DENGUE cases in Klang have remained at a worryingly high number. Klang Royal City Council (MBDK) records show that there have been more than 100 cases a week over these last three weeks. The city council's Health Department director Azmi Muji attributed this to unusually warm weather and rain in the late afternoons, which created an ideal...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat has yet to receive any notification from Bersatu concerning the status of its six Members of Parliament (MPs) who had pledged support to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, following the amendment to the party constitution recently. Speaker Tan Sri Dr Johari Abdul said, as such, the status of the six...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: The staff at Johor's entry points will just have to get used to his spot checks until commuters’ pain points are addressed, says Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi. He said fixing the many legacy issues continuing to "haunt" commuters trumps the unhappiness some have over his presence and surprise visits. “I know many are...
KUALA LUMPUR: A former policewoman who accepted a RM6,000 bribe to shut down a molest case has been fined RM8,000 in default of 40 days' jail by the Sessions Court here. The accused, Nur Mastisha Maidinsha, 39 pleaded guilty to two counts of accepting bribes totalling RM6,000 from the father of a suspect in a sexual...
KUALA LUMPUR: A building manager has been fined RM1,000 by the Magistrate's Court here for cheating an individual by impersonating the Johor police chief. The accused, A. Ganasean, 51, was charged with deceiving the victim in Bandar Baru Sentul here at 8.35pm on May 6 by impersonating the Johor police chief for the release of 11...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian football, still reeling from the violent attacks on national players, suffered another blow after a video clip of players fighting during a 2024 Youth Cup match went viral. The incident occurred during a Group A match between Melaka FA and Sri Pahang FC at the Hang Tuah Stadium in Melaka on Sunday. The 44-second...
KUALA LUMPUR: Another tree has fallen in the city here along Jalan Pinang. According to images from a Kuala Lumpur Command and Control Centre (KLCCC) traffic camera, the tree, located near Menara Prestige, is blocking all lanes on the road, which has been temporarily closed on Monday (May 13). ALSO READ: One dead, another injured as tree falls...
MELAKA: A 34-year-old housewife from the Portuguese Settlement here hopes to get a priceless Mother's Day gift by seeing her eldest daughter win a beauty pageant. Cheryl Christybell De Silva has been putting a lot of effort into seeing her 17-year-old daughter Gabriella Amber De Costa win in the second edition of the Miss Teen Global...
HULU SELANGOR: Perikatan Nasional's operations room in Bandar Baru Batang Kali here is devoid of the usual election buzz, with no viewing party for supporters to follow vote-counting for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. There were also no top Perikatan leaders seen. It has been learnt that the viewing party is a closed-door affair. Perikatan's Khairul Azhari Saut...
GEORGE TOWN: Company executive Karen Loh drove to a cafe in her new car, which she bought just weeks earlier, anticipating a lovely breakfast on a Saturday morning. Just minutes into chowing down, she heard a loud sound, and people around her started screaming. “I dashed out of the cafe, just like the others. To my horror,...
