BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency articles from March 2011, page 2

BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency archives from March 2011

NEW CAMPUS FOR MAIWP'S INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE COLLEGE.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) will set up a new campus for its International College of Medical Science (PICOMS) in Batu, and upgrade...

SIC READY FOR MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SEPANG, March 31 (Bernama) - Sepang International Circuit Sdn Bhd (SIC) is ready to organise the Malaysian Grand Prix from April 8-10. "We have made repairs and painted gravel at the circuit as...

PM AND WIFE VISIT 15-YEAR-OLD BONE CANCER PATIENT.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PETALING JAYA, March 31 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor today spent about 30 minutes visiting 15-year-old bone cancer patient Nur Jannah at the...

FOUR WOMEN CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION AND CHEATING.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, March 31 (Bernama) -- Four women volunteers with the Malaysian Customs Department were today charged separately in three Sessions Courts with corruption and cheating allegedly committed...

PKNS VIOLATED FINANCIAL REGULATION - KHALID.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, March 31 (Bernama) - The Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) had violated financial regulation when it got involved in a telemarketing business. Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul...

PERLIS FLOOD VICTIMS ON THE RISE.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KANGAR, March 31 (Bernama) - Perlis flood victims continue to increase with 4,032 people from 1,013 families evacuated to 33 relief centres this evening. The number was higher than the 3,477...

RTM'S TVi TO BE WINDOW TO NEWS FROM SABAH AND SARAWAK.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Mac (Bernama) -- TVi, a television channel specially for viewers in Sabah dan Sarawak and scheduled to be launched on April 10, will be a window to news on the two East Malaysian...

MUHYIDDIN WATCHES "LAT KAMPUNG BOY" MUSICAL.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 - Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and wife Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman tonight watched "Lat Kampung Boy Musical" at Istana Budaya here. Deputy...

LIMBANG COMES TO THE FORE.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency LIMBANG, April 1 (Bernama) -- If asked what is Limbang's number one product now, the answer one will get is Bob, a singer of Akademi Fantasia 2 fame; and only after that its famed ikan tahai...

MORE PEOPLE EVACUATED IN FLOOD-HIT PERLIS.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KANGAR, April 1 (Bernama) -- The number of flood evacuees in Perlis rose by 198 to 4,230 overnight as floodwaters continued to rise in some areas, a spokesman of the state flood operations room...

MALAY-MELANAU REMAINS BASTION OF BN SUPPORT.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MUKAH (Sarawak), March 31 (Bernama) -- The predominantly Malay- Melanau constituencies look set to remain a stronghold of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, the lynchpinch of the Sarawak Barisan...

NO STRAIGHT FIGHT LIKELY IN LIMBANG'S BUKIT KOTA AND BATU DANAU SEATS.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency LIMBANG, March 31 (Bernama) -- Bukit Kota and Batu Danau, the two bumiputera-majority seats in Limbang, are likely to see more straight fights in the coming state election. Although nomination...

DAP TO ANNOUNCE ITS LIST OF CANDIDATES OVER THE WEEKEND.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SIBU, March 31 (Bernama) -- The DAP will announce its list of 15 candidates for the Sarawak election over the weekend. State chairman Wong Ho said today that party secretary-general Lim Guan...

SIBU PKR DISAPPOINTED DUDONG SEAT GOES TO DAP.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SIBU, March 31 (Bernama) -- The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Lanang Division has expressed disappointment over the allocation of Dudong state constituency here to the DAP after a bitter haggling...

SIBU DAP SETS UP OPERATION CENTRE TO BOOST CHANCE OF WINNING.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SIBU, March 31 (Bernama) - In an effort to boost its chances of winning four seats in Sibu in the April 16 state election, the Sibu DAP today launched its third operation centre in Sungai Bidut,...

BATTLE ROYALE IN PENDING?
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, March 31 (Bernama) -- While the Sarawak United People's Party and the DAP are certain to do battle in the predominantly Chinese urban state constituencies, the fight is expected to be...

TONY FERNANDES HOPES LOTUS RACING TEAM WILL CLINCH 1ST POINT IN M'SIAN GP.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Team Lotus Racing principal Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes hopes its driver, Jarno Truli will clinch the team's first point in the 2011 Formula One season when the...

