EXECUTIVE

The Health Ministry has been allocated RM45.3 billion in Budget 2025, which is the second highest after the education ministry. It’s an almost 10% increase from the previous budget. Will it be enough to address the many issues affecting Malaysia’s public healthcare system? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Azrul Mohd Khalib, Chief Executive of the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, a healthcare policy research and advocacy outfit.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Curlec, Zac Liew, shares key priorities in promoting financial inclusion.

ASEAN is at a pivotal moment in its energy transition journey, with countries across the region setting ambitious goals to decarbonize their economies. Malaysia, too, has committed to significant reforms, but how do we stack up against our neighbours? And as we assume the chair of ASEAN, what role can we play in driving a coordinated regional effort towards energy transition? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Kavita Gandhi, Executive Director of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore.

Top executives at TSMC have visited the UAE recently and talked about a plant complex on par with some of the companys largest and most advanced facilities in Taiwan, the WSJ said.

Prosecutors alleged the duo helped set up joint venture with 1MDB by falsely claiming their company, PetroSaudi, was backed by Saudi Arabia.

Ed Sheeran who often attends Ipswich's home matches, will have an executive box at the Portman Road Stadium, the club said.

This means the party's 11 current and former executives will be banned from politics for 10 years.

Nearly 200 Meta employees raised similar concerns in an open letter to Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders earlier this year.

1MDB alleged that PetroSaudi Chief Investment Officer Patrick Mahony aided several individuals to misappropriate its funds.

The former executives said Elon Musk falsely accused them of misconduct and forced them out of Twitter.

CAAM chief executive officer Datuk Captain Norazman Mahmud said they were still gathering information on the incident.

The company executives were from the manufacturing sector, including medical devices, metals as well as data centres, finance and trading.

They were charged with with 164 counts of CBT, cheating and money laundering involving tens of millions of ringgit in company's funds.

Katie Puris also claims TikTok refused to grant her leave to address medical conditions spurred by the stress and pressure of her job.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced two LDP executives in a bid to restore public trust amid a funding scandal.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.