Kota Kinabalu: The increase in petrol and diesel prices should galvanise leaders of oil-producing states in Malaysia including Sabah to push for a review of the oil royalty rate as well as for…

(Bernama) -- The High Court here today ordered Mohd Jusnaidi Omar, the brother of a federal minister, to enter his defence on a drug-trafficking case.

(New Straits Times) - Lorry operators in Perlis, Kedah, Penang and northern Perak have increased their charges by 40 and 50 per cent, depending on the capacity of their vehicles, effective yesterday.

M'sian minister warns public transport and school bus operators not to raise pricesTODAYonline

One-third of Malaysia's schools do not have water and electricity, a minister said, pledging to fix the problem by 2010.

Fuel and insurance surcharges up as much as five-fold; even so, operators losing thousands of dollarsTODAYonline

FRESH produce from Malaysia will cost more because of higher fuel prices there.

(The Malaysian Insider) - The battle lines for the top prize in Umno were drawn during the ruling party’s two-day retreat. Most supreme council members including Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak…

Government to announce four broad measures next week to ease burden on consumersBy Leslie Lopez, The Straits Times

THREE of the six judges involved in the 1988 judicial crisis have received ex-gratia payments from the government to compensate them for what they went through.

KUCHING (June 6) -- Despite recent public calls to do away National Service in the wake of several deaths involving trainees, the National Service Training Department is proposingto increase the…

Tim Leonard and Himanshu Bhatt, The Sun KUALA LUMPUR (June 6) : "I am not running a prostitution den or involved in drugs. I am only helping the people!"

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 - Chief Justice Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Mohamad, former Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid and Gerakan adviser Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik have…

PENANG, June 6 - About 50 supporters of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the DAP and representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) staged a peaceful demonstration against the fuel price hike for…

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 - Police today warned members of the public not to be involved in any demonstration against the fuel price hike.

KOLKATA, India, June 6 (Reuters) - Protests and strikes over fuel price rises spread across India on Friday despite moves to take the sting out of the hikes, while anger fizzled out in Malaysia as the…

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Petronas will lower its multi-billion dollar gas bill by cutting the amount of subsidy it provides on gas sales every year up to 2022, local media…

TAIPING, June 6 (Bernama) -- Police have advised people not to participate in an anti-Internal Security Act (ISA) candlelight vigil by Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (Abolish ISA Movement) at the Kamunting…

PUTRAJAYA, June 6 (Bernama) -- Drivers in the country are advised to drive at not more than 100km/h as it can help save fuel, more so in light of yesterday's fuel price hike.

Go jump into the Klang River. That was the message from Gerakan Federal Territories chairman Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong to his party leaders after he learned that he had been suspended for taking up a…

Two letters Tun Salleh Abas wrote to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Iskandar “complaining about noise during some repair work” at the King’s palace near the former Lord…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Di hari yang sama, Rabu dan Khamis, Suara Keadilan, iaitu lidah rasmi PKR turut melaporkan isu yang sama iaitu Anwar yakin boleh menurunkan harga minyak di negara ini. Ini…

(Harakah) - Pemuda Dewan Perhimpunan China Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor (KLSCAH-Youth) dan Gerakan Demokratik Pemuda dan Mahasiswa Malaysia (Dema) telah melancarkan surat sokongan Deklarasi Belia…

(Harakah) - Sekumpulan rakyat prihatin yang dikenali sebagai Ikatan Kebajikan Rakyat (Ikrar) mengadakan demostrasi di luar perkarangan Masjid Kampung Baru selepas solat Jumaat sebentar tadi, mendesak…

Last night, Philippines TV aired a news programme – Reversals of Fortune – which featured two interviews with two men who used to head the Malaysian Government: former Prime Minister Tun…

The tragedy of Umno, it would seem, has been the lack of intellectuals from the beginning, observes our special correspondent. Umno has never been known to engage in the battle of the mind to solve…

Kuala Lumpur, June 6 (IANS) The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), which has traditionally represented the Indian community here, wants to attract more Telugus, Malayalees and Sri Lankans in its fold as…

The phantom-member issue has spawned two major leadership crises in MCA in the past and is haunting the party again as it prepares for triennial party elections in October, writes ZUBAIDAH ABU BAKAR …

THE current upward trend in oil prices is worrying. There is no telling how high it will get by year's end.

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — One-third of Malaysia's schools do not have water and electricity, a minister said according to a report Friday, pledging to fix the problem by 2010.

The tragedy of Umno, it would seem, has been the lack of intellectuals from the beginning, observes our special correspondent. Umno has never been known to engage in the battle of the mind to solve…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is likely to become a net importer of oil in 2014 or 2015, not in 2011 as bandied about, according to Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) president and chief executive officer Tan…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia's government will not revise this week's drastic fuel price hikes despite opposition protests, a Cabinet minister said Friday, but he also assured consumers…

Because I was earning only half the money you are earning today, I could only buy a RM9,800 imported Mitsubishi Galant 1600 and a RM18,000 single-storey bungalow overlooking the South China Sea way…

The Malay Rulers have asserted their power more strenuously than at any time since 1984, his fight with them forgotten in an Umno chorus to rally the Malays around their rulers. For Mahathir, indeed,…

There is a rumour swirling about Putrajaya at the moment among the higher echelons of the Civil Service. The rumour surrounds a 4th Floor plan to turn Kalimullah Hassan into a Tan Sri!

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's party was meeting on Friday hoping to weather a storm over unpopular fuel price hikes that come on top of a poor showing in…

The phantom-member issue has spawned two major leadership crises in MCA in the past and is haunting the party again as it prepares for triennial party elections in October.By ZUBAIDAH ABU BAKAR, NEW…

Improve your vehicle's fuel consumption - by as much as 40% - by changing the way you currently drive. There is a catch, though. You'll no longer qualify as a Malaysian driver...

In this context, he said people from the lower-income group like plantation workers, were used by a small group of middle-class Indians to arouse hatred against the Barisan Nasional (BN) government by…