Schoolkids in vandalism video to do community service
GEORGE TOWN: The students of a secondary school in Seberang Perai Selatan on the mainland, who celebrated the end of the school term by damaging various equipment and facilities, will be assigned community service. Read full story
Suggestion to include Civil Defence in SMART team
KOTA KINABALU: Civil Defence personnel should be included in the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART), suggests Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali. Read full story
Three teens detained over brawl
PETALING JAYA: Three teenagers have been detained in connection with fights at a housing area and near a hypermarket in Ara Damansara. Read full story
Grade expectations: Is ChatGPT friend or foe to local universities?
As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E become mainstream, education institutions have to find new ways to tackle plagiarism while allowing students to grow with technology. Read full story
Firefighters recover body of child swept away in drain
THE body of a boy, Muhammad Adam Fahmi Mohd Hizlan, who was swept away by gushing water after falling into a drain in a residential area in Taman Pelangi, Rawang, earlier today was found at about 7.45pm tonight. Commander of search and rescue operations (SAR) from the Rawang Fire and Rescue Station Abdul Latif Mat […]
Citizenship for kids born overseas to Malaysian mums a major progress in gender equality, says Wanita MCA
PETALING JAYA: Wanita MCA has welcomed the Cabinet’s agreement to amend the Federal Constitution so that children born abroad to Malaysian mothers will have the automatic right to Malaysian citizenship. Read full story
PAS Youth march reflects badly on Islam, Malaysia, says minister
MINISTER in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Mohd Na’im Mokhtar has criticised the march by members of PAS Youth in Setiu yesterday, during which participants carried replica swords, spears and shields. He said the march was inappropriate and gives a poor impression of Islam and the country.
Boy, 10, among 3 killed in motorcycle crash
THREE people, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed when their motorcycle was involved in a collision with a lorry on Jalan Persiaran Tanjung, Tampoi, Johor Baru, this afternoon. Kempas Fire and Rescue station operations commander Wan Nor Affendi Wan Yussoff said following the emergency call at 4.47 pm, 10 firefighters were dispatched to the scene […]
Policeman shot dead in Bayan Lepas
A POLICE officer was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds behind Bayan Lepas police station near George Town today. Southwest police chief Kamarul Rizal Jenal said police received a report about the discovery of the body of a male policeman at 3.30pm behind the police station.
Toddler killed, 12 injured in accident involving four cars in Johor
KOTA TINGGI: A two-year-old boy was killed and 12 others injured in an accident that involved four vehicles on KM57.2 of the Senai-Desaru Expressway here. Read full story