GEORGE TOWN, Oct 24 – Residents at Jalan Batu Gantung here want the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) and the state government to explain if the hill clearing activity near Batu Gantung adheres to the standard operating procedure (SOP) or regulations. Citizens Awareness Chant Group advisor Yan Lee said he had received
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Oct 24 – Eight workers were killed in an early morning crash when the factory bus they were in crashed into another at KM147, just before the Juru Toll Plaza in Seberang Perai, Penang, here today. The two buses were ferrying 37 women and three men when the accident happened about 5.40am.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MET Malaysia) today has denied claims on scorching hot weather reaching 40°C for the next five days that went viral on social media platforms. Its director-general Alui Bahari said the highest temperature recorded last week was at 36°C, below the temperature of heat
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – The High Court here today fixed Oct 27 to decide on a case of a car re-possessor charged with murdering Arab-Malaysian Banking (AmBank) Group founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi, and also with attempting to murder the banker’s wife four years ago. Judicial Commissioner Datuk Ab Karim Ab
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 23 – Eight bodies of victims recovered in the landslide at Lengkok Lembah Permai Tanjung Bungah here have yet to be claimed by family members, Penang Health director Datuk Dr M. Sukumar said today. He said the Forensic Department of the Penang Hospital received 11 bodies which were
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 23 – The Tanjung Bungah State Assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu claims he had shared a report on the risk of hillside project development in the state including the project at Lengkok Lembah Permai, Tanjung Bungah here with the Penang DAP state government. Teh, who is from the DAP,
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 23 – The remand on former Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal to facilitate investigations into alleged misappropriation of RM1.5 billion of federal rural development funds meant for Sabah, has been extended for four days. The extension, on the application of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 23 – The search and rescue (SAR) operation for buried victims of a landslide at an affordable housing project site at Lengkok Lembah Permai, Tanjong Bungah here has been called off at 12.05pm after flushing with K9 sniffer dogs of Fire and Rescue Department found no more victims
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 23 – About 3,600 residents in Taman Seri Juru at Simpang Ampat and 100 factories in Bukit Minyak Industrial Park, near here will experience water supply disruption for eight hours from 10pm on Oct 28, according to the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP). PBAPP chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 22 – The actual number of victims buried in yesterday’s landslide at tragedy at the construction site of an affordable home housing project in Lengkok Lembah Permai, Tanjung Bungah is 11 people and not 14 as reported yesterday, said Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) deputy operations head Ervin
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 22 – “I hope my husband is found safe so that we can celebrate the birth of our first born together,” ‘ said Nuraini Rosanti Abdullah, 32, whose husband is believed to be one of the victims yet to be found in the landslide at Lengkok Lembah Permai,
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – The DAP-led Penang government should stop being ignorant and start to re-evaluate all the hillside projects on the island in order to identify the potential risks, said Gerakan president Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong after attending a Deepavali Open House organised by Gerakan, here today. He said the landslide in
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested two former secretaries to former rural and regional development minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal to assist investigations, into alleged embezzlement of RM1.5 billion in public funds in Sabah. MACC Deputy Chief Commissioner (Operation) Datuk Seri Azam Baki when
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – Selangor Umno liaison chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar said Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties should not expect status quo in the allocation of seats to contest in the 14th General Election (GE-14). “The BN component parties must have tolerance, do not contest to represent the race but must
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 22 – “Mamang (Erwin Salis) missed his two children very much and had expressed his intention to return to his village later this year to see them,” said a family member of one of the landslide victims of the landslide at a construction site of an affordable housing
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 22 – Tanjung Bungah Residents’ Association (TBRA) today urged the Penang DAP-led state government to give attention to the development at the hillside in the area which was certainly objected to by the association. Its chairman, R.Meenakshi said the association had raised the issue last week and asked
KUCHING, Oct 21 – The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) together with the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) have been directed to investigate the cause of the landslide in Lengkok Lembah Permai, Tanjung Bungah, Penang. Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said, however, currently, the focus was given to
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 – The Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia is gathering information on its citizens involved in the landslide at an affordable housing project site in Lengkok Lembah Permai, Tanjung Bungah, Penang today. The embassy’s Information, Social and Cultural Coordinator, Agus Badrul Jamal said two Indonesians had been identified as among
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today expressed his grief over the landslide incident in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, this morning. “(I feel) Sad about the landslide in Tanjung Bungah. Hopefully, the search and rescue mission runs smoothly, let us pray together,” Najib said in a
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 21 – The incident happened so fast, about only one minute and all the workers were feared buried underneath. That was the first hand account of a Bangladeshi construction worker who survived the landslide incident in Lengkok Lembah Permai, Tanjung Bungah here this morning that is believed to have
