GEORGE TOWN, Oct 2 – The Penang UMNO Youth movement will send a memorandum to the Penang State Islamic Religious Council (MAINPP) as a protest on the prohibition against using loudspeakers outside the mosque and surau except for the call of prayers in the state. The head of Penang UMNO Youth
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 2 – The Deputy Education Minister P.Kamalanathan said that the Ministry of Education will decide whether schools that closed due to haze need to replace their school days. He said there are two things to be considered, whether it was a holiday or schools were instructed to
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 2 – Friday demonstrations so call as Penang Red Rally turn up fail in Komtar, Penang. Number of people including reporters and police were more than the red people which causes the protester flash back after few protester arrival in the Komtar. This demonstration about Penang Islamic Religious
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 2 – The Penang state government has been set year-end timeline for the Gamuda Bhd-led SRS Consortium to submit application for approval to construct the light rail transit (LRT) project which under the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP). State Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 2 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Thursday slammed those who only know how to criticise the government and do not appreciate the government’s efforts in providing the best service to the people. He said such groups deserve to be called ‘jumud’ (stiff), who
GEOWGE TOWN, Oct 2 – The President of Parti Amanah Negara Mohamad Sabu hold a press conference today at Komtar said he was very happy the the Parti can successfully registered as a legal Parti. He said he would like to thank the ROS has approved the application. “There were a total of
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 – The High Court here on Thursday had been granted an application by Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament Tony Pua Kiam Wee to leave for a judicial review which to challenge an Immigration order barring him from leaving the country. Justice Datuk Asmabi Mohamad made
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 – 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) will avoid confrontation with politicians and focus on its assets monetisation strategy. 1MDB’s President/Group Executive Director, Arul Kanda, said his job was to ensure 1MDB monetise its assets in a way that delivered the best to shareholders. “We want to steer clear
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 – Low visibility of less than five kilometres over the waters off Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor, Pahang and Sarawak is expected to persist till Saturday. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the condition is dangerous to sea vessels without navigational equipment. A similar
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 1 – Northeast district police chief Asst Commissioner Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said police will take action against organisers of the Penang “red rally” which will reportedly be held at the Komtar premises here tomorrow. He said so far police had not been informed about the rally. Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said there were nobody has applied
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 1 – The non-governmental organisation (NGO) slams over DAP leaders who also Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng which should stop to twisting the words and attacking whatever of the ruling government have been done for the people. The Sabah-based Media Teens Consumer Group head Zeno Abdullah Roben in
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 – As of 6 pm today, 16 areas throughout the country still had ‘unhealthy’ Air Pollution Index (API) readings. According to the Department of Environment’s (DOE) portal, Port Klang recorded the highest reading at 133, followed by Port Dickson (129); Pasir Gudang (123); Bukit Rambai(122); Shah Alam (121);
JAKARTA, Oct 1 – Indonesia requires three years to address the issue of burning of fields and forests in the country, and solve the haze problem in neighbouring countries. President Joko Widodo said the problem of forest fires could not possibly be solved in a short time, and the three-year time period
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 1 – Religious affairs domestic trade and consumer affairs committee chairman Datuk Abdul Malik Kassim hold a press conference today at Komtar said there was no issue at all as the whole matter was being blown out of proportion by certain parties. “It was not a fatwa yet,
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 1 –Penang Chief MinisterLim Guan Eng this morning said that after being accused of eating dog meat and now he did not rule out the possibility will be described as an individual who issued a fatwa banning prayer in this country. He said yesterday he was accused of eating
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 1 – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in the statement on Wednesday said the transboundary haze from Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia is expected to dissipate as Malaysia is forecast to receive the easterly winds in early October. “This situation will bring rainfall in most areas in the west
BUTTERWORTH, Oct 1 – The Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said there was no individuals in the country have tested positive for Rabies, only dogs have tested positive for Rabies. He in a statement on Wednesday said there has been a wrong perception about the disease (Rabies) and reiterated that Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz told reporters at the Malaysia-OECD High-Level Global Symposium on Financial Well-Being here on Wednesday that there is still no need to peg the ringgit to the US dollar currently despite the continued downtrend of the local unit. “If
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 1 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng asked Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak, who reportedly claiming that Malaysians prefer slower broadband speeds. He said he had failed to understand the rationale of the minister claiming that Malaysians prefer “snail-pace” broadband to “cheetah-pace” with describing that the statement was
KOTA BAHARU, Sept 30 – The PAS vice-president Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah who is also Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar claimed that there were not all voters from the Chinese community support DAP. He said this was based on a research by PAS after the party confirmed severing ties with DAP at its annual assembly in June.
