Seorang senator mempertahankan tuntutan peruntukan dana Lim Guan Eng (PH-Bagan) meskipun ia ditentang oleh ahli Parlimen pembangkang, Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan (PN-Tasek Gelugor). Senator Dr A Lingeshwaran menjelaskan bahawa tuntutan tersebut dibuat oleh Lim kerana ia dimohon secara khusus untuk Parlimen Bagan sahaja. Jumlah yang dimohon ialah RM5.6 juta tetapi jumlah yang diperoleh hanya…
Penang Hindu Endowments Board has been giving out educational aid despite the ongoing disputes involving its former and current commissioners. On Oct 13 the PHEB dished out RM45,900 to a total of 50 Hindu students. Last month, RM68,000 were given to 85 students. In addition to that RM17,000 was given out in this two months…
Orang turut ditafsirkan sebagai syarikat dan pertubuhan dalam usaha mencegah aktiviti scam, kata Menteri Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi Datuk Azalina Othman Said. “Kerajaan telah pun meminda Kanun Keseksaan dan Kanun Tatacara Jenayah. Seksyen 424(a), 424(b) dan 424(c) menjenayahkan penggunaan akaun keldai. “Di dalam Seksyen 11 Kanun Keseksaan orang ditafsirkan sebagai termasuk syarikat dan pertubuhan. Ia…
The open feud involving former and current Penang Hindu Endowment Board commissioners continues as Urimai’s Satees Muniandy dared MIC Penang chief Datuk J Dhinagaran to an open debate on PHEB. This is despite calls from a former commissioner for all parties to cool down as the feud only serves to tarnish PHEB’s standing in the…
Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MAICCI) deputy president Datuk Dr AT Kumararajah revealed that MAICCI is focused on gaining allocations in four major domains for the Indians through Budget 2025, bearing in mind that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim favors needs based instead of race based allocation. The four domains –…
A former Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) commissioner, who declined to be named, has called on the board and community leaders to stop their open squabble as it reflects woefully on the Hindu organisation’s ability to function as the main body to oversee temple matters. This may force the DAP – led state government to…
Only ten percent of patients receive palliative care and the number of palliative care patients are expected to rise to 240,000 in the next six years, said Senator Dr A Lingeshwaran. “Currently, only around ten percent of those in need of palliative care have access to it. “With the number of palliative care patients expected…
Selangor human resources and poverty eradication exco V Papparaidu called for the ban of Malaysia Thiravidar Humanitarian Organisation following calls from the association against the Navarathiri celebration and prayers Goddess Saraswathi. “It is not prayers to the Goddess that needs to be banned. It is the Thiravidar Organisation that is against the Rukun Negara principle…
Ekoran daripada pengumuman Pemangku Sultan Johor, Duli Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Mahkota Ismail bahawa Johor akan melaksanakan cuti hujung minggu Sabtu dan Ahad mulai 1 Januari 2025, ada segelintir yang telah mengkritik pengumuman tersebut. Malam tadi Tunku Ismail membalas kritikan tersebut. “Ada beberapa negeri masih kekal bercuti hari Jumaat dan Sabtu. “Dalam mempertimbangkan isu berkaitan…
There are talks in Penang that its housing and environment exco, Datuk Seri S Sundarajoo who is also a member of the Penang Hindu Endowment Board had quit the PHEB. The rumour that spread via WhatsApp casted a bleak picture on the board that is currently led by Jelutong MP RSN Rayer. Harapan Daily attempted…
