Private healthcare providers in Malaysia play a crucial role in society, offering specialised services, advanced technologies, and often quicker access to care. At the same time, they are a business entity, and like any other business, they must be financially viable to sustain operations to continue providing those services. However, the core question lies in…
MCPF Penang Chairman Y.Bhg. Dato’ Seri Ong Poh Eng led a delegation to pay a Courtesy Visit to TYT Tun Dato’ Seri Utama Ahmad Fuzi bin Haji Abdul Razak at his Seri Mutiara residence on Monday 3rd February 2025. Accompanying him were Assoc. Prof (Honorary), Centre for Policy Research, USM Y.Bhg. Dato’ Dr. P Sundramoorthy…
PETALING JAYA: Almost 19,000 “investors” lost close to RM2bil in the last four years to fraudulent schemes – a trend that is showing no signs of abating, according to the police. This comes despite repeated reminders from the authorities to stay vigilant against investment offers advertised on social media and other platforms that appear to…
January 2025: 7,320 Visitors’ Log Hits (a steady 3 consecutive months Dec 2024 to Jan 2025 of 7+k Visitors’ Log Hits) Maximum Unique Visitors per Day: 910; Minimum Unique Visitors per Day: 331 Year 2025 Monthly Average: 7,320 versus 2023: 9008.33 / 2022: 6,141.67 / 2021: 5,736.00 / 2020: 5,565.75 / 2019: 8,521.00 / 2018:…
GEORGE TOWN: Penang is regarded as the safest state in Malaysia and the 77th safest place in the world, according to the latest rankings from Numbeo, a global collector of data about cities and countries worldwide. It is partly due to the more than 1,300 public security cameras creating a 24/7 “omnipresence” of authorities all…
IPOH: Revising the Electricity Supply Act to establish shared accountability for electricity usage among homeowners and tenants could address the problem of illegal cryptocurrency mining, says Criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia. He said creating a centralised rental database and installing smart meters at properties could also address the problem. “Tenants will…
PETALING JAYA: The three-strikes rule should only be used for serious criminals and not petty offenders, say lawyers and criminologists, who stressed that the courts should still be given discretion on punishments without being tied to mandatory sentences. Also, such a rule, which is being proposed by the police, could worsen prison overcrowding when lengthy…
On Jan 22, a 19-year-old man lodged a police report in George Town, Penang, that his father, an inmate at the Taiping Prison in Perak, had died from an abdominal injury caused by blunt trauma. According to the police report, the 62-year-old was taken to Taiping Hospital, and died on Jan 17. The report added…
