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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

PM Anwar: If a general election were held today, reforms and civil service support would secure win

Six suspects, three men and three women, were arrested in Sungai Golok, Thailand for alleged possession of 6,000 meth pills. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Over RM1m just for Thai legal fees? Jailed Kelantanese singer’s family says may need to sell land, home if needed

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on December 19, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

Umno Youth chief: ‘Rosmah’s ring, Rosmah this, Rosmah that — today, Allah has revealed the truth’

Screen shot of the brawl involving football fans at the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station on the Ampang-Sri Petaling Line last night.
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Prasarana files police report over football fans’ brawl at Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT Station

The prime minister's political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin (centre) attends press conference at the Bandar Tun Razak Member of Parliament's office in Kuala Lumpur, Dec 21, 2024. — Benama pic
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Dr Wan Azizah demands swift response to mutilated cats at Universiti Malaya

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

‘Just leave it, lah’: PM Anwar tells authorities to focus on racial and religious offences, not harass dissenters

An undated file photograph show Ipoh district police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad speaking to reporters. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Police seek public info on teacher missing in Ipoh for 11 days

MetMalaysia has issued a severe continuous rain warning for several areas in Sarawak, Sabah, and Labuan until tomorrow. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

MetMalaysia: Severe continuous rain warning issued for Sarawak, Sabah, and Labuan until tomorrow

Makoto Uchida, president and CEO of Nissan Motor, and Toshihiro Mibe, Honda Motor president and CEO, attend their joint press conference in Tokyo, Japan March 15, 2024. — Kyodo via Reuters pic
Money  / 16 h ago

Honda Skyline or Nissan Civic? Japan’s two auto giants to consider mutual production of vehicles

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a press conference in Subang December 21, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

PM Anwar: Criticism of high-profile acquittals unfounded, judiciary must be respected

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the media during a visit to the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg. — Reuters pic
World  / 14 h ago

Holiday horror: Death toll climbs to five in German Christmas market car-ramming, over 200 injured

Minister of Transport Anthony Loke at the 10th year commemoration of the disappearance of MH370 in March 2024. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

‘We owe it to the people’ to find MH370, PM Anwar says as search resumes with Ocean Infinity

State Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said that the projects involved approximately 3,000 homeowners affected by the delays. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Johor completes seven ‘sick’ housing projects worth RM700m, says exco

Narathiwat Provincial Prison Crime Management specialist (Women’s Wing) Panata Yononarongdetkul said that most of the women were from Kelantan. — Picture By Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Most Malaysian women in Narathiwat Prison are drug offenders, says Thai prison specialist

A French court on Friday handed heavy sentences to several men convicted of having played a role in the jihadist beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in 2020. — AFP pic
World  / 16 h ago

Eight convicted in France over beheading of teacher who showed Prophet caricature

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Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on January 30, 2024. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
01 Jul 2024

Abang Jo denies Sarawak trying to squeeze out Petronas

Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg (centre) launches the SMD Semiconductor Sdn Bhd Design Centre, June 26, 2024. — Picture by Sarawak Public Communications Unit.
26 Jun 2024

Sarawak aims to be semiconductor high-value hub in SE Asia, says premier

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg officiates the opening of the 2024 National Auditors Conference at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, June 25, 2024. Also present is Auditor-General Datuk Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi. — Bernama pic
25 Jun 2024

A-G: National Audit Dept working on amendments to Audit Act 1957

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg visits the booths set up in conjunction with the national auditors’ conference in Kuching June 25, 2024. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
25 Jun 2024

Sarawak premier says to stop providing capital contributions to GLCs, starting with BDA and SEDC by 2027

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Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg today said he has submitted to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim a name from Sarawak to be next Dewan Negara president to take over from the late Datuk Mutang Tagal. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
24 Jun 2024

Sarawak premier says submitted name of new Senate president candidate to PM Anwar

Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg (3rd right) being briefed by Datuk Temenggong Bernard Aggan (right) on the cultural heritage of the Iban community, June 24, 2024. — Picture by Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas)
24 Jun 2024

Sarawak greenlights plan for Dayak body to manage Brooke-era forts as cultural hubs

Sarawak Governor Tun Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar signs the visitors’ book at the Malaysian High Commission Office in Brunei June 24, 2024. — Picture courtesy of Sarawak Public Communications Unit
24 Jun 2024

Sarawak deputy premier: Trade and tourism office to strengthen bilateral ties with Brunei

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim attends the Sarawak state-level 2024 Gawai Dayak Dinner at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, June 22, 2024. With him is Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg. Sarawak has accepted to co-host the 2027 South-east Asian (SEA) Games together with the federal government on condition that the opening ceremony will be held in Kuching while the closing ceremony can be held in Putrajaya. — Bernama pic
23 Jun 2024

Premier: Sarawak will co-host 2027 SEA Games if Putrajaya approves Kuching for opening ceremony

The Governor of Sarawak Tun Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar receives a courtesy visit from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (left) at the Astana Negeri Sarawak on June 22, 2024. Also present are Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg and Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (right). — Bernama pic
22 Jun 2024

PM Anwar tells Sarawak to go ahead with needed repairs for schools and clinics

Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen urged the state government to capitalise on its strength to attract these high-tech investments into Sarawak, especially given that the industry is also energy-intensive and there is an international emphasis on the need for clean energy in their production line. — Bernama pic
20 Jun 2024

Sarawak DAP chief urges state govt to improve investment strategies amid tech giant influx into Malaysia

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said according to Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) Batang Ai will not only be producing electricity through hydro but also from solar. — Bernama pic
20 Jun 2024

Sarawak premier: Batang Ai area able to produce 2000MW of solar energy

Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability Datuk Hazland Abang Hipni gives the thumbs up on the success of the Asia Pacific Green Hydrogen Conference and Exhibition in Kuching June 12, 2024. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
12 Jun 2024

Deputy minister: Sarawak secures over RM6b in MoUs at successful Asia Pacific green hydrogen conference

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof at the Asia Pacific Green Hydrogen Conference and Exhibition in Kuching June 12, 2024. — Bernama pic
12 Jun 2024

DPM Fadillah says Bill on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon capture trading to go to Parliament before end 2024

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg (centre) at the opening of the Regional Conference on Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Sustainability Utilisation in Kuching June 11, 2024. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
11 Jun 2024

Sarawak budgets RM1b for Sri Aman to challenge Kedah paddy fields, aims to make Malaysia rice exporter and Bernas ‘irrelevant’

Deputy Minister of Law, Malaysia Agreement 1963 and State-Federal Relations Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said these rights are based on clear constitutional provisions and relevant state and federal laws. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
10 Jun 2024

State rights over continental shelf clear and unquestionable, says Sarawak deputy minister

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg speaks during a press conference in Kuching June 10, 2024. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
10 Jun 2024

Sarawak premier asks Putrajaya for funds to research cheaper alternative after diesel prices go up in peninsula

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg (left) at the Asia Pacific Green Hydrogen Conference and Exhibition in Kuching June 10, 2024. — Bernama pic
10 Jun 2024

Abang Johari: Sarawak committed to collaborating with partners to drive energy transition

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said the state government is engaging consultants, who may be involved in the airport construction in Doha, to develop the planning for the construction of the new KIA. — Bernama pic
07 Jun 2024

Abang Johari: New Kuching International Airport modelled after Hamad International Airport in Qatar

Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah says the working committee on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) has agreed to take out ‘tourism’ from the Federal List and insert it under the State List of the Federal Constitution. ― Bernama pic
07 Jun 2024

MA63 committee agrees to put tourism under Concurrent List of Federal Constitution, says Sarawak minister

Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the federal Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) in a circular issued last month had decided to scrap permits to all agencies in Sarawak and Sabah operating the MM2H programme with immediate effect. — Bernama pic
07 Jun 2024

Sarawak minister lambasts Tourism Ministry over new MM2H policy

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg at the launch of the country’s first electrolyser assembly facility in Kuching, June 6, 2024. — Bernama pic
06 Jun 2024

Sarawak premier launches Malaysia’s first electrolyser assembly facility

Sarawak Governor Tun Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar with his wife, Toh Puan Fauziah Mohd Sanusi and Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah, paying their last respects to the late Cpl (Rtd) Etin Jam at the Kuching Civic Centre, June 6, 2024. — Picture courtesy of Sarawak Public Communications Unit
06 Jun 2024

Sarawak premier: State govt to consider naming new places after fallen heroes

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri abang Johari Openg is welcomed on arrival for the Betong Division Gawai Dayak celebration in Betong June 5, 2024. — Picture courtesy of Sarawak Information Department
05 Jun 2024

Sarawak premier denies claims of taking rights of Petronas over oil and gas resources found within state

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