IPOH: Perak Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) fully supports the call by party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to not have any contests for top leadership positions at the upcoming party elections. Perak Bersatu secretary Datuk Zainol Fadzi Paharudin said the state leadership fully trusts and believes in Muhyiddin's suggestion and added that his idea can...
A local service charge of RM3 will be applied to those staying in Perak from 1 January 2025 onwards This new charge will be applied to each room per night at all accommodation service providers, including hotels, homestays, and short-term rentals such as Airbnb. As part of the Perak Hotel Enactment 2023, which was approved in May...
IPOH: The High Court here has fixed Aug 1 for mention, giving both the prosecution and the defence time to file written submissions regarding the bail application of a senior police officer charged with the murder of a secondary school student last year. Justice Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Preet said that he would set a...
IPOH: Two foreign tourists were found locked inside a famous cave temple in Simpang Pulai here. Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the two tourists, including a man from China and a woman from South Korea, both in their 30s, were trapped in one of the sections within the...
IPOH: The 56-year-old man suspected of killing his wife in a house at Kampung Simee here has been remanded for seven days. The order to remand the man was given by Magistrate Farah Nabihah Muhammad Dan at a Magistrate's Court here on Thursday (June 13). The man will be remanded from Thursday until next Wednesday (June 19). It...
IPOH: The state government will discuss the proposal to move Sekolah Raja Perempuan Taayah from here to Seri Iskandar with the relevant stakeholders, says Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad. He said that as of now, the state has yet to make any stand or decision on the matter. "It has not come to my attention...
IPOH: A 46-year-old Penang Road Transport Department (JPJ) assistant enforcement officer has been slapped with five charges of accepting bribes amounting to RM3,300. Saibullah Zaid Abdul Halim from Sungai Jawi, Penang, pleaded not guilty after the charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code was read to him before Sessions Court judge Datuk Ibrahim Osman here...
IPOH: Simon Mohan, the singer of Indian ethnicity who used to sing in Chinese and even released an album in Mandarin in the 1990s, has passed away. Simon, whose real name is Elanjselvan VM Mohan, was 64. His eldest son, Krisna Mohan, 34, said his father passed away at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur...
During our SeniorsAloud Community walks, our leader suggested going on a three-day, two-night excursion to Ipoh, Perak and my wife and I were thrilled to join the trip. Our group travelled on the Electric Train Service (ETS) from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh. It was our first time travelling by ETS, and the journey took about two...
IPOH: The state is preparing its report card on the progress made on the Perak Sejahtera 2030 development roadmap plan over the past year. Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad said the report card was meant to show the state's achievements between June 15 last year and June 15 this year. "We are in the process...
