Former students of St Xavier’s Institution celebrate a homecoming tonight after the La Salle Brothers reenacted the arrival of their predecessors in Penang to take over the school in 1852.
Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary again …
Newcomer Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd has bagged the lion’s share of the allocation of the 4G-LTE spectrum.
Monorail for Penang? Thanks, but no thanks, Najib
Why is Putrajaya so keen on monorail for Penang and why is the state government so receptive to this offer?The Penang Forum Steering Committee, however, considers the PM’s pledge of a monorail for Penang as an election gimmick.
Chua Jui Meng was pushed, shoved after meeting with NRD: Witnesses
Chui Jui Meng was pushed and shoved by a group of men after a meeting at the National Registration Department in Putrajaya to call attention to the plight of stateless residents, according to fellow opposition members who attended the meeting.
Wheelchair users face formidable challenges on the streets
All pedestrian pavements and bus-stops in our cities and towns across the country should be subjected to a wheelchair test.
RM40m pay-off in Sabah: Rafizi Ramli shares his sleuthing skills
PKR’s rising star Rafizi Ramli shares with us his private investigating skills in tracking down the RM40m from Hong Kong to Sabah.
Do we want to lose these Green Lane trees?
In these photos along Green Lane, you will see some of the trees we stand to lose because of our obsession with cars, the MPPP’s short-sighted road-widening plan and the federal government’s failure to provide a decent public transport system.
Removal of Green Lane trees: Sham consultation with NGOs
The RM7.3m tender for the road-widening work was awarded in April 2012, but the MPPP only invited NGOs for a ‘consultation’ on 30 November, just days before the trees are to be removed.
Many civil servants required to attend PM’s USM event
An officer in one civil service department has revealed that he and his colleagues were required to attend the PM’s Jelajah event on Saturday despite it being their day off.
Dead dolphins – another possible cause
A dead dolphin was spotted washed up on the shore in Butterworth on Sunday. Blog reader Batu Ferringhian suggests another reason why dolphins are dying: