Fiesta San Pedro, the festival celebrated by Melaka’s Portuguese community, will be recognised as Malaysia’s cultural heritage. Tourism Arts and Culture Minister Tiong King Sing said that the fiesta integrates various elements of cultural heritage. A heritage experts committee under his ministry have already met on July 3 to consider the application to recognise Fiesta…
Pemansuhan hukuman sebatan mandatori sedang dikaji oleh kerajaan. Perkara ini disahkan oleh Menteri Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. “Satu Mesyuarat Khas Kajian Pemansuhan Hukuman Sebat Mandatori yang dipengerusikan oleh YB Timbalan Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi) telah diadakan pada 23 Jun 2025 melibatkan pelbagai agensi termasuk Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Jabatan…
PKR’s Bandar Tun Razak vice chairman Jonathan Vela has taken Federal Territories MIC to task for dragging his party vice chairman, Datuk Seri Ramanan Ramakrishnan into the ongoing MIC-Umno feud. “If you wish to leave your own political family, that is your internal matter with UMNO. But never, under any circumstances, touch the leadership of…
A total of 80,657 content on TikTok and 2,854 content on Telegram have been removed following requests made by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), revealed Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. “This puts the overall figure at 83,511 that was removed by the service providers after applications were made by MCMC since the content…
The government collected RM288.45 million in taxes from electronic smoking devices, liquids and gels, both with and without nicotine since 2021 until July 2025. In the same period, the total amount of tax collected from cigarettes is RM15.02 billion. “Overall, the taxes and duties collected from both types of products amounted to RM15.3 billion from…
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail revealed that the Bangladeshi foreign workers made up 37 percent of the foreign workers in Malaysia which makes Bangladesh the top source nation for low skilled foreign workers in Malaysia. “As of June 30 this year, the Immigration recorded 803,332 active holders of the Visit Pass (Temporary Employment)…
Naib presiden AMANAH Datuk Seri Mahfuz Omar menempelak tindakan DUN Kedah yang meluluskan semakan semula peluasan SST sedangkan masalah sebenar rakyat Kedah berpunca daripada kenaikan tarif air dan premium tanah. “Usul yang dibawa dan diluluskan di DUN Kedah yang membantah Semakan semula perluasan SST hanyalah gimik politik murahan. Hakikatnya, SST 8% hanya dikenakan pada barangan…
Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia mahu kerajaan memperuntukkan dana khas menerusi Belanjawan 2026 untuk nelayan berhenti menggunakan pukat – pukat yang diharamkan untuk menangkap ikan. “Kerajaan telah mengharamkan penggunaan pukat tertentu yang membunuh sumber perikanan demi keterjaminan makanan. “Walau bagaimanapun, ramai nelayan masih menggunakan pukat haram,” kata pengerusinya Faiz Fadzil dalam satu wawancara baru-baru ini. “Oleh…
Billed as one of the largest gathering of green conservationists and stakeholders, Penang Green Summit under the auspicious of the Penang Green Council (PGC), aims to educate the masses about how to cope with climate change. Former state executive councillor Datuk Seri Phee Boon Poh sees climate change more as a climate emergency which needs…
Kerajaan negeri Perak digesa untuk mengadakan sesi libat urus dengan Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM) dalam usaha pembangunan semula Pulau Pangkor. Usaha pembangunan semula Pulau Pangkor secara rasmi ialah Rancangan Kawasan Khas (RKK) Pulau yang lebih dikenali sebagai Pelan Pembangunan Pangkor “Kita minta pihak kerajaan negeri mengadakan sesi libat urus dengan LKIM pusat,” kata pengerusinya…
