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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 (Bernama) — The Education Ministry today announced the postponement of the start of the 2015 school session for the whole country by one week because of the floods in several states. Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the new school …

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (Bernama) — Johor became the latest state to be struck by the floods after two districts saw rising floodwaters today, while the situation in flood-hit Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perak and Kedah saw little change this afternoon. In JOHOR, 214 people were moved out of th …

KUANTAN, Dec 26 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today attended ‘solat hajat’ prayers along with 1,000 worshippers at a mosque here to seek God’s compassion to ease the severity of the floods ravaging the country. The ‘solat hajat’ prayer …

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will visit Kelantan tomorrow to oversee the flood situation in the state as well as oversee the response to the floods in four other states. Upon his arrival, Najib would chair a meeting and receive briefings from the N …

KOTA BAHARU, Dec 26 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin flew into flood-ravaged Kelantan today and ordered the deployment of more helicopters, boats and land vehicles to reach and help the affected people. Describing the floods as worse than anticipated, he said the air, …

KOTA BAHARU, Dec 26 (Bernama) — Crucial food supplies were rushed in boats and helicopters to areas cut off by flood waters, especially several locations in Kuala Krai, 73 km from here, following improved weather, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassi …

By Zabidi Ishar KOTA BAHARU, Dec 24 (Bernama) — The water level in Sungai Kelantan at Tambatan Diraja exceeded the danger level and overflowed early today, inundating several low-lying areas in Kota Baharu town and causing heavy traffic congestion. The areas around Jalan Post Office Lama and K …

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (Bernama) — The number of flood victims in most flood-hit states continues to increase with a total of 62,836 people forced to evacuate as at noon today, from 58,705 people in the morning. In KELANTAN, the number of flood victims has increased to 26,137 people, from 24,765 …

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (Bernama) — Bank Rakyat aims to allocate RM150 million to finance working capital requirements for 30 new Ar-Rahnu branches to be developed by various cooperatives next year. The financing will be made via the bank’s Ar-Rahnu Flexi package, a facility for cooperative …

SEPANG, Dec 24 (Bernama) — A construction labourer was today charged in the Sessions Court, here, on two counts of supporting the Islamic State (IS) militant group between December, 2013 and April, this year. Muhammad Kasyfullah Kasim, 36, was charged before Magistrate’s/Sessions Court r …

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (Bernama) — The government will ensure that the burden faced by flood victims will be lightened and that aid reach the victims. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in his posting on Twitter, said the flood relief workers had been instructed to identify the best way t …

PAS secretary general Mustafa Ali said that the Kelantan state government’s proposal to amend the the Hudud Act on 29 Dec does not go against the agreements in Pakatan Rakyat. “In principle, this issue (of differences of opinion on hudud) has been agreed upon. “The only thing now is that the strateg …

KUANTAN, Dec 24 (Bernama) — Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd, the operator of Rapid Bus services in Kuantan, today suspended services on five of its 15 routes due to the floods in Kuantan and other parts of Pahang. Rapid Kuantan chief operating officer Zainurul Hakim said the routes were Route 100 (Gambang), …

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 24 (Bernama) — The dusk-to- dawn curfew imposed in the Sabah east coast in July and extended every two weeks has been extended yet again, to Jan 9, 2015. Sabah Police commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said today the latest extension of the 7 pm to 5 am curfew in the …

Datuk Azmi LatehGEORGE TOWN, Dec 23 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (MDTCC) on Tuesday assured of sufficient food supply and essential items in states hit by the flood. Its deputy secretary-general, Datuk Azmi Lateh, said the ministry had made early pre …