M Update, 25/1/2019 – Sabah’s dusk-to-dawn sea curfew, which ends at 6pm, January 25, will be extended for another two weeks until Feb 10, says Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah. He Decision to extend the 6pm-to-6am curfew was made based on continuous threats emanating from cross-border criminals, including from kidnap-for-ransom…
M Update, 25/1/2019 – The driver of a Toyota Vios involved in Sunday’s Penang Bridge crash openly wept and repeatedly apologised to police as he provided his statement yesterday, after surrendering to the authorities on Wednesday. “I am sorry to everyone. I regret what happened,” the 21-year-old hairstylist said incessantly,…
M Update 25/1/2019 – The first batch of carriages for the two set of MRT trains for the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) routes have arrived at Westport, Port Klang yesterday. The carriages arrived at Westport from Masan, South Korea and were shipped by the ‘MV Da Hua V.178’ which took about…
M Update 24/1/2019 – Families of 30 prisoners on death row have submitted a memorandum to Datuk Liew Vui Keong, stating their support for the abolition of the death penalty. About 50 of them, together with a few NGO representatives, met the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge…
M Update 24/1/2019 – The first phase of the Cost of Living Aid (BSH) 2019 amounting to RM300 for eligible households will be carried out on Jan 28. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the assistance will be given to about 4.1 million households involving an allocation of RM1.2 billion.…
M Update 24/1/2019 – The Rantau Abang public toilet in Terengganu was recently named the Best Toilet in the Asean Best Toilet Standard 2019 – 2021 category in conjunction with the Asean Tourism Forum 2019 held in Ha Long City, Vietnam recently. Caretaker/cleaner Faridah Sariman, 46, was flushed with excitement…
M Update 24/1/2019 – The Taiping Zoo & Night Safari welcomed the birth of a male elephant and the hatching of an African Spoonbill wading bird last Dec 30. Both are very significant to the zoo as the last time the wading bird hatched was in 2003 while the last…
M Update 24/1/2019 – The Telom Hydroelectric Dam Project near here was not cancelled because of the upcoming Cameron Highlands by-election, said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin. On the contrary, she said the decision to scrap the project was made since Oct 3, long…
M Update, 24/1/2019 – The 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong is expected to be announced today, more than two weeks after Sultan Muhammad V stepped down from the throne. Sources said the Conference of Rulers would meet at 10.30am at Istana Negara to elect the new king and his deputy, and…
M Update 24/1/2019 – Do not panic and act quickly to save yourself if your vehicle plunges into water or the sea, says Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia director-general Datuk Mohammad Hamdan Wahid (pic). The first thing to do is to unfasten the seat belt to allow smooth movement…