PM’s visit to Thailand expected to bring ‘good news’ on reopening of land borders
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s official visit to Thailand this week is expected to bring ‘good news’ on the reopening of Thai-Malaysian land borders. Malaysian Ambassador to Thailand Datuk Jojie Samuel said Ismail Sabri’s three-day visit, the first since he was appointed prime minister last August, was at the invitation of Thai […]
Govt engaging employers on RM1,500 minimum wage
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is currently engaging with employers on the RM1,500 minimum wage to ensure that it will be implemented holistically. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the human resources ministry is also holding discussions with unions, including Cuepacs to discuss the matter. “We are engaging with employers because there are companies […]
Gov’t never forced children to be vaccinated – PM
ISKANDAR PUTERI: The government had never forced parents to register their children to be vaccinated through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids). Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the perception that the government was forcing children to be inoculated via PICKids was untrue as parents have always been given a choice […]
Panel suggested to boost public service delivery
JOHOR BAHRU: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today suggested the setting up of a committee or task force to study and modify the public service delivery system to accelerate the country’s economic recovery. Speaking at a townhall session with Johor civil servants here, Muhyiddin said this move is necessary in the wake of the […]
New Zealand’s Ardern sacks minister over office affair
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sacked a senior cabinet minister Wednesday over an affair with an ex-staff, amid heightened scrutiny on lawmakers’ behaviour ahead of a general election in September. Ardern dismissed Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway after discovering he had an affair with a former colleague who was working at a government organisation […]
‘PM never said govt would recognise UEC’
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had never said that the government would recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) at his recent meeting with leaders of the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Hua Zhong), the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said today. “With regard to the issue of recognition for UEC raised at the […]
PM and 34 others on 14-day self-quarantine
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is among 35 people asked to self-quarantine at home for 14 days after an officer, who attended the post-Cabinet meeting chaired by the PM on Wednesday, tested positive for Covid-19. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said swab tests were conducted on […]
PH May power transfer fizzles out
Politics determine who has the power, not who has the truth. – Paul Krugman, American economist Something really BIG was supposed to happen this month, which does not look like it is going to happen. The Pakatan Harapan (PH) people had been saying there was an agreement, an understanding rather, that at the end of […]
Muhyiddin Yassin, the PM who rose to face unprecedented challenges
KUALA LUMPUR: “This government may not be the government that you voted for. But I want all of you to know that this government cares for you. “I accepted to the fact that I came in as your Prime Minister not at the best moment. I face political, economic and health crisis all at the […]
Masing on PM’s prerogatives
KUCHING: The needs of the nation come first when federal ministers and others in the federal administration are appointed, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. He said the wishes and wants of individual parties are secondary to the rights of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to form his Cabinet. “Cabinet appointments […]
