The truce that has paused the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza ends at 1.00pm (Malaysian time). There are negotiations ongoing for a truce extension but no agreement has been reached. The initial truce was meant to last four days during which time Hamas agreed to exchange hostages for prisoners. There was also an extension during which…
The idea of dialogical community is important when societies are becoming more culturally complex and intercultural relations more problematic, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. As such he said the Islam-Confucianism dialogue on enlightened leadership held today was a significant step in the right direction of advancing the idea of a dialogical community at…
Hamas freed 12 more hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday, the fifth day of an extended six-day truce between the militant Palestinian group and Israel in the Gaza war. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the 12 hostages had been transferred from Gaza, and Israel’s military confirmed that the…
Police have confirmed that as of 1.40am, three construction workers were killed when the roof frame of a logistics warehouse under construction in Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas collapsed yesterday. Penang deputy police chief Mohamad Usuf Jan Mohamad said two of the victims died at the site of the incident while another died at the hospital….
Despite the lack of Generational End Game provisions, the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 that would be tabled for second reading today provides for hefty fines and punishments. The fines and imprisonment term differs for individuals and companies. The punishment for individuals ranges from a fine of RM30,000 and two years…
The Generational End Game (GEG) provisions in the amended version of the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill that was tabled for first reading today has not been scrapped permanently, insisted Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa. “If we feel there is a need to look at it again… If there is a need…
Air Putih assemblyman Lim Guan Eng has called upon the Penang government to match development allocation for the state backbenchers with their counterparts in Selangor. “Since the state is reported to be performing well financially, I don’t see any reason why the allocation for government representatives cannot be increased to provide more benefits to the…
Dewan Rakyat today approved the Finance Bill (No. 2) 2023. The Bill was tabled by Deputy Finance Minister II Steven Sim after its third reading today to amend the Income Tax Act 1967, Real Estate Gains Tax Act 1976, Stamp Act 1949, Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967, Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990 and the…
Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa revised provisions related to banning smoking to a certain age group, known as the Generation End Game (GEG) as well as vape ban in the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health bill which was tabled for the first reading in Dewan Rakyat. The previous version had measures preventing those…
New RON95 petrol subsidy programme to replace the blanket policy will be introduced next year, announced Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli. “We will roll out the RON95 subsidy in 2024, I will let you guess when it will happen. “I have spent one year talking about this,” he said during his speech at the Malaysian Institute…
