PETALING JAYA: City Hall has rejected claims by restaurant owners that the grease trap fee of RM1,500 a year is too high. The owners need to pay this amount when renewing their permits. This new regulation came into effect on Jan 1. It will require a restaurant owner to fork out RM125 a month, which…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak is masterfully rebranding himself as a devout Muslim and has successfully undermined the opposition, according to The Economist. In its latest edition, the respected magazine says despite the mysteries surrounding 1MDB, the prime minister appears to be consolidating his power. Najib, it says, is “at the top of his…
PETALING JAYA: The suspect who was arrested earlier Wednesday for alleged graft is from the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, confirms Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki. When contacted to verify the identity of the suspect, Azam confirmed that it was the current Ministry secretary-general, Datuk Mohd Arif Ab Rahman….
KUALA LUMPUR – Program Walk For Syria hari ini berjaya mencuri perhatian pengunjung Kompleks Beli-belah Sogo, hari ini. Koordinator Walk For Syria, Khairol Najib Hashim berkata, ramai pengunjung memberikan sambutan positif terhadap gimik pentomin yang dimainkan ahli NGO Yayasan Darul Hijrah di ruang legar luar pusat kompleks beli-belah itu. Menurutnya, lakonan situasi tanpa dialog atau…
Pada pagi hari pertama 2017, saya diminta untuk menghadiri program “Walk With Syria” yang dianjurkan oleh Yayasan Darul Hijrah (YDH). Program ini adalah program kutipan derma oleh orang muda YDH untuk membantu pelarian Syria yang bersengsara dan bergelut pada musim sejuk di negara Saya sanjung tinggi pada semangat sukarelawan orang muda di YDH, kerana mereka…
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 JAN: Penderitaan mangsa perang di Aleppo yang menghadapi musim sejuk tanpa bekalan makanan dan perlindungan yang mencukupi menyentuh hati rakyat negara ini. Justeru, pertubuhan Malaysians Love Syria dan Yayasan Darul Hijrah menganjurkan program #Walk4Syria pada 1 Januari lalu untuk mengadakan kutipan amal sekitar ibu kota. Program yang disertai sekitar 40 sukarelawan itu…
PETALING JAYA: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang is proposing the “Pensiangan Formula” to address the “political and constitutional stalemate” arising from the proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act. In a statement, Gelang Patah MP Lim, said the idea of the “Pensiangan Formula” came to him during a recent visit to Pensiangan, Sabah,…
The recent McDonald’s ruling on birthday cakes is preposterous. In insisting on halal certification for cakes brought to its restaurants, did the fast food chain consider that not everyone brings a cake bought from a shop? There are mothers who bake their children’s birthday cakes for parties at McDonald’s. And there are those who order…