GEORGE TOWN, Nov 17 – Federal Government must ensure that the reported one year delay in the Mengkuang Dam project does not compromise water supply in the State of Penang during prolonged or severe dry spells. PBAPP chairman YAB Lim Guan Eng said Penang had been looking forward to the completion
VERSAILLES, Nov 17 – French President Francois Hollande said parliament would this week begin examining a bill extending the state of emergency by three months. He said he decided to ask parliament starting Wednesday to examine a bill prolonging the state of emergency for three months. He told this about the rare joint sitting
People who drink coffee daily, even up to four cups per day, are less likely to die from heart disease, neurological disease, type 2 diabetes or suicide than others, according to a new study. Researchers did not test how upping coffee consumption would change health outlooks, so they cannot conclude that
NEW YORK, NOV 17 – A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received that the world’s most extensive face transplant, the New York University Langone Medical Centre said here on Monday (Nov 16). After a 26-hour surgery performed at the New York
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 17 – The Penang government has been urged to provide the actual size of land approved for reclamation for Phase II of the Seri Tanjong Pinang project (STP II). Opposition Leader in the Penang State Assembly Datuk Jahara Hamid said this was because the land size announced by Chief
ALOR SETAR, Nov 17 – The Kedah government today tabled the budget of RM794,107,227 as the state’s operating expenditure next year. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir said of the total, RM261,036,085 were meant for development expenditure, which includes RM184 million allocation for the Development Provident Fund to implement development projects. The
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – The government has assured that the construction of the 359 new permanent houses (RKB) for flood victims in Kelantan will be completed by February next year, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Monday. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said although there were
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – The Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination results had been released today while there was a total of 3,8344 Standard 6 students scored excelled all Grade A in 2015 compared to the year 2014. Director-general of education Datuk Seri Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof said a total of 443,407 students seat for
MELAKA, Nov 17 – The Melaka state government tabled the 2016 Budget of RM327.08 million, with estimated revenue of RM327.25 million, to record a surplus budget for the 12th consecutive year, since 2005. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron said the budget included a management expenditure of RM317.62 million and liabilities of
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – The National Zoo will exhibit the giant panda cub of Xing Xing and Liang Liang starting on Tuesday. Its deputy president [email protected] Ahmat Lana said here on Monday that the cub would be exhibited to members of the public from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm daily. “We
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today attributed what he said were death threats against several national leaders to the firm stance of Malaysia and the other ASEAN countries against the IS militant group. “It could be because we have made a strong stand against
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – The Deputy Minister of Home Ministry Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said they will filter the Syrian refugees it plans to accept after Friday’s Paris terror attack which killed more than 100 people. He said the measure was deemed necessary particularly following a report that a Syrian refugee was
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – The people have generally begun to accept the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) based on the drop in the number of complaints received by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) and the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK). According to the Finance
BRITISH, Nov 17 – The Prime Minister revealed Brit spies have foiled Seven terror plots in six months as he called for the UK to bomb ISIS in Syria. The Tory leader who pledged to recruit 1,900 more spooks to deal with the threat said ISIS was training terror cells in Syria before
PARIS, Nov 17 – The interior minister said French police carried out 168 searches and arrested 23 people in raids overnight on Sunday in the wake of the attacks on Paris and more than 100 people have been placed under house arrest. A total of 31 weapons were seized, Bernard Cazeneuve added,
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 – The United States has approved a $1.29 billion deal to replenish the Saudi air force’s arsenal, depleted by its controversial bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen. Congress has 30 days to block the sale but is unlikely to do so, and shipment of the more than 19,000 smart
PARIS, Nov 17 – The Paris terror attacks may have put a clamp on President Obama’s plans to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, as the number of governors saying they won’t take them swells. At the same time, top congressional lawmakers are urging the administration to halt the plan.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – Opposition Pakatan Harapan federal lawmakers failed to vote down Budget 2016 was passed at the policy stage after a bloc voting in the Dewan Rakyat here on Monday night. Opposition MPs had called for a bloc voting, which ended up in 128 ayes and 74 nays.
A new Islamic State video has warned that countries taking part in Syria airstrikes will suffer the same fate as France, which was hit with multiple attacks on Friday. It specifically threatens an attack on Washington. A man in the video states that just as the center of France was
IPOH, Nov 16 – The government will announce the result of an overall review of the automated enforcement system (AES) implementation early next year, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said the government wanted to ensure the AES implementation would go hand-in-hand with the demerit points system (Kejara). “We
