Today, the Malayalees in Malaysia celebrate Onam – an annual harvest and cultural festival . While their cousins in Kerala, India celebrate over a period of 9 days from Sept 6, Malaysian Malayalees celebrate it on a single day. According to Hinduism, Onam celebrates the fifth avatar of Lord Vishnu – Vamana and the king…
Penang State Exco Datuk Seri Sundararajoo Somu who is also Perai state assemblyman has confirmed that he is not contesting in the Penang DAP election. “Earlier today, his name was listed as among the 32 who was vying for the 15 seats in Penang DAP lineup. “Referring to the list of candidates who will be…
Are We OK? co-hosts Peter Yong and Dr Ong Kian Ming roasted SG4 – the investment vehicle formed by the four states administered by Perikatan Nasional (PN) in their podcast last night. “At first I thought it was Singapore 4. Is it a VC fund or something like that?” quipped Yong. SG4 is made up…
A total of 32 candidates are vying for the 15 spots in the Penang DAP polls. Among them are Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying and Human Resource Minister Sim Chee Keong. The two of them are favourites to take over the Penang DAP chairmanship. Other notables in the list are Deputy Chief Minister Jagdeep…
National Unity Minister Aaron Ago Dagang pointed out that Bersatu’s Chegu Bard lied about the establishment of Inter Faith Harmony Committee by claiming that the committee was part of the government’s agenda to promote religious pluralism. He pointed out the previous government had agreed to the formation of the committee as a platform to foster…
Ipoh is poised to be a world acclaimed tourism spot now that its tourism resort – The Haven signed a management deal with the German – based TUI Group – the world biggest tourism operator. The historic collaboration took place yesterday with The TUI Group represented by its hospitality chain division – The TUI Blue…
The Sarawak legislative assembly’s Standing Orders would be amended to deal with social media and online challenges, particularly remarks that are deemed as undermining the legislative rulings. Speaker Tan Sri Asfia Awang Nassar said the amendments would be targeting online criticism against the legislative bodies and its rulings which are not presently covered in the…
Claims that the Madani government is cracking down on Bersatu’s efforts to defend the rights of Malays, Bumiputeras and the position of Islam were dismissed by AMANAH vice president Datuk Mahfuz Omar as mere political hearsay. He said the allegation, made by Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, as mere political hearsay intended to stir…
Deputy Communication Minister Teo Nie Ching has called upon the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission to engage the stakeholders in the tech industry more diligently following the U-turn over plans to implement domain name service (DNS) redirection. No time frame have been set for the MCMC to conduct the engagement. “I believe there are many…
Seputeh MP Teresa Kok clarified that she did not question the halal certification which she had promoted. She pointed out that she was merely requesting the government to review the need to make halal certification compulsory. “In fact, the standard used by Jakim in halal certification is among the highest in the world,” she said,…