PARTYLESS SNG CONTESTING MERADONG POSER YET TO BE ANSWERED.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, March 31 (Bernama) -- Partyless Pelagus incumbent Larry Sng, who is still uncertain if he will be renominated in the April 16 state election, has not ruled out the possibility of standing...

SOON KOH EXPECTS ROCKY ROAD AHEAD IN HIS BAWANG ASSAN CONSTITUENCY.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SIBU, April 1 (Bernama) -- Sarawak's Environment and Public Health Minister Datuk Sri Wong Soon Koh, 68, anticipates an exceptional and tough fight in retaining his Bawang Assan seat in the coming...

MERADONG LIKELY TO RETAIN REPUTATION AS 'LAND OF THE UNPREDICTABLE'.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency BINTANGOR (Sarawak), April 1 (Bernama) -- Meradong, a state constituency in the lower Rajang Basin here is expected to be in the limelight again in the coming state elections. In the 2006 state...

PAHANG TEAM ALLOWED TO USE DARUL MAKMUR STADIUM UNTIL MAY.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUANTAN, March 31 (Bernama) -- Pahang have been allowed to use the Darul Makmur Stadium, here, for their Malaysian League matches until May this year. Pahang FA vice-president Datuk Dr Omar...

SIC, TEAM LOTUS ORGANISE F1 STREET DEMO AT PUTRAJAYA SATURDAY.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Once again, Formula 1 (F1) is taking to the Malaysian streets. This time em aroundAnd for the first time since making its debut here in 1999, the thrilling...

SCORCHING THE TRACK FOR MALAYSIAN RALLY 2011 CROWN.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency JOHOR BAHARU, March 31 (Bernama) -- The chase for the overall Malaysian Rally 2011 crown just got hotter. As the big names gather here for the opening stage of the race here tomorrow(Friday)...

ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN LOOKING FOR BETTER RESULT AT JEREZ.
March 31, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Motocycle Grand Prix (GP) rider Muhammad Zulfahmi Khairuddin, who clinched the 19th spot in the season opening Qatar GP, two weeks ago, is determined...

FORMER YBs SEEK PENSION INCREMENT FROM GOVT.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KOTA KINABALU, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Council of Ex-Elected Representatives (Mubarak) has sought a raise in monthly pension for its members. "We were left out in the last two...

SNAP MANIPULATING IBAN TRADITIONAL SLOGAN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MIRI, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak National Party is manipulating the famous Iban slogan of "Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban" to stir emotions, Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party vice-president...

PARTYLESS LARRY SNG IS A BN MAN, SAYS TAIB.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, March 30 (Bernama) -- Partyless Pelagus incumbent Larry Sng, whose political fate hangs in the balance in the April 16 state election, will soon know if he is going to be renominated. ...

10 PBB INCUMBENTS WILL NOT CONTEST IN ELECTIONS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MIRI, March 30 (Bernama) -- Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president, Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg today said 10 of the party's incumbents would not be contesting in the...

POLICE RECORD STATEMENTS FROM THREE OPPOSITION LEADERS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Police today recorded statements from three opposition leaders to facilitate investigations into an allegedly chaotic 'ceramah' that was held without a permit....

DAP LAUNCHES MOBILE SERVICE CENTRE FOR SIBU CAMPAIGN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SIBU, March 30 (Bernama) -- DAP today launched a mobile service centre for its Sibu campaign in the run up to the 10th Sarawak state election, polling of which will be on April 16. Speaking to...

GIVE DR YEE A CHANCE, SAYS PBS PRESIDENT.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KOTA KINABALU, March 30 (Bernama) -- Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan has urged all parties to give recently-appointed deputy chief minister (DCM) Datuk Dr Yee...

FATIMAH CONFIDENT WOMEN VOTERS WILL SUPPORT BN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MIRI, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) does not take lightly the votes and support of women in the 10th Sarawak state election to be held next month, said the deputy head of...

AZIZULHASNI TO CONTINUE TRAINING AFTER WEDDING RECEPTION.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- National cycling ace Mohd Azizulhasni Awang is expected to continue his preparations and training for a number of major championships after his wedding...

