent appointments for Health Ministry
PUTRAJAYA: The Public Service Department (PSD) has approved 10,675 permanent posts for the Health Ministry, said its director-general Datuk Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman. Mohd Khairul Adib in a media conference here yesterday said, the approval was based on the
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PSM: Declare war on unbridled food wastage, not a dead man’s cremains
The Malaysian government should declare war on food waste, rather than going berserk and foaming in the mouth over a dead man’s cremains. According to World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), food waste generates 11% of greenhouse gas emissions compare to world
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Kelantan floods claim second victim
TUMPAT: A Siamese labourer who slipped and fell into a flooded paddy field while pulling the net became the second victim to die in the floods in Kelantan. Tumpat district police chief, Supt Abdul Rashid Mat Daud said villagers found
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Society at large still apathetic of the disabled
KUALA LUMPUR: For Khairul Ikhwan, 38, who suffers from visual impairment, every time he walks on the tactile pavement in Brickfields, he must not only be careful not to walk into a motorcycle or stall blocking the road. In fact,
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Cradle Fund CEO’s room ‘reconstructed’ after petrol traces found – witness
SHAH ALAM: A witness in the murder trial of Cradle Fund chief executive officer (CEO) Nazrin Hassan told the High Court today that he was instructed to reconstruct the crime scene after the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) investigation
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Mindef seeks one pct of GDP as its annual budget
KUALA LUMPUR: The Defence Ministry has been applying an annual allocation of at least one per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the ministry during each year of the national budget. Its minister Mohamad Sabu said it was
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