GEORGE TOWN, Sept 21 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said he is ready to face the backlash from voters in the next election. He said he know that now he is under a heavy fire for authorising the mass culling of stray dogs in Penang that to curb rabies. The DAP leader
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 – The Veterinary Department has vaccinated 2,286 dogs on Sunday which had following the rabies outbreak in the northern states. There were 2,286 dogs where separated into 3 state which are Perlis (465), Kedah (1,648) and Penang (173) dogs have been vaccinated. “There were samples from 40 dogs had shown
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 21 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng hold a press conference today at Komtar said the order to culled all the strays dogs is to protect the safety and health of the public. He said we don’t wait till the disease get happen and get blamed from the
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 – The High Court here has quashed the Home Ministry’s decision to two financial publications which The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily over reports on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). On Monday, High Court Justice Datuk Asmabi Mohamad ordered the three-month suspension against The Edge Financial daily and The Edge Financial
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 20 – Penang Gerakan chairman, Teng Chang Yeow hounded the DAP about the state government’s order to kill all the stray dogs instead to carry out mass vaccinations. He said that although the previous state government led by the Barisan National also did not kill any dogs, but just only
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – An express bus with about 30 passengers skidded and crashed into a Proton Saga car before landing on its side at Km445.5 of the PLUS Expressway near the Rawang exit on Sunday while the bus was heading to Penang. All the passengers managed to get out of
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) Saturday hit out at DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua over his insistence that the company deny allegations by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). It said in a statement responding to one by Tony Pua earlier on Saturday that Tony Pua “has conveniently forgotten”
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak visited PAS Spiritual Leader Datuk Dr Haron Din at the National Heart Institute (IJN) here on Saturday. Najib via his Facebook website said he had the opportunity to call on Ustaz Haron Din at the National Heart Institute just now. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – University Malaya Specialist Centre consultant psychiatrist and smoking cessation specialist Dr Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin said the use of electronic cigarette or vape is dangerous and it will be effects on the consumer’s health because of the nicotine in its liquid. “It was more worrying when
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin hold a press conference after launching the National Sports Day Sale at Mid Valley Megamall here on Saturday said the action must be taken against anyone including UMNO Youth members if they were found to break the laws during the ‘Himpunan Rakyat
DUNGUN, Sept 20 – PAS offered former Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim who has been sacked from PKR to join PAS parti. He said he has not yet consider the offers due to he still having some matters to resolve with the Registrar of Societies. He spoke to
POKOK SENA, Sept 19 – Kedah Veterinary Services Department director Dr Kamaliah Ghazali said besides of the vaccinating of their canines, owners also should confine their pets for at least two months to prevent their pets to contact with the stray dogs, either through bite or saliva, as this also could cause the spread of
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 – The air quality in the country due to the haze has improved, with only Balok Baru, Kuantan in Pahang recording unhealthy air as at 8 pm Saturday. According to Department of Environment’s (DOE) website, the Air Pollutant Index (API) reading in Kuantan was 101, while the API readings in other
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 19 – Founded of Canine Welfare initiative Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better Wani Muthiah yesterday evening send through an Whstapps message to urged Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to relook at the cull order issued by the administration. “I hope that Penang State Government can give the stay dog
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 19 – Bayan Baru Gerakan Youth lodged a police report on Friday against the banners that was alleged were slogans of a racist nature at the ‘Himpunan Rakyat Bersatu’ or Red Shirt rally on Sept 16 in Kuala Lumpur. Bayan Baru Gerakan Youth vice-chairman Chan Kim Beng had lodge the police
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 – The dealers said that the ringgit was closed higher against the US dollar for the fifth trading day on continued demand for emerging currencies despite the US Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain the interest rates. The ringgit was quoted at 4.2030/2110 against the US dollar from 4.2500/2600
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 19 – The signing ceremony of the German Dual Vocational Training Programme in Penang between the State Government and the Penang Skills and Development Centre PSDC was held at PSDC here on Friday morning. This was the first ever German dual vocational education of learn and work in Malaysia which
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 – The defamation suit filed by Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament Tony Pua Kiam Wee against The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd (NSTP) over an article published by New Straits Times newspaper was settled on Friday. Lawyers Guok Ngek Seong represented Tony Pua, while Claudia Cheah
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 – Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Tajuddin Md Isa said police have confirmed that a car workshop located in USJ 3, Subang Jaya near here, where prominent deputy public prosecutor was held before he was bludgeoned to death is owned by one of five suspects held in
KUCHING, Sept 18 – The severe haze since the morning of Thursday causes the second day of cloud seeding fail carried out to reduce the effect of haze in several areas in the state of Sarawak. The cloud seeding operation was successfully conducted on Wednesday only. “The operation by the Department of Environment, in
