Unsold real estate properties, poverty and the complex problem overdevelopment and rising population growth rate of Kuala Lumpur are among the key issues raised in Dewan Rakyat today. Suhaimi Nasir (BN-Libaran) asked Local Government Development Minister on the efforts undertaken by the minister to overcome unsold real estate that is caused by real estate value…
The government has no plans to control the prices of e-hailing vehicles for now, Transport Minister Anthony Loke confirmed during Minister’s Question Time this morning in Dewan Rakyat. This is because there is a myriad of factors determine the fares and the government does not intend to disrupt the existing policy. “Variables such as traffic…
7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd chairman Datuk Farhash Wafa Salvador denied accusations that he is among the individuals responsible to gain support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ibrahim by offering bribe or threatening opposition lawmakers. “I strongly deny the false and baseless allegations against me. I have no knowledge of those allegations made by Wan Fayshal…
Restorative justice principle under the country’s criminal justice system will always remain preserved and this is proven through the hearing of 11 death row review hearings, said Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. The Federal Court will be hearing 11 review applications today, and another 14 on…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said today that the time had come for action over the conflict in Gaza rather than talk as he headed to Saudi Arabia to attend a summit on the war between Israel and Hamas militants. “Gaza is not an arena for words. It should be for action,” Raisi said at Tehran…
Umno is maintaining its focus on wresting back the seats it lost to Bersatu – PN in the 15th general election instead of Bersatu MPs who have thrown support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. We in Umno must not feel too comfortable with their (Bersatu MPs) support for the Prime Minister. “Of course…
Umno’s candidate for the Kemaman by-election could be someone from outside the party hierarchy, hinted Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. “We have tried this direct candidate without taking into account hierarchy in the party (the candidate’s position in Umno) and it was well accepted. “Thus, there is huge possibilities that we are adopting…
The federal government is believed to have given its green light for the creation of two new large parliament constituencies in Sarawak. The two new constituencies would be in Miri and Hulu Rajang. “The latest situation based on the information I have is that the existing parliamentary constituencies of Miri in northern Sarawak and Hulu…
Now that the Bersatu 4 have pledged their support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, their worry over constituency allocation is over. Bersatu 4 refers to the four Bersatu lawmakers who pledge their support while remaining in their respective but at the same time would be sitting with the backbenchers bloc. The four are…
The next probable by-election that Malaysia may witness is most probably the Muar by-election. That, however, would only be realised if Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman exhaust all of his avenues via the courts in the next few years. He still has two life lines that can over turn the High Court judgment – Court…
