All five Chinese dailies – China Press, Nanyang, Sin Chew, Kwong Wah and Guang Ming led with Employee Provident Fund (EPF) announcing the implementation of Account 3 effective, May 11. The dailies covered various aspects on the new account. Editorial Nanyang Daily zoomed on KL20 Action Plan that is part of a plan to make…
Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) gained today after news broke out that Forest City will have a new casino. Turned out it wasn’t true.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had firmly denied the rumour. The short-lived rumour has a huge impact on the market. At 5 p.m., Genting’s stock closed at RM2.62, down 1.13% from Wednesday’s…
Chairman of the International Bureau AMANAH Youth National Mus’ab Muzahar challenges a political science professor from Portland State University named Bruce Gilley to address the ongoing Gaza genocide instead of making sensational claims. “Instead of making wild claims about a second holocaust, why not acknowledge the ongoing genocide in Gaza?” Mus’ab queried in a Facebook…
Currently, there are no plans to open a casino in Forest City, Johor, at least according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “Not true, not true. Casino licence… That’s a lie,” he said at the Madani Muhibbah Aidilfitri event in Putrajaya on April 25th, as reported by Free Malaysia Today. To emphasise his point,…
Starting May 11, members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) under the age of 55 will gain Account 3, expanding their retirement savings options beyond the existing two accounts. They will restructured into three categories: Akaun Persaraan, Akaun Sejahtera, and Akaun Fleksibel. After the effective date, Akaun Fleksibel will start with a zero balance, while…
Gerakan – a Perikatan Nasional component – is most likely denied a second chance to contest in Kuala Kubu Baharu, even though its candidate came up second during the state polls last year. Reports indicate that the party would field a Malay candidate. Prior to this, the opposition coalition’s latest component MIPP turned down a…
Cash strapped low-cost carrier MYAirline has lost its air operator certificate (AOC) since April 15. This was confirmed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM), reported The Edge. The revocation was done under Regulation 193 of the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations 2016. The revocation was done as MYAirline failed to get a new investor…
Thai ganja smuggling syndicate busted with 100kg weekly haulIn a crackdown on a drug syndicate, authorities seized cannabis worth nearly RM300,000. The drug syndicate was importing as many as 100 kg of ganja per week from Thailand. Apparently raids were carried out between April 18 and 23. According to KL police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi…
Some unscrupulous people have created a fake Facebook account of Harapan’s Kuala Kubu Baharu candidate, Pang Sock Tao. DAP’s national publicity secretary Teo Nie Ching confirmed this via her page. “Xiao Tao 小桃 ‘s candidature was announced last night. Today, someone has used her photos to create a fake account on Facebook. “For the information…
All is not well in the opposition alliance Perikatan Nasional following the inclusion of the Malaysian Indian People’s Party. MIPP president P Punithan in a statement claimed that the party’s inclusion in PN refected PN’s commitment to the wellbeing of the Indian community. His statement was however downplayed by a Bersatu associate wing leader who…
