All attention seems to be on the airport expansion plan in Penang, a proposed airport in Kulim and the Penang tunnel, running into hundreds of millions, even billions, of ringgit. But who will spend one or two million ringgit to give these low-cost flats in mainland Penang a coat of paint?
The rabid gutter politics that we have witnessed in recent years must have inspired the culprit who dumped a bloodied and skinned head of a cow outside DAP Penang state assembly member R N Rayer’s residence.
Christians and Muslims met up again in equal numbers, this time at a hotel in Alor Setar, to cement ties of friendship and solidarity, notwithstanding the controversial verdict of the Federal Court which denied the Catholic Church an avenue to appeal on the use of the word Allah in the Herald.
Among those arrested were Himpunan Hijau chairman Wong Tack, ‘Superman’ Hew Kuan Yau and Australian activist Natalie Lowrey representing Friends of the Earth. They were among a crowd of about a 1000 who had gathered near the Lynas rare earth refinery in Gebeng in an effort to shut down the controversial plant, which they say will leave behind a toxic legacy.
Residents of Kampung Bagan Ajam in Butterworth and Kampung Chubadak in KL are the latest folk to face eviction at the hands of developers.
Kampung Bagan Ajam residents hold a peaceful protest over being evicted with unfair compensation sums outside the village on 16 June 2014. — Photograph: Opalyn Mok/Malay Mail
The Penang Chief Minister has written to the Prime Minister urging the federal government to support or implement public transport initiatives in view of the growing congestion in the state.
This article raises some highly relevant questions which have not been discussed enough. Among the issues: What was in that cargo and why haven’t they revealed the real sources of the cargo?
A protest song against the 2014 World Cup by Edu Krieger is going viral. It highlights the inequality among Brazilians and the lack of desperately needed public infrastructure such as inadequate public schools, public hospitals, public transport and affordable housing.
The lyrics of the song, below:
As football fans around the world train their sights on the opening of the football World Cup opening, the real story is on the streets of Brazil, where hundreds of thousands of people are calling for affordable housing, better public hospitals and improved public schools.
Despite a host of concerns and objections raised by civil society groups and fisherfolk in the state, the Penang State Planning Committee has “endorsed” E & O’s controversial masterplan for Phase 2 of the Seri Tanjung Pinang land reclamation project covering 891-acres.
The Bishop of Rome, Francis, has hosted a prayer session with the presidents of Israel and Palestine in a bid to build bridges and jump-start the peace process.
Property magnates are profiting from a spate of lucrative land reclamation projects around the country – but in Penang, a body representing the concerns of fisherfolk are concerned about the effects of land reclamation, pollution, siltation and erosion in coastal areas and rivers.
From left, Ilyas Shafie, Pifwa chairperson, along with the deputy chairperson, treasurer and a committee member expressing their concern about land reclamation and sea pollution in Penang
Gerakbudaya has opened a new outlet in Penang and in this cosy little bookshop, you can find alternative books on politics, the economy, history, socio-economics, and culture, which you probably would not find in more mainstream bookshops.
As World Environment Day draws to a close, here is some food for thought. The graph speaks for itself. (Does climate change ring a bell?)
Source: Meteorological Department/Penang State of the Environment Scorecard
Auditors have had to qualify their opinion on the accounts of Astral Supreme Bhd, whose wholly owned subsidiary, Astral Supreme Construction Sdn Bhd, had entered into a joint-venture agreement with Penang tunnel consortium member Zenith PMC Sdn Bhd to carry out feasibility studies and detailed design work for certain roadworks and the Penang tunnel.
Christians and Muslims met up again in equal numbers, this time at a hotel in Alor Setar, to cement ties of friendship and solidarity, notwithstanding the controversial verdict of the Federal Court which denied the Catholic Church an avenue to appeal on the use of the word Allah in the Herald. 