OLYMPIC BOYS FACE LEBANON IN OLYMPIC QUALIFIER, SENIORS TO FACE TAIWAN IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will face Lebanon in the second round of the 2012 London Olympics qualifying, while the national senior football team play Taiwan in the first round of...

PERAK EXPECTED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST RAZALI FOR MISSING TRAINING.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency IPOH, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Perak Football Association (PAFA) are expected to take disciplinary action against striker Razali Umar Kandasamy who had been 'AWOL' since March 9, although the...

MALAYSIA TO FACE LEBANON IN SECOND ROUND OF OLYMPICS QUALIFYING.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will face Lebanon in the second round of the 2012 London Olympics qualifying, while the national senior football team play Taiwan in the first round of...

ASUM TO USE TWO NATIONAL COMPETITIONS TO IDENTIFY SWIMMERS FOR 2011 SEA GAMES.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) hope to use two national level competitions in April and May to identify swimmers for the 2011 SEA Games in...

3,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED TO RELIEF CENTRES.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KANGAR, March 30 (Bernama) - Some 3,000 people from 729 families were evacuated to 31 flood relief centres in Perlis as at 10pm tonight. A Perlis flood operations room spokesman said 2,147 are...

PKNS GRILLED OVER APPOINTMENT OF CONTRACT OFFICERS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, March 30 (Bernama) - A state assemblyman today questioned the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) for appointing contract officers and a consultant as the task can be done by...

M'SIAN JOURNALISTS, HUMANITARIAN MISSION MEMBERS VIRTUALLY SHAKEN BY 3 TREMORS WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MIYAGI, March 30 (Bernama) -- Nineteen Malaysian journalists and 30 volunteers in the Putera 1Malaysia Club were virtually shaken by three tremors that struck Sendai in Miyagi during a 30-minute...

INTERLOK WILL BE AMENDED - WEE.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) - Amendments to Interlok will be implemented as decided by Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin when answering questions in Dewan Rakyat last week. ...

BALI PROCESS CALLS FOR COOPERATION IN COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING.(Conference notes)
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PUTRAJAYA, 30 March (Bernama) -- The Bali Process Ministerial Conference has called for participants' cooperation in drawing up practical measures to tackle issues related to human trafficking and...

SISTERS AND THEIR GRANDSON KILLED IN ACCIDENT.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUANTAN, March 30 (Bernama) -- Two sisters and their grandson were killed when the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a lorry at Km324 Jalan Raub-Lipis, today. The...

TERENGGANU FLOOD SITUATION IMPROVING.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA TERENGGANU, March 30 (Bernama) -- The flood situation in Terengganu has improved with only 24 victims still putting up at relief centres. The victims from Marang district are staying at...

GANG SELLING STOLEN CAR COMPONENTS VIA WEBSITE BUSTED.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SERDANG, March 30 (Bernama) -- Police believe they have crippled a gang that stole cars and sold its components through a website to a tune of RM60,000, since January, after arresting six suspects...

2009 STATISTICS SHOW MALE MOTORISTS MORE ACCIDENT-PRONE THAN WOMEN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Male motorists were more accident-prone than women in 2009, according to an analysis of road accidents conducted by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety...

NO IMMEDIATE BAN ON POLYCARBONATE , INFANT MILK BOTTLES.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said there was no need for an immediate ban on polycarbonate infant milk bottles containing Bisphenol A (BPA), said to...

MELAKA MACC MOVE INTO NEW RM29.3 MIL OFFICE COMPLEX.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MELAKA, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Melaka branch of the Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission (MACC) today 'moved' into a new RM29.3 million office complex located in Crystal Bay, Alai here. ...

DEWAN RAKYAT SESSION DISRUPTED AFTER OPPOSITION DISPUTES BILL.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) - Dewan Rakyat session was disrupted for one hour today when opposition members of parliament disputed the Supplementary Supply Bill (2010) 2011. Speaker Tan...

ROBBERS STAGE 'FAKE ACCIDENT' AND ESCAPE WITH RM500,000 WORTH OF SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SEREMBAN, March 30 (Bernama) -- A security guard was almost killed when robbers used a container lorry to knock into the security van he was driving at Lorong Senawang 2/3, Senawang Industrial...

UiTM READY TO SET UP DEFENCE FACULTY, UPON GOVT REQUEST.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MERBOK, March 30 (Bernama) -- Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) is ready to set up a faculty for defence-related studies, if there was a government request, its vice-chancellor, Datuk Prof Dr Sahol...

FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER TAN TIONG HONG DIES.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Former deputy minister Datuk Tan Tiong Hong died at 8.30am today after collapsing while having breakfast at his home, here. Tan's niece, Wanita MCA Central...

BAKTI TO GIVE RM100,000 TO JAPAN'S TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Bakti, the association for wives of ministers and deputy ministers, will give financial aid of RM100,000 to the tsunami victims in Japan tomorrow. Its...

CM TO LAUNCH MUBARAK AGM ON MAY 7.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KOTA KINABALU, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Council of Ex-Elected Representatives (Mubarak) will hold its eighth annual general meeting (AGM) here between May 4 and 8. Council acting...

SABAH'S ABDUL RAHIM APPOINTED RISDA HOLDINGS CHAIRMAN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Pantai Manis assemblyman Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail has been appointed Risda Holdings chairman, effective April 1. In a statement, Risda chairman Tan Sri Abdul...

MALAYSIA-PAKISTAN AGREE TO INCREASE FOOD IMPORTS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) - Malaysia and Pakistan today agreed to strengthen trade cooperation involving the importation of agricultural products. Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry...

SELANGOR SEEKS SUSPENSION OF COURT PROCEEDINGS IN CIRCULAR LETTER CASE.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, March 30 (Bernama) -- The state government filed an application today seeking to suspend court proceedings pertaining to the circular letter prohibiting its staff from being interviewed...

COURT ORDERS SAKURA TEH TO PAY RM375,000 TO TAN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency GEORGE TOWN, March 30 (Bernama) -- The High Court here ordered former Nibong Tebal DAP chief Sakura Teh Hock Yong to pay RM375,000 to Jawi MCA coordinator, Tan Cheng Liang, in a defamation suit...

RMAF INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO INCREASE NON-MALAY PARTICIPATION.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will intensify efforts, especially through campaigns and roadshows, to increase non-Malay participation in the service. ...

RISDA COLLEGE TO BE UPGRADED TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE NEXT YEAR.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency ALOR GAJAH, March 30 (Bernama) - The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) hopes that Risda College will be upgraded to university college next year. Rural and Regional...

PEOPLE WANT NOT ONLY DEVELOPMENT BUT GOOD GOVERNANCE TOO, SAYS PM.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysians today want not only development but also efficient, transparent and clean administration, which they could regard as...

'KEK LAPIS' OPERATOR GETS A VISIT FROM DPM.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, March 30 (Bernama) -- The operator of Kedai Kek Lapis Dayang Salhah located in Kampung Gersik here had a pleasant surprise when the number two leader of the country, Deputy Prime Minister...

ONLY EPF RETIREES ON MANDATORY RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE FOR FREE MEDICAL - OMAR.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The free medical facility given to Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) retirees is applicable only to those who retire upon reaching the mandatory retirement age,...

MINISTRY WILL REVIEW OVERTIME ALLOWANCE OF MEDICAL OFFICERS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) - The Health Ministry will review the overtime allowance of medical officers, medical specialists and post graduate medical officers, Dewan Rakyat heard today. ...

YURI'S NIGHT IN PLANETARIUM NEGARA ON APRIL 16.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- A celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight by a Russian, Yuri Gagarin, will be held on April 16 at the Planetarium Negara here....

FIVE INDONESIAN ATHLETES TO SET UP TRAINING BASE IN BUKIT JALIL.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- Five Indonesian athletes from Medan have set up their training base in Malaysia and will undergo a nine-month training stint as part of their preparations to...

NEW CONCEPT LONGHOUSES MOOTED FOR SARAWAK.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MIRI, March 30 (Bernama) -- Sarawak plans to propose a new concept for the development of longhouses in the state so that they can be listed under the National Housing Policy, said State Housing...

