KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (Bernama) — The government is mulling the prospect of establishing a sentencing council, which is aimed at promoting greater transparency and consistency in sentencing, as a way to reform the criminal justice system, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr

KUALA LUMPUR, The Dewan Rakyat today passed two bills in preparation for the reassignment of autonomous power in the supply of electricity to the Sabah state government. The two bills are the Renewable Energy (Amendment) Bill 2022 and the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022. Both were tabled for

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 29 (Bernama) — Sabah looks forward to enhanced bilateral relations with Brunei now that the borders on both sides have reopened, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. He is optimistic that cooperation in various fields, especially trade, will grow seeing that Sabah’s trade with Brunei increase

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 28 (Bernama) — The Sabah Environmental Trust (SET) hopes that the 2023 Budget will take into consideration allocating a certain percentage of fines collected for the offences committed, to the relevant agencies or state government. It also wants the relevant forest reserves be declared as ‘closed’ forests

PASIR MAS, Sept 26 (Bernama) — The Women, Family, and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) is taking a serious view of the shortage of beds in maternity wards at government hospitals and it plans to take this issue up to the Cabinet-level for discussion with the Ministry of Health (MOH). Its

SHAH ALAM, Sept 26 (Bernama) — Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah today handed over appointment letters for 19 posts in state Islamic religious bodies in a ceremony at Istana Bukit Kayangan. The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS), in a statement, said the Sultan handed over the appointment letter

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 (Bernama) — The ASEAN Secretariat needs to buck up and have some sense of urgency in providing updates on the development in Myanmar, says Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah.The minister said he and his fello…

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 (Bernama) — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is still the Member of Parliament for Pekan, said Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun.He said this was in view of the pardon petition filed by Najib under Ar…