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Dr Streram: Improve govt health clinic, not asking for hospital
RANTAU: Rantau’s PKR candidate Dr S Streram is not pushing for a hospital if he wins but wants facilities at the government health clinic to be improved since the population is too small to have a hospital. As such, the
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Father falls victim to con artist promising to release son from ‘Customs detention’
KUANTAN: A person claiming to know someone in the Customs Department destroyed the hope of a father to get his son freed from detention, simultaneously scamming him of RM8,000 as payment for his release. “The 49-year-old victim alleged his son was
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Penangites still willing to pay despite ‘no free plastic bag’ policy
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government will hold a discussion with stakeholders before it decides to implement a plastic bag levy of 50 sen, up from the 20 sen per piece now, mainly at supermarkets. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said
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Two police reports made over fake news involving Finance Minister
PUTRAJAYA: Two police reports have been lodged over the dissemination of fake messages and news on social media, relating to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (. Lim’s press secretary, Lutfi Hakim, in a statement today said the two reports were made
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BN better organised on nomination day in Rantau by-election
By: K Pragalath SENDAYAN: The Rantau by-election nominations today saw Barisan Nasional’s mobilisation of supporters being much more organised than their rivals, Pakatan Harapan. Pakatan supporters were wearing the red Pakatan shirts as well as the light blue PKR shirts
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Nga: RM150,000 allocation to upgrade mosque in Teluk Intan
IPOH: Teluk Intan MP Nga Kor Ming today announced an allocation of RM150,000 to upgrade and refurbish the An Naim Mosque in Taman Seri Setia near Teluk Intan, 60km south of here. Nga, who is Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker, said
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Raub crash: Wife laments loss of husband a day before sister’s wedding
BACHOK: The wife of Muhammad Faezuan Nor Izuddin, 27, one of the victims killed in a road crash in Raub, Pahang, is reeling over the fact her husband won’t be able to attend his sister’s wedding today. Nor Asilah Arahim,
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US: M’sia, S’pore should be aware of Iran’s tactics to evade oil sanctions
SINGAPORE: The United States is keen to see that Malaysia, Singapore and others are fully aware of illicit Iranian oil shipments and the tactics Iran uses to evade sanctions, a top US sanctions official said on Friday. Sigal Mandelker, under-secretary of
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Ex-CID chief withdraws appeal against Najib
PUTRAJAYA: Former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim today withdrew his appeal against a High Court decision allowing an application by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to strike out a suit brought by him alleging that the then
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Rantau political showdown begins tomorrow
SEREMBAN: The political showdown in Rantau begins tomorrow, with the main contenders likely to be Umno deputy president and former Negri Sembilan menteri besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and PKR Rembau deputy chief Dr S. Streram. The nomination for the
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