RM788 MILLION SPENT TO SUBSIDISE SUGAR LAST YEAR.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The government spent RM788 million to subsidize 1.26 million metric tonnes of sugar last year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy minister of Domestic...

DISABLED MAN TOUCHED BY DPM'S VISIT.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, 30 Mac (Bernama) -- Sixty-four-year-old Awang Ahmad Awang Bakri was moved to tears today when Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin made the time to visit the disabled man's...

PERAK TO ADHERE TO EDICT BANNING "POCO-POCO" DANCE.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency IPOH, March 30 (Bernama) -- The Perak government will adhere to the ruling made by the Perak Fatwa Committee banning the poco-poco dance, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said today....

AIRCRAFT CARRIER DESPATCHED FOR FLOOD EVACUATION.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency BANGKOK, April 30 (Bernama) -- An aircraft carrier and two naval ships were today dispatched to Southern Thailand to evacuate thousands of foreign and local tourist stranded at five holiday...

RAHIM WARNS THOSE WHO RESORT TO PERSONAL ATTACK OVER SEX VIDEO.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency ALOR GAJAH, March 30 (Bernama) -- Former chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik warned today he would take legal action against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim if he resorted to launching personal...

GRANNY SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA TERENGGANU, March 30 (Bernama) -- A grandmother was sentenced to death today after the High Court here found her guilty of trafficking heroin weighing 92.68 grammes in August 2009. The...

UNRESOLVED INHERITANCE, PROPERTIES WORTH RM42 BLN FROZEN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PETALING JAYA, March 30 (Bernama) -- Properties worth RM42 billion have been frozen from about one million unresolved inheritance cases due to the absence of written wills. Amanah Raya Bhd...

KUCHING HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVES RM1.9 MLN GRANT.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, March 30 (Bernama) -- Kuching High School today received a RM1.9 million grant from the Education Ministry which was presented by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The...

JUDGE RECUSES HIMSELF FROM HEARING SYABAS'S SUIT AGAINST SELANGOR GOVERNMENT.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The RM471.64 million suit filed by Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) against the Selangor Government over water tariff will be heard before another...

ASSEMBLYMAN SLAMS KHALID'S DEFENCE OF S'GOR FOUNDATION GM.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, March 30 (Bernama) - A state assemblyman today criticised Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim for defending the general manager of Selangor Foundation despite incurring a deficit...

POLICE DETAIN SEVEN MEN FOR DRUG-RELATED CRIMES.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency BUTTERWORTH, March 30 (Bernama) -- The police have detained seven men for drug-related offences during a joint operation on commercial vehicle drivers in the Perai industrial area here yesterday....

PALACE GUARD INQUEST: ANALYST CONFIRMS BULLET FROM .32 CALIBRE PISTOL.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency TUMPAT, March 30 (Bernama) -- A police forensic analyst confirmed today that the bullet sent to him for analysis in connection with the slaying of a Kelantan palace guard, matched that of a .32...

REJECT THE SWEET PROMISES OF THE "DEVILS" AND "DEMONS" - MUHYIDDIN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, March 30 (Bernama) -- The people of Sarawak should reject the "devils" and "demons" who will come to make sweet promises which are actually lies and untrue, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan...

PETRONAS CARIGALI MAINTENANCE WORKER ESCAPES THE GALLOWS.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA TERENGGANU, March 30 (Bernama) -- A Petronas Carigali maintenance worker escaped the gallows and a life sentence after the prosecution agreed to withdraw all armed robbery charges against...

COUNTRY'S TWO SUBMARINES COST RM50 MLN YEARLY TO MAINTAIN.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The cost of maintaining the country's two submarines, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Abdul Razak, by the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) is estimated at RM50...

HALF OF FOOD POISONING CASES INVOLVE SCHOOL CANTEENS - LIOW.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PUTRAJAYA, March 30 (Bernama) -- A total of 311 food poisoning cases was reported last year of which 157 or about 50 per cent involved school canteens, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai...

TEOH FULLY CONSCIOUS DURING FALL FROM 14TH FLOOR - FORENSIC EXPERT.
March 30, 2011... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- A British forensic expert reiterated before the Commission of Inquiry investigating Teoh Beng Hock's death that the political aide was fully conscious when he...