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A village in Temerloh, Pahang has been recognised with three major awards at the World Rural Development Day 2026 ceremony, including the 2025 MADANI Rural Aspiration Award Champion title, acknowledging its governance and community development efforts.
Malaysia's Ministry of Higher Education is constructing a RM55 million community college in Jelai, Pahang, to provide technical and vocational education in agriculture and agri-food sectors for rural students.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated his commitment to facilitating a resolution of the land dispute affecting the Orang Asli community in Kampung Sungai Cot, Maran, Pahang, signalling sustained government engagement with the issue.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his deepest sympathies to the families of six young men killed in a collision between a Toyota Vios and a lorry on Jalan Karak Lama in Bentong, Pahang, early on July 25.
Pahang has resolved land title applications for 99.5% of its 43,600 FELDA settlers, leaving fewer than 200 inheritance cases outstanding. The state also plans 16,000 housing plots for second-generation settlers.
MAHA Pahang 2026 is projected to draw over 100,000 visitors and generate RM1.3 million in sales during its four-day run in late July. The event will showcase 100 entrepreneurs and offer prizes including a Wagyu cow and a Perodua Bezza.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reaffirmed his commitment to helping resolve a protracted land dispute affecting the Orang Asli community in Kampung Sungai Cot, Maran, Pahang, pledging to raise the matter with state authorities.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has committed to discussing the land dispute affecting Orang Asli residents of Kampung Sungai Cot, Maran, Pahang with state authorities. Three community members previously detained have been released.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is set to officiate FELDA's 70th anniversary and Settlers' Day celebration in Maran, recognising the authority's transformation of rural communities since 1956.
The Sultan of Pahang has appealed to higher education institutions across the state to establish scholarship programmes for disadvantaged students from Tioman Island, citing the Institut Jantung Negara University College's initiative as an exemplary model for developing human capital in rural and isolated communities.
Nine suspects have been arrested following a major raid on an illegal bauxite mining site at a Felda plantation in Kuantan's Bukit Goh area. Authorities seized approximately 10,000 tonnes of bauxite-bearing soil along with heavy machinery valued at RM3.75 million.
Enforcement authorities in Bentong seized a substantial cache of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders valued at RM405,000 from a secured storage area, raising fresh concerns about illegal fuel distribution networks across Pahang.
A tragic sequence of road accidents in Pahang's Maran and Pekan districts claimed four lives today, including two sisters. The collisions occurred within an hour of each other.
Three media officers working with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi were among seven people hurt in a three-vehicle collision on the East Coast Expressway near Maran in Pahang early this morning.
Pekan police have arrested four more individuals involved in selling and purchasing fraudulent medical certificates, escalating the investigation to nine total suspects.
The Pahang Health Department has launched an investigation into allegations that numerous visitors became ill after swimming at a recreation site near Bentong, with authorities examining potential contamination at the popular Janda Baik river destination.