Seberang Perai Municipal Council acting president told to investigate 'missing' RM223.7 million
Penang Finance Officer Datuk Supiah Md Yusof of Penang has been told to investigate the RM223.7 million ?missing? from the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (SPMC) reserves.

Seberang Perai Municipal Council acting president told to investigate 'missing' RM223.7 million
State Finance Officer Datuk Supiah Md Yusof of Penang has been told to investigate the RM223.7 million ?missing? from the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (SPMC) reserves.

Mumbai attacks: J & K government employee, wife in custody
Showkat, who is working as junior assistant in the municipal committee in Doda town, was picked up by the police along with his wife on Saturday after he was found to have made several calls to Mumbai during and after the attack in the financial capital, police sources said in Jammu on Monday.

Top W. Hempfield post an easy fit for new manager
He first got into municipal government in the middle of another economic downturn 26 years ago, Ron Youtz recalls.Serving residents in the public sector is "just something I've always enjoyed doing, and it felt comfortable from day one," he says now."I just felt like I was in my comfort zone fro...

Nagoya boxes decline
The Port of Nagoya in central Japan handled 209,785 TEUs of containerized foreign trade in August, down 1.7 percent from the same month the previous year, according to preliminary figures released by the Nagoya municipal government.

Upcoming government meetings
The following are upcoming local government meetings.

Bad planning filling roads with potholes
A lack of government planning and coordination is resulting in state utilities launching projects without the required licenses and sometimes even digging up roads where works have already been carried out, municipal authorities have told Kathimerini.

Government meetings
LI Fond du Lac Board of Appeals, 3 p.m. Monday, City County Government Center, Rooms D and E.

City May Ban Bottled Water From Gov Buildings
New York may be the next major U.S. city to prohibit the municipal government from buying bottled water for its office buildings.

Government coffers feel drop in auto sales
Purchases are a huge part of sales taxes collected by city, county and state governments. When Heritage Lincoln Mercury closed in August, the city of Tustin felt the pain.

Mumbai attack: Kashmir government employee detained
A government employee in Jammu and Kashmir has been detained for questioning after he allegedly received telephone calls from a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) activist, police sources said Sunday.

Municipal Meetings
Day Planning Board, Regular Meeting, Day Town Hall, Hadley, 7 p.m.

Government tries to go green
Its new hybrid truck is just one element of the county's environmentally focused initiatives. York County has introduced the first hybrid vehicle to its fleet, part of an increasing number of initiatives that recently earned the county recognition for its environmental efforts.

Reaction mixed to proposal that Shore towns merge
When Dino Spadaccini goes to pay taxes on his Shore house, which is in the North Beach section of Long Beach Island, he has to cross through two towns to get to the Long Beach Township Municipal Building.

Penang probes council?s financial fiasco
BUTTERWORTH: Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) president Farizan Darus has been told to go on leave pending investigations into the council?s plunging reserves.

BJMP-Negros joins Christmas lanterns contest
AROUND 17 municipal and city jails joined the second giant Christmas lanterns contest at Robinsons Place Bacolod last Saturday.

This week's local government meetings
TODAY ? Blakely Borough Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m.

GHJC questions government's intentions with waste management
With more delays in moving forward regional waste management in western Newfoundland, members of the Great Humber Joint Council are wondering what behind the scene politics may be in play against them.

South Africa: Winners of Provincial Leg of Vuna Awards Named
The Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality and Moses Kotane Local Municipality have been named the overall winners in their different municipal categories at the provincial leg of the 2008 Vuna Awards.

Art, entertainment groups struggle to become financially independent from government
"Walking onto the stage, I found it was beautifully decorated with colorful flowers and flags." Chinese acrobat Wang Guiqin, 67, could not help skipping and turning around, while recalling her 1959 "Diabolo" performance to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. She now teaches for the China National Acrobatic Troupe which has 134 acrobats. Every year ...