GEORGETOWN, April 16 – Ten new hotels, which are currently under construction, are set to open for business by the end of the year on Penang island which continues to draw local and international tourists. Among the chain hotels and stand-alone hotels are the St Giles Wembley and Cititel Express located
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 – Tan Sri Musa Hassan, who was the inspector-general of police (IGP) at the height of the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder investigation, today said police must answer the questions asked by former prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on the case. He said Dr Mahathir should not be
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 – Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib has assured Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that he is not alone in the quest for answers over various issues he had raised with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, adding that the former prime minister can always count on the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 – Businessman Low Taek Jho should be investigated and action taken against him if there is proof that he was involved in the misappropriation of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds, Umno Youth said today. Referring to the front page story of The Edge Financial Daily today, Umno
KOTA KINABALU, April 14 – A group of female students at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Limbanak in Penampang became “instant celebrities” after their infamous fight went viral today. The 49 second video showed two groups of female students, one wearing the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) uniform and the other donned in the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 – Thai police are on the hunt for three Malaysians, believed to be involved in a pyramid scheme, the Bangkok Post reports. The three suspects are said to be directors and shareholders called UFun Store Co Ltd. They are Tae Kim Leng, 40, Lee Kuan Ming, 38 and Wong Ching Hua, 42. While
PERMATANG PAUH, April 14 – It is not impossible for Barisan Nasional to wrest Permatang Pauh from PKR as it had previously snatched Teluk Intan from the opposition last year. Gerakan president Datuk Mah Siew Keong, who is also the Teluk Intan lawmaker, said despite the ruling coalition winning the constituency in
KUALA LUMPUR,April 14 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad questioned the rationale behind the arrests of journalists, saying it would only turn Malaysia into a police state. In a video uploaded on the blog “Apanama” today, the former prime minister said there was no need for police to nab editors and top executives from
Computer security researchers said they have uncovered a new variation on an old weakness in Microsoft Corp’s Windows operating system that could theoretically allow hackers to steal login credentials from hundreds of millions of PCs. The vulnerability, named “Redirect to SMB” by security firm Cylance, is similar to one found in
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 – UMNO Youth is confident that the party and national leadership will overcome the challenge it is facing as it is not a major crisis. Its chief, Khairy Jamaluddin said all quarters must give the space and opportunity to the current national administration to revive the situation. “We have
PUTRAJAYA, April 14 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today launched the Malaysian Government Pensioners Foundation, which will help retirees remain active through various activities and programmes. He said 21,000 civil servants retire every year, and they should remain active and continue to contribute towards the country’s development. Najib also announced
ALOR STAR, April 14 – Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir today confirmed that the state Umno would announce its stand on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s leadership on April 24 in Kuala Lumpur. He said the matter was agreed upon by all state Umno assemblymen and members of Parliament who
PARIS, April 14 – Malaysia, which is already one of the world’s top ten tourist destinations, is well on track to achieve the goal of being a top tourist destination. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia’s strengths lie in the ability of its vastly different ethics groups to
GEORGE TOWN, April 15 – Penang has proposed a “Sky Cab” project to further improve connectivity between its island and the mainland. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who announced the project, said the proposal would link Penang Sentral Transportation Hub in Butterworth to Nordin Street Ghaut in George Town. “This will
GEORGE TOWN, April 13 – A DAP state assemblyman has strongly condemned the DAP-led state government and the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) for approving another high rise to be built on a hillslope in Tanjung Bungah. Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu has today described the approval to build the project
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 – A Barisan Nasional lawmaker says the public, including former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should wait for the audit report on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) before criticising it. Kulim Bandar Baharu Member of Parliament Datuk Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir said while concerns raised by the
PARIS, April 13 – Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected in the French capital on Monday morning to attend events related to Kuala Lumpur’s bid to be on the Unesco executive board for the 2015-2019 term. Malaysian Ambassador to France, Tan Sri Ismail Omar said Muhyiddin was scheduled
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 – The recently amended Sedition Act will effectively shut down the debate on hudud and its suitability in Malaysia, MCA’s Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said. The party’s Religious Harmony Bureau chairman said this in response to one of the amendments, which was passed early on Friday, criminalising
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – “What does he mean by money? This was Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek’s response to former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s statement that Umno today was “all about the money”. “If the money is for the sake of the people’s happiness, what’s the problem?” the Communications and
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had broken his promise to construct the “Crooked Bridge” linking Johor to Singapore’s side of the Causeway, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has claimed. The former prime minister told blogger Din Turtle in an interview, which was uploaded on the blog
