Day: October 11, 2024

Inkia Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Kallpa, received environmental approval for the expansion of its solar power plant currently under construction in Southern Peru, a leading global solar resource hub. The approval will bring the solar project, Sunny, from 228 MWp to 338 MWp, and is expected to be fully operational by the second half of 2025. Based in Peru, Inkia Energy is the country’s largest power generator and is controlled by global infrastructure investor I Squared Capital. Besides Sunny, Inkia has enabled the construction of two adjacent solar projects, by signing energy and I-REC off-take agreements for these developments.

A contractor and his nephew have been remanded for seven days, beginning today, to assist in the investigation into the murder of retired Felcra officer Sabari Baharom last month. The remand order for the duo, aged 38 and 26, was issued by Magistrate Anis Suraya Ahmad at the Sungai Petani Court Complex here today. The remand order application was submitted by the Baling district police to facilitate further investigations under Section 302 of the Penal Code. Earlier, a heavily escorted lorry transporting the suspects was seen entering the Sungai Petani Court Complex at 9.48 am and leaving about an hour

A total of 80 physical development programmes worth RM7.7 billion will be implemented by the Federal-level Public Works Department (JKR) in Sarawak this year, said Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexandar Nanta Linggi. He said these projects involved the pre-contract phase worth RM3.2 billion and the construction phase worth RM4.5 billion. Speaking to reporters after the handing over of two simultaneously completed projects at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Jalan Haji Baki here today, he said RM152 million has also been allocated for the maintenance of Federal roads in Sarawak this year. “The maintenance involves periodical pavement and non-pavement works, street lights and

The Ministry of Communications and MCMC hosted a meeting with ASEAN Ambassadors in Malaysia to discuss social media regulations and registration. The session was chaired by YB Fahmi Fadzil, Minister of Communications, Malaysia. The primary focus of the session was to strengthen collaboration on online safety issues within ASEAN and to enhance regulations and governance related to social media across the region. The initiative aims to address shared challenges through coordinated strategies and the exchange of best practices among member states. In conclusion, no single country can tackle the issue of online harms in isolation. While Malaysia is committed to

The proposed acquisition of 38 F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter jets from the Kuwait Air Force (KAF) is in line with the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) plans. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the procurement of fighter jets is also appropriate as the aircraft have low flight hours. ‘The acquisition of these fighter jets is appropriate. If you look at the aircraft, it only recorded between 2,000 to 3,000 flight hours compared to the 6,000 to 7,000 maximum flight hours,’ he told reporters after the launch of Parajurit Broadband initiative and exchange of a Memorandum of Understanding between the