GEORGE TOWN, Jun 6 – Police raided a luxury condominium unit in Sungai Ara, Bayan Lepas, near here yesterday and found a drug laboratory, according to sources. They arrested four members of a family and a maid at the premises in the 8am raid, the sources added. The family comprised a man,
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 6 – Penang Gerakan Youth Legal and Public Complaints Bureau Cheif, Jason Loo Jieh Sheng will organise a public debate on the proposed of RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project on this Saturday, and State Works, Utility and Transport committee chairman Lim Hock Seng will be invited to to the debate.
ALOR STAR, Jun 6 – Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah was transferred to the Penang Hospital today from the Kedah Medical Centre where he was warded last Saturday for an intestinal complication. He was moved to the Penang Hospital at about 2.30pm, said his political secretary Datuk Shaiful
SEPANG, Jun 5 – A Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) flight en route to Kuala Lumpur from London Heathrow was hit by severe turbulence when flying over the Bay of Bengal today, which left some passengers and crew suffering from minor injuries. In a statement today, MAB said a small number of affected passengers and crew
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – Muslims throughout the country will observe the fasting month beginning tomorrow. The Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal, Datuk Seri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad when making the announcement, said the date for the beginning of fast for states throughout Malaysia had been set for Monday, June 6, 2016 according to the decree
SUNGAI BESAR. Jun 5 – Three paragliders bearing the flag of a political party flew above Dewan Sri Bernam at about 10am during the nomination for the Sungai Besar parliamentary by-election today, according to police. Police seized the paragliders and arrested four men at the Sekolah Seri Makmur field immediately after the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – A total of 14,150 registered candidates will be sitting for the 2016 Sijil Peperiksaan Malaysia (SPM) repeat written examination which will be held from June 13 to 15. In a statement here today, the education ministry said 232 examination centres would be open nationwide and 1,756 officers
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – The stop smoking campaign conducted in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya has received the support of 56 hospitals and private pharmacies. They have also offered a free Stop Smoking Service (mQuit) for smokers who wished to quit smoking, as provided by 15 health clinics now. Kuala
SUNGAI BESAR, Jun 5 – The nomination today for the Sungai Besar parliamentary election closed at 10am, and three people had filed their papers by that time. They are Budiman Mohd Zohdi of Barisan Nasional, Dr Abdul Rani Osman of PAS and Azhar Abdul Shukur of Amanah. Returning officer Mohd Khairuddin
KOTA KINABALU, Jun 5 – Local-born singer Gary Chaw has been appointed Sabah tourism ambassador. Sabah Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Pang Yuk Ming made the announcement at a welcome dinner he hosted for the singer at a hotel last night. Chaw, 37, a singer-cum-songwriter based in Taiwan will
TOKYO, Jun 5 – A 96-year-old Japanese man is potty at the prospect of breaking more records after being recognised as the world’s oldest university graduate with his degree in ceramic arts. Spritely senior Shigemi Hirata received his Guinness World Records certificate on Friday after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 5 – An array of Apple services including the App Store and Apple TV were knocked offline for several hours on Thursday due to an unexplained technical glitch. An official Apple status webpage confirmed the outage, which appeared to have started shortly before 1300 local time (2000 GMT).
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – The nomination process for the Sungai Besar, Selangor and Kuala Kangsar, Perak by-elections were carried out this morning. The nomination centres were open from 9am to 10am. In the case of the Sungai Besar by-election, the nomination process was held at the Dewan Seri Bernam,
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 4 – Exco for Works, Utilities and Transport Lim Hock Seng urged vice-chairman of Parti Cinta Malaysia, Datuk Huan Cheng Guan don’t trying to sabotage the Penang State Government and delay the highway projects. Lim stressed that projects for the Penang Transport Master Plan were awarded through open tenders. “If Huan
JAKARTA, Jun 4 – Four people were killed when a Bell 206 helicopter crashed in the district of Nabire, in the Papua province of eastern Indonesia. According to online media reports, in the 8.15am crash, the helicopter belonging to PT Amur had lost contact with the control tower in Bayabiru, a
PASIR PUTEH, Jun 4 – The government has yet to decide on the incentive for civil servants and government retirees for the coming Aidilfitri, said Treasury Secretary-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah today. He said the government has to look into various aspects, including its financial situation, before making its
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 4 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today described the statement by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai on the project Penang Skycab previously as unprofessional. Lim said he had written many letters to the Ministry of Transport on the proposed of the implementation cable car project, ‘Penang Skycab’, but no
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 4 – The Penang government will reward each registered Ibu Emas in the state RM100 under the Ibu Emas Appreciation Programme by June 6, 2016 (Monday). Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said there were a total of 54,000 registered Ibu Emas will receive the payments of RM100 on this Monday. “This is
THE HAGUE, Jun 4 – Initial results from a criminal inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over war-torn eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago will be available within months, Dutch prosecutors have said. The results are expected to shed light on the exact type of missile used
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 4 – Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah today called on Malaysians to not be easily misled by deviant ideologies that could be destructive to the country and world civilisation. He said the conflicts which happened in various parts of the world and terrorist attacks
