The government has decided to end the policy of teaching mathematics and science in English or PPSMI in both primary and secondary schools effective from 2012. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, in an announcement, said the two subjects will be taught in Bahasa Melayu in national schools and Tamil and Chinese for vernacular [...]

Michael Jackson was an entertainment phenomenon both triumphant and troubled, a dazzling performer who transcended barriers, transformed the music world and transfixed fans and non-fans alike in every corner of the Earth. But Tuesday’s memorial was not for that Michael Jackson. Instead, those closest to the legend gave us a glimpse of Michael Jackson the [...]

The Manik Urai state by-election scheduled for July 14 will see a straight fight between PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah, 50, and Barisan Nasional candidate Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat, 39. Tuan Aziz, accompanied by about 10,000 supporters led by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, filed his papers at 9.05am, just minutes after the [...]

The Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra, today filed summonses in the Syariah Court here seeking his estranged wife, Manohara Odelia Pinot of Indonesia, to be loyal to him as well as to return a RM972,750 debt. The prince’s lawyers, Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar and Abdul Halim Bahari, filed both summonses [...]

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has lost a final bid to have his sodomy trial held in a lower court, ending a long wrangle over where the case should be heard, his lawyer said Thursday. The Court of Appeal rejected the application and affirmed an earlier decision that the politically charged case should be heard [...]