Archive - 2 January 2020

The Thai opposition is expected to file a no-confidence motion after the annual budget debate on Jan 13.

Mohd Ishak claims to have been threatened for his report highlighting the lack of basic ameneties at a religious school in Kuala Terengganu.

He replaces Zulkifli Zainal Abidin who goes on compulsory retirement today.

The union praised the former minister's initiatives to improve the education system.

Muddy roads pose a danger even to four-wheel-drive vehicles tasked to send children to school.

MACC had issued RM25 million in compound notices against the parties filing the legal challenge.

The number of people supporting the Change.org petition has skyrocketed over the past few hours.

The former minister laments many of the Education Ministry's achievements ignored for more sensational headlines.

Group wants school boards freedom to decide on Jawi script implementation.

UPDATED 9.510PM | KIMANIS POLLS | Shafie says there is no reason for his party to lose the battle to Umno.

LETTER | Malaysia’s food import bill runs into billions of ringgit and it is high time agriculture is given pride of place for our economic well being.

This is the first time the carmaker sold more than 100,000 units in a year since 2015.

Dr Mahathir also thanks the outgoing education minister for his service.

KIMANIS POLLS | Sabah MACC director S Karunanithy says officials will also be deployed to several locations to monitor the election.

UPDATED 6.15PM | His resignation is effective tomorrow.

Two anti-graft body personnel joins the State Integrity Unit to enhance civil servants and promote good governance.

None of the crew members on First Lady are Malaysian citizens, says Saifuddin Abdullah.

First time such a case could head to court since the law came into effect three months ago.

His lawyer says if they file a defence in this suit, it will prejudice the defence in the 1MDB case.

Nineteen-month-old Harvey Keaton received a posthumous commendation on behalf of his late father Geoffrey.

He says there were around 10 other detainees who shared the same cell with Thomas Orhions Ewansiha.

UPDATED 3.35PM | Speculation is rife the minister's resignation will be announced this evening.

Mohd Zuki urges civil servants to abide by the civil service oath and Rukun Negara.

These Integrated Special Education Programmes will benefit 7,600 of these students, says Education Minister Maszlee Malik.

'Malaysia faces tougher competition from other Asean countries in attracting high-quality investments.'

LETTER | Elderly politicians need to step aside as democracy is about providing leadership opportunities for others.

Defence ministry says it had sent a team to rescue the 13 people aboard the Black Hawk helicopter.

400 pro-democracy supporters held as peaceful demonstration spirals into chaos with police firing tear gas.

KIMANIS POLLS | This ensures nomination process goes on smoothly without any incident, says EC chairperson Azhar Azizan Harun.

LETTER | Malaysian politics today is the epitome of politics without principle.

This comes after a high level of ammonia was detected in the river.

Jawi senior officer verifies their wedding date via a marriage certificate during the first hearing of the duo's case.

LETTER | Programme provides graduates, employers with various incentives.

Accompanied by their parents, seven-year-olds throughout the nation turned up for the first day of the school year.

Over 30,000 victims are placed in temporary evacuation centres after their homes were inundated by water.

LETTER | To reduce these deaths, it’s completely inadequate to only focus on a single ministry’s policy.

Tens of thousands of holidaymakers race to escape the blazes at popular seaside towns on Australia’s east coast.

LETTER | Unable to achieve our Vision 2020 goals, the government should work fast on shaping up road safety and motoring attitudes.

The Israeli prime minister is to ask Parliament to protect him from prosecution in the three graft cases he faces.

Pledging closer ties, both countries are aspiring to achieve developed nation status by 2030 and 2045, respectively.

Pope Francis is sorry for his response to the woman who yanked him toward her, saying he had set a 'bad example'.

YOURSAY | 'It is time to work on having a national education system that all M'sians can trust and believe in.'

COMMENT | Sometimes, we ordinary people get so caught up in a world created by our politicians that we end up micro-analysing what’s right and what’s wrong.

MP SPEAKS | We must ensure that public educational institutions don’t further fan elements of racism.

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

UPDATED 10.41AM | KIMANIS POLLS | The Umno-PAS cooperation bloc does not fit well in the local political situation, says the Umno president.

PKR veep had implied that Anwar's aide was responsible for the brawl that took place at the PKR Congress.