George Town, Malaysia

Son of Lim Kit Siang and also Penang's Chief Minister and DAP's Secretary General, Mr Lim Guan Eng delivers his fiery speech at DAP's grand ceramah held at a field near Sutera Mall in Skudai, Gelang Patah, on April 20, 2013.

GEORGE TOWN: A dispute is brewing over a hilltop project in Bukit Gambier, Gelugor, with NGOs questioning the legality of hill clearing.

GEORGE TOWN: It was a rare treat for Penangites when a convoy of 77 Lamborghinis tore down the streets as part of the luxury sports car's 50th anniversary celebration.

GEORGE TOWN: DAP has no interest in joining Barisan Nasional for posts, said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng in a statement here today.

Reset GEORGE TOWN : In a surprise move, newcomer Mohd Rashid Hasnon of PKR has been appointed the new Deputy Chief Minister of Penang, while Prof P Ramasamy of DAP has been retained as Deputy Chief Minister .The appointments were announced after the Pakatan Rakyat state government's executive council were sworn in at the Dewan Seri Pinang this ... (more)

GEORGE TOWN: A group Universiti Sains Malaysia students were allegedly roughed up by unidentified men while they were holding a demonstration.

The outcome of Election 2013 was not simply the result of a "Chinese tsunami" as Datuk Seri Najib Razak has claimed but a major swing in the urban and middle-class electorate that saw Malaysia's urban-rural rift widen, analysts have said.

GEORGE TOWN: Pakatan Rakyat, led by DAP, retained Penang after it won 30 out of 40 state seats in the 13th general election early Monday.

Malaysian Sikhs are angry with a local Sikh politician who has shaved his head bald at a Chinese temple in the Northern Peninsular city to protest against money politics in the General Election being held today.

GEORGE TOWN: Bukit Tengah state candidate and state Barisan Nasional chief Teng Chang Yeow wants the Election Commission to look again at its standard operating procedures.

By Azeman Ariffin and Nur Adila Abdul Wahab GEORGE TOWN -- "I'd rather watch football on TV than attend his ceramah," said Ahmad Azwan Bakhtiar, 25, when asked why he was not at a talk given by PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the Permatang Pauh constituency which the latter is defending in the 13th General Election Sunday.

GEORGE TOWN: A 24-year-old clerk was killed after her boyfriend lost control of the car they were in and crashed into the motorcycle lane divider at the Nur Syafina Akma Mohd Rafi, died on the spot when an oncoming Proton Satria Neo crashed into the left side of the car as it was spinning.

GEORGE TOWN: The Federal Government will build 9,999 units of low and medium-cost apartments in Air Putih, Air Itam and Paya Terubong in Penang, The units, measuring between 700 sq ft and 1,000 sq ft, would be sold between RM72,500 and RM290,000 each, he said at a 1Malaysia mini concert in Rifle Range last night.

GEORGE TOWN, April 30 -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today became the country's first leader to use the 24km Second Penang Bridge to cross from the island to the mainland to attend a function in Kepala Batas, Seberang Perai.

By S.Chandravathani KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 -- M.Jayaseelan had been working as a goldsmith at a Chinese company since 1989, and his dream of venturing on his own had been hindered because of the lack of capital.

GEORGE TOWN: Protesters held a rally against the proposed 6.5km Gurney Drive-Bagan Ajam undersea tunnel project outside a shopping mall in Gurney Drive here.

It has been reported and documented in Parliament that the concept of the free port no longer exists.

"This is extremely irresponsible of them, and even though their Buku Jingga and their 2008 election manifesto do not mention it, yet we can still see PAS enforcing their Islamic policies in Kedah and Kelantan.

GEORGE TOWN: Police here arrested three suspects in relation to the blast at a Barisan Nasional ceramah in Nibong Tebal on Tuesday.

Lim Guan Eng, the hyperactive caretaker chief minister of Malaysia.s Penang state, is not the type to miss a good photo-opportunity, so there were plenty of witnesses when he handed over the keys to his government Mercedes ahead of a May 5 general election.