A senator has urged the Health Ministry to resolve the manpower shortage in Bukit Mertajam Hospital so that computed tomography (CT) scanning can be provided to patients 24 hours a day. “The manpower problem must be resolved soon to help the waiting patients,” Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran said, reported FMT. “CT scan services are only…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim countered the accusation that his unity government was being a hypocrite by pointing out that the Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin was playing politics on the issue. “The report against (PN chairman and Bersatu president Tan Sri) Muhyiddin (Yassin) was lodged by the Pahang palace. “So, he (Hamzah)…
The corruption case involving the son of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin – Faisal Hamzah – would be heard in March and April next year. A total of 15 days in that month was allocated by the Sessions Court. Judge Rosli Ahmad fixed March 24 to 28 and April 14 to 18 and 21…
Law and Institutional Reforms Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said confirmed that the Royal Commission of Inquiry report on the sovereignty of Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge will be debated in the parliament. “The Cabinet is concerned about issues related to the country’s sovereignty and has decided that the RCI report is to be…
The Youth and Sports Ministry announced that the government has agreed to accept the offer from SEA Games Federation to host the SEA Games in the year 2027. “The decision was agreed by the Cabinet after taking into account a commitment to co-host by three states with Kuala Lumpur,” said the ministry via a statement…
If the government is cruel for charging PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin under sedition why didn’t PN abolish the act when the coalition was in power? That is the question posed by Umno supreme council member Datuk Puad Zarkashi. “One doesn’t need to thump Muhyiddin’s chest for not using the Sedition Act when he…
Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) demanded a comic with an offensive post on the Facebook page of Zirwah al Idrus that insulted Hinduism in the pretext of educating Muslim children to be amended or withdrawn with immediate affect. They demanded Zirwah-al Idrus to make immediate amendments or withdraw the offensive statement. “As the organisation representing Hindus…
Senator Dr A Lingeshwaran of the DAP has filed a defamation suit against Urimai head P Ramasamy over a Malaysiakini article dated May 2 in which the latter described the former as one without common sense and unworthy to be in the medical profession. Ramasamy had made the accusation over Lingeshwaran’s call for UiTM to…
Natural Resources and Environment Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi has decided to withdraw from contesting for the Kuala Lumpur Football Association president position following Cabinet’s decision that bars its members from holding positions in sports association. “The Cabinet today decided that members of the administration are not allowed to contest for positions in the sports association….
Two PetroSaudi executives who collaborated in embezzling USD1.8 billion from Malaysia’s 1MDB would know their fate later today as the Switzerland Federal Criminal Court would be delivering their verdict. PetroSaudi chief executive Tarek Obaid, 48, and Patrick Mahony, 47, a director at the Saudi oil exploration and production company, are accused of involvement in a…
