Archive - 22 May 2019

He maintains that the fundamental issue is enabling the underprivileged to access quality education.

UPDATED 10.30PM | He says funds will first be channelled to the Cost of Living Loans and Advance from Yield schemes.

Prime minister reaffirms Malaysia's commitment to the Palestinian cause.

It remains unclear how, when or even if Britain will go ahead with the divorce from the EU.

According to lawyer N Surendran, P Pannir Selvam filed the application from prison.

ADUN SPEAKS | This is just another platform for 'bossku' to try and wash his hands clean of 1MDB.

Asri acknowledges that the photos gave a negative perception of the PAS president.

Philippine gov't ordered to hire private company to send back 69 containers of garbage.

President urges his people to learn the lessons of hardship of the past.

UPDATED 8PM | They hope Mahathir will play a role in ending the aggression against the Palestinian people.

DG Noor Hisham Abdullah reminds the public not to spread false information.

Hamid stresses, however, that his officers are willing to wait for the country's finances to improve.

SKS Airways Sdn Bhd is expected to begin its flights to the island from Subang Airport.

Why not spend more time finding ways to improve peoples lives, asks Gerakan's Baljit Singh.

S'wak CCID chief Mustafa Kamal says the woman was contacted by a person claiming to be from a T'ganu court.  

Posing as consultants, middlemen obtain import licences for alcohol and cigarettes while bypassing due procedure.

Unidir's Renata Dwan calls it an 'urgent' issue that the world needs to take more seriously.

UPDATED 4.50PM | Corps director cries possible persecution, saying none of the members are the prime suspects.

Mahathir, Siti Hasmah, Wan Azizah and Najib express condolences to members of Pahang royal household.

The party claims the 'fake news' is being spread by the Umno Online Facebook page.

Abdul Hamid declines to reveal details, but says 'We will bring him home because everyone is waiting.'

LETTER | The requirement for the knowledge of Mandarin for employment is discriminatory.

The new countries include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This is just an attempt to divert attention from party's strong performance and influence, says Junz Wong.

COMMENT | For every dozen challenges that are issued, only one or two actually reach fruition.

UPDATED 3.15PM | This comes after election commission confirmed President Joko Widodo had won last month's election.

LETTER | The state is totally lacking on accountability and transparency on the MRT, LRT and tunnel projects.

LETTER | There is no need to question the special rights of the Malays and other bumiputeras.

He served as the sultan from 1974 to 2019, when he abdicated due to ill health.

Harapan needs a new narrative to combat racial issues played up by politicians, says PSM's S Arutchelvan.

Its chief Howard Lee reminds the minister of five possible solutions to matriculation quota issue.

They were arrested on Monday in connection with robbing a businessman, says KL police chief Mazlan Lazim.

COMMENT | Maszlee Malik is the weakest link in the cabinet and a great liability to the Harapan government.

LETTER | We thank our chief minister for his announcement that there will be no more mini-casinos and slot machine operations in Sabah.

COMMENT | Ronnie Liu’s call for an education minister for “all Malaysians” is the kind of inept politics that he is accusing Maszlee of.

YOURSAY | 'They wanting to come home should be different from us welcoming them back.'

Ex-PM says that the project is a public amenity that should benefit the people, not private firms.

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.