MELAKA, Nov 14 – The Coalition of Melaka Smoke- Free NGOs (GaNMBAR) had called on the government to set the age limit for buying of e-cigarette or vape to 18 years and above, like for cigarette buyers. GaNMBAR chairman Osman Ismail said there was a need to set the age limit as e-cigarette
BENTONG, Nov 14 – The cabinet meeting here on Friday had been decided that the Works Ministry was only a body that can permitted to issue any statement and latest development regarding the mudslide at Km 52.4 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Liow Tiong Lai said the decision
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 14 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be leading the Malaysian delegation to the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Antalya, Turkey on Nov 15-16. Foreign Ministry said in the statement here on Friday that Malaysia had been invited to participate in the summit in its capacity as the
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – Malaysia has zero tolerance for terrorism and will not condone any form of such action, whether in Malaysia or anywhere in the world. While condemning a series of attacks by gunmen in Paris on Friday, which according to reports left over 100 people dead, he said Malaysia was shocked
LONDON, Nov 14 – London’s Gatwick Airport evacuated its North Terminal today (Nov 14) due to “an incident”, hours after a string of attacks in Paris claimed by the Islamic State group killed 128 people. Due to an incident the North Terminal has been evacuated as a precautionary measure,” said the
PARIS (Reuters), Nov 14 – French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday (Nov 14) the deadly attacks in Paris that killed 127 people were “an act of war” organised from abroad by Islamic State with internal help. He said he would address parliament on Monday in an extraordinary meeting and the
PARIS, Nov 14 – The death toll in the Paris terror attacks could rise to more than 200 with 128 confirmed dead, 180 people injured and 99 critically injured. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the six separate shooting and grenade attacks this morning. The evil terror group called the horrific incident a
BENTONG, Nov 14 – ANIH Berhad will position a 300-metre concrete barrier at KM52.4, Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway, which was flooded by mudslide on Wednesday. Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) director-general Datuk Ismail Md Salleh said the barrier, to alert road-users from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur, would be in place by Friday evening. “It will
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 14 – The Penang Municipality Council (MBPP) will be launching a campaign to give priority to pedestrians by making the city more pedestrian friendly in future. MBPP Infrastructure and Traffic Committee chairman Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik said the campaign are expected to take three years to be implemented in stages
PARIS (AFP), Nov 14 – The string of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late on Friday (Nov 13) left more than 120 people dead, in the worst such violence in France’s history. The assailants struck at least six very different venues, ranging from the national sports stadium to a pizzeria.
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 14 – A ferry crew was injured when he was beaten by a group of men while the Penang ferry was docking at the Raja Tun Uda ferry terminal in Weld Quay here on last Wednesday. The incident happen at 9.45 pm while the 38-year-old man sustained injuries in
PARIS (WIRES), Nov 14 – Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in a deadly rampage that a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack. A Paris city hall official said four
PARIS, Nov 14 – France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 120 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris. Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took dozens hostage. The siege ended
PARIS (AP), Nov 14 – President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to French President Francois Hollande to offer the condolences of the American people for the attacks in Paris. The White House says in a statement Friday night that Obama has reiterated the United States’ steadfast, unwavering support for the people
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – Malaysia condemns the outrageous multiple terror attacks in Paris on the innocent civilians, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on his Twitter and his Facebook page here on Saturday morning. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, citizens of France and President François
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 – Facebook launched a check-in feature on Saturday (Nov 14) to let people know that friends in Paris were safe after a series of bombings and shootings in the French capital killed at least 120 people on Friday. The “Paris Terror Attacks” safety check let people signal whether
BENTONG, Nov 14 – Pahang Forestry Department quarters’ occupants, who were evacuated following the landslide at Km 52.4 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway on Wednesday, are not yet allowed to return to the quarters due to uncertain weather conditions. “The intermittent rain occurring over the area was feared to have an
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – An opposition activist pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Friday to a charge of publishing a seditious article on the Federal Court’s decision in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s second sodomy case. Used-car sales promoter Lawrence Jayaraj Edwin John, 46, was charged with posting the
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – Bank Negara Malaysia’s Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz said the Malaysian economy is expected to be remain on its growth path of between 4.5-5.5 per cent on this year which supported by the government’s flexible policy. “There would be continuous announcements regarding the economy in order
PARIS, Nov 14 – At least 100 are dead in a series of attacks on four locations in Paris including shootings, explosions and a hostage situation at a concert hall, according to French media and police sources. A police source said that three attackers have been killed and that the hostage
