SHAH ALAM, Jul 6 – The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) arrested nine Chinese nationals on suspicion of illegal sand dredging in Klang waters yesterday. Klang MMEA director Capt (M) Abu Zaki Mohammad said those arrested were the skipper and crew members of the vessel “Xin Zhou 1”, aged from 41 to
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 6 – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today the Pakatan Rakyat coalition was no more. He said there is no Pakatan Rakyat anymore. He told this in a press conference after attending the Penang Development Corporation Aidilfitri ‘open house’ here. Lim’s statement came a day after Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said that Selangor would continue to be governed
SEPANG