KUALA LUMPUR: DAP’s plan to mobilise its members in Penang to “defend” a business premises involved in the recent upside-down flag controversy risks sparking a direct confrontation, warns MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic). He said the move, announced by DAP, could draw large numbers of politically charged individuals to a location already...
KUALA LUMPUR: DAP has hit out at attempts by certain parties to pressure the Attorney General’s Chambers into prosecuting a Penang shop owner who mistakenly displayed the national flag incorrectly. Party secretary-general Anthony Loke said on Tuesday (Aug 12) that such actions amounted to political interference and bullying, particularly after threats to stage a protest outside...
GEORGE TOWN: Six women sustained minor injuries when a factory bus carrying 30 people lost control and crashed on a winding uphill stretch near Suria Vista Apartment along Jalan Paya Terubong, Air Itam, on Monday morning (Aug 11). The incident occurred at about 7.24am when the bus, ferrying workers home from a factory, reportedly suffered brake...
Ornithophiles aka bird lovers are going to soar high with this one. If you’re one such enthusiast for birds, you will love the “What’s My Name” campaign by Penang Bird Park. The park in Seberang Jaya, Penang is turning 37 this year – on Aug 8, specifically – and it is celebrating by giving Malaysians the chance to...
GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a local man and his Thai girlfriend on suspicion of drug trafficking in raids around Pulau Tikus and Tanjong Tokong here on Thursday (July 10). North-East OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the couple, in their 20s, was arrested in Pulau Tikus road at 11.30pm by a team from the Narcotics Criminal...
GEORGE TOWN: Sister Aidan Fitzgerald, the longest-serving principal of SMK Convent Green Lane (CGL), passed away on Monday (July 14) at the age of 97 in her hometown of Ireland. Sister Aidan, as she was fondly called, hailed from the Infant Jesus Sisters (IJS) religious order and was the last of three sisters who helmed the...
A FREAK pre-dawn storm with strong winds felled trees in the vicinity of Island Glades in Gelugor on Tuesday (July 8). The Penang Island City Council's (MBPP) Skuad Pantas then sprang into action to clear the roads. Seri Delima assemblyman Connie Tan said her service centre received a call at around 6.30am about trees at Lintang Delima...
GEORGE TOWN: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched following reports that a 33-year-old man fell from the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Bridge, or Second Penang Bridge, on Wednesday (July 2). He is reported to have fallen at KM14 of the bridge in the direction from Batu Maung to Batu Kawan at 4.23am,...
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government’s decision to give a 5% housing discount on overhang properties to all house buyers is well received by political parties and associations. Penang MCA secretary Yeoh Chin Kah, in welcoming the move, said any policy introduced must be grounded in the principle of supporting vulnerable groups, rather than being based on...
GEORGE TOWN: An engineer here has lost more than RM300,000 after falling victim to a phone scam. Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said the 35-year-old woman, who works at a factory in Bayan Lepas, was contacted on March 25 by a man claiming to be a representative of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission...
