PULAU PINANG: Kerajaan Pulau Pinang tidak ada menerima permohonan daripada PAS untuk berbincang mengenai pelaksanaan undang-undang Islam di negeri ini, maka isu mengenainya tidak timbul, kata Ketua Menteri Lim Guan Eng.
“PAS Pulau Pinang tidak pernah membincangkan dengan kami mengenai cadangan melaksanakan undang-undang Islam itu dan setakat ini tiada permohonan daripada mereka untuk bertemu dengan kami [...]

Heavy rains in southern and eastern China have left at least 65 people dead or missing, while more than one million residents have been evacuated, state media said Sunday.
Rains were expected to further pound southern China in the coming days, with rising river levels threatening towns in Jiangxi, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, the state meteorological [...]

MENTAKAB: Gua Musang Member of Parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yesterday claimed that a Barisan Nasional component party would leave the coalition before the end of the month.

Tengku Razaleigh, who was a former finance minister, however, did not name the party.
“I received news that one party will leave BN before the end [...]

KOTA KINABALU: Has outspoken Sabah Progressive Party president Datuk Yong Teck Lee finally left Barisan Nasional?

After a series of strong statements, including an ultimatum that the BN government resolve long-standing issues in Sabah, rumours are rife that the former Member of Parliament and chief minister has resigned from the ruling coalition.
Not spared [...]

BANGI, Sat.:
The personal vehicle cash rebate payment kicked off smoothly at 683 post offices nationwide today despite many people making their claims since morning.

Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said that by 10.30am, the amount paid out for vehicles with road tax purchased or renewed between April 1 and May 31 [...]

GUANGZHOU, Sat.:
Six people died and four were missing after rainstorms devastated part of southern China’s Guangdong Province and triggered the biggest river flood in nearly half a century, officials said on Saturday.

From 7pm last evening to 7am today, 103 monitoring sites across the province reported precipitation of more than 100 mm, with the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.:
Six people, including three Parti Keadilan Rakyat members of parliament, were detained by police for gathering illegally in front of the Istana Negara at 10.30am today.

The three were R. Sivarasa (Subang), S. Manikavasagam (Kapar) and Zuraida Kamaruddin (Ampang).
The other three were the gathering’s organising committee member Lourdes Mary, human rights [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.:
Six per cent of Malaysian youths aged between 16 and 24 have thoughts of suicide when under stress — a symptom which indicates they have mental health problems, Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai says.

He described the situation, based on a study by the ministry in 2006, as
“quite alarming” and [...]