Muhyiddin accepts invitation for Bersatu to join Muafakat
(Malaysiakini) - Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin has officially accepted an invitation for the party to join Muafakat Nasional, according to PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan.…
Abdul Ghani Salleh appointed new Election Commission chairman
(BERNAMA) - Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh has been appointed the new Election Commission (EC) chairman and Datuk Nik Ali Mat Yunus a member of the Commission effective today, Chief Secretary to the…
PPBM joins Muafakat Nasional secretariat with Umno, PAS
(FMT) - PPBM has joined the Muafakat Nasional (MN) secretariat, teaming up with Umno and PAS.
In a tweet, Umno Supreme Council member Annuar Musa said the three Malay parties will work together…
Bill Gates on Covid Vaccine Timing, Hydroxychloroquine, and That 5G Conspiracy Theory
(Bloomberg) - Bill Gates, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, has become, for better and worse, a central character in the story of Covid-19.
The good news: The Bill…
Guan Eng to sue Melaka deputy speaker over FB post
(FMT) - Lim Guan Eng has issued a letter of demand to Melaka deputy speaker Ghazale Muhamad over a Facebook post in which the latter claimed that Lim had appointed a team of special officers upon…
Beijing says residents can go mask-free as China COVID cases hit new lows
(Reuters) - Health authorities in China’s capital Beijing have removed a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors, further relaxing rules aimed at preventing the spread the novel coronavirus…
DAP Sarawak will not remove the Chinese characters it pasted on the signboards
(Borneo Post) - Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) Sarawak chief Julian Tan opines that the community ought to look at the road sign issue in a broader manner.
The former Stampin…
Police reject blogger’s claim that CID deputy chief is relative of aide to politician accused of sodomy
The man has since filed a police report saying he was deceived into making the SD by a non-governmental organisation leader, whom he accused of providing the SD to the blogger for publication. The…
Russia’s Navalny in coma, allegedly poisoned by toxic tea
The widow of Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian agent who was killed in London by radioactive poisoning in 2006, voiced concern that Navalny’s enemies within Russia may have decided that it’s time…
PAS leader says party in both Muafakat, Perikatan to ensure straight fights in GE15
(MMO) - PAS Youth chief Khairil Nizam Khirudin asserted that his party is within the Muafakat Nasional (MN) pact with Umno, Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) to…
Hard to predict outcome if Bersatu joins Muafakat, says Sarawak assemblyman
(Borneo Post) - The prevailing situation in Perikatan Nasional (PN) whereby Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) is set to join Muafakat Nasional (MN) makes it difficult to predict what will…
Court dismisses Musa Aman’s challenge to Sabah assembly dissolution
(FMT) - The High Court here has dismissed the judicial review application by 33 Sabah assemblymen against Sabah Governor Juhar Mahiruddin’s consent to dissolve the state assembly.
The group,…
DAP Sarawak adding Chinese to road signs
(Bernama) - The action of the Sarawak DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) in pasting stickers in Chinese on several road signs around the city can be considered as insensitive to the sentiments of the…
Muafakat Nasional agrees to invite PPBM
(FMT) - Muafakat Nasional (MN), the pact forged between Umno and PAS, has agreed to issue an invitation to PPBM, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced early this morning.
In a tweet, he…
Bukit Aman to call Ramesh Rao for questioning over SD
(Bernama) - Police will once again summon Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin president Ramesh Rao to have his statement recorded at Bukit Aman, this time, in regards to an SD accusing a…
China crushes over 3,000 groups of gang crimes in targeted campaign
(The Star) - Police in China have busted 3,291 groups involved in gang-related crimes since the launch of a targeted campaign in 2018, the national office against organized crime said Wednesday…
Indonesia puts US$33 bil capital city shift on hold to tackle pandemic
(FMT) - Indonesia has put on the backburner President Joko Widodo’s ambitious US$33-billion project to relocate the capital city to the island of Borneo as it grapples to rein in the coronavirus…
‘Muhammad Zahid implicating me in graft case to save his neck’ – Mohd Isa
(Bernama) - Former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad (pix) disclosed in the High Court yesterday that his former special political officer, Muhammad Zahid Md Arip was a person who liked…
Rumoured Amanah MP crossover to Bersatu a baseless attempt to weaken Opposition, says Anwar
(MMO) - The rumour that Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) MPs are on the brink of defecting to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) is a baseless attempt to weaken the Opposition, Datuk Seri Anwar…
Anwar: Negotiations for seat allocations for Sabah election ongoing, PKR to contest under own logo
(MMO) - Negotiations for seat allocations for the Sabah state election are currently ongoing to obtain consensus from contesting parties, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
“Yes, it is…
Ghosts in MACC lockups? Never heard of any in my 30 years in service, says Shukri
(The New Sarawak) - Are the lockups in the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) haunted? Ex-chief commissioner Datuk Mohamad Shukri Abdull has never heard of any in his 30 years in the…
5 reasons why Bersatu is joining Muafakat – supreme council member
(Malaysiakini) - Bersatu supreme council member Razali Idris has listed five reasons for his party to join the Muafakat Nasional political pact.
He said firstly, it was because the pact's…
Sabah Umno split can cause BN’s defeat, say analysts
(FMT) - Political analysts see the split in Sabah Umno as having the potential to cause Barisan Nasional’s (BN) loss in the coming state election and to thereby damage Umno president Ahmad Zahid…
Nothing wrong with registering PN as a future option, says BN sec-gen
(FMT) - Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Annuar Musa today said the coalition has no qualms about PAS being part of a pro tem committee with PPBM to officially register Perikatan Nasional…
Sabah Umno chiefs’ rejection of Bung a slap in the face to Zahid, says ex-newsman
Blogger A Kadir Jasin today said the opposition from Sabah Umno leaders to Bung Moktar Radin leading Barisan Nasional’s (BN) election campaign in the state was a huge slap in the face for party…
PAS eyeing ‘kingmaker’ role by joining 2 separate coalitions, say party insiders
PAS is eyeing to become the kingmaker in the next general election as it sets up a pro tem committee with PPBM to register Perikatan Nasional (PN), according to two party insiders.
(FMT) - One…
After apparent quarantine exemption, Malaysians throw Khairuddin’s criticism of Sivagangga SOP breach in his face
Malaysians have dug up Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali’s criticism of the quarantine break behind the Sivangga Covid-19 cluster in Kedah to denounce the minister who did not self-isolate after…
Ahmad Zahid says doesn’t see why Bung Moktar shouldn’t lead Sabah BN in state poll
(Bernama) - Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stressed that it was reasonable for Sabah BN chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin to lead the party machinery to face…
Anifah didn’t dodge Manila claim, you did, Yong tells Shafie
(MMO) - SAPP president Yong Teck Lee has defended former foreign minister Anifah Aman over the latest Manila claim on Sabah, saying he had done his part to protest against the claim.
Yong said…
BN elections director Bung Moktar to hold special meeting amid rumbles of discontent in Umno
(MMO) - Sabah Umno chief Datuk Bung Moktar Radin appeared unperturbed by the internal criticism of his appointment to head the Barisan Nasional (BN) campaign for the upcoming state election.…