GEORGE TOWN, Mar 21 – Police will call Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to record his statement on a video showing him instigating children to hate the federal government at a launch of a tuition programme in Jelutong , near here, last Saturday. Penang police chief Datuk A.Thaiveegan said besides Lim,
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 21 – There will be water supply disruption in Jalan Tun Hamdan Sheikh Tahir, Bertam here from 10pm on March 23 till 8am the next day due to pipe connection work from the road till Taman Mekarsari, according to a statement from Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 21 – The Education Ministry today condemned what it claimed to be a move by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to use the education platform to make students hate the government. Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the act reflected the extreme politics of the DAP secretary-general who
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 21 – The High Court today was told that the Vietnamese woman Doan Thi Huong, who is accused of murdering Kim Chol or Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, did not know that the oily liquid she rubbed on the victim’s face was
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 20 – Gerakan is finalising the negotiation to swap five parliamentary and state seats with component party MCA, ahead of the looming 14th General Election (GE14). Gerakan president Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong said the move was necessary to ensure that Barisan Nasional (BN) wins with a bigger majority. “If
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 20 – The MH370 Response Team described a report that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had been discovered as ‘unfounded and baseless’. MH370 Response Team head Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said they were aware of a widely circulated report titled ‘MH370 found on Google Earth’. The team,
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 19 – After waiting for more than 11 years, the country’s number one singer, Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin, 39, gave birth to a 3.55kg baby girl via caesarean section at a medical centre in the capital, at 8.17am this morning. Her husband Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa,
SYDNEY, Mar 19 – Barisan Nasional (BN) may announce its candidates for the 14th general election (GE14) earlier than the previous practice of announcing it two or three days before the election. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who is also BN chairman, said this would allow BN to solve
JOHOR BARU, Mar 19 – MCA plans to hold a giant rally in the Ayer Hitam parliamentary constituency to give a clear signal that the party will fight with all its might to defend the seat from falling into the opposition’s grasp in the 14th General Election (GE14). It was announced
SERDANG, Mar 18 – Bagan Datuk in Perak is set to be transformed with a sizeable development allocation of RM2.3 billion. Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the funds were approved by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and would be channelled through various ministries and agencies for spiritual and
JOHOR BARU, Mar 18 – The Johor Barisan Nasional (BN) is prepared to defend four parliamentary seats currently held by MCA, namely Ayer Hitam, Tebrau, Labis and Tanjung Piai, in the 14th general election (GE-14). Its chairman, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, who is also Menteri Besar, said all BN component
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 18 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today congratulated his China counterpart, Xi Jinping on the latter’s re-election for the second term. Najib, who is currently attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney, in his ‘Congrats Twitter’ also described China-Malaysia ties as having hit new highs under their
KEMAMAN, Mar 17 – If Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad contests on a DAP ticket in the 14th General Election (GE14) it will be deemed a form of betrayal to the Malays, said Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry said if the Parti
BAGAN DATUK, Mar 17 – The government welcomes the proposal by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to raise the tax arrears limit of RM2,000, which restrict individual taxpayers from travelling abroad, to RM10,000. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the limit would allow more individuals to go overseas
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 17 – Cuepacs today dismissed an allegation from the opposition that civil servants had been put under pressure to vote for no other party but the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the 14th General Election (GE14). Its president, Datuk Azih Muda, said a statement made by Public Service Department director-general
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 17 – The Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) tags, which will be attached to all foreign-registered vehicles entering Malaysia through the Causeway and Second-Link Expressway, will be released in stages upon completion of ongoing application tests. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the ongoing application test was expected
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 17 – Former MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s bid to strike out Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s suit against him over a news portal article claiming the Prime Minister had misused 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds, was dismissed by the High Court today. Justice Datuk Nor
GEORGE TOWN: The DAP-led Penang government will not take lightly the confidence expressed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that the Barisan Nasional (BN) can recapture the state in the 14th General Election, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. The secretary-general of DAP said the Pakatan Harapan
PASIR PUTEH, Mar 16 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi believes now is the best time for Barisan Nasional (BN) to take over Kelantan as the opposition parties are in disarray. As such, the Umno vice-president, who is also discharging the duties of the deputy president, called
MUAR, Mar 16 – Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) will not be able to furnish minutes of meetings of its divisions and branches by the deadline given by the Registrar of Societies, according to its president, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said this was because ROS had only approved the setting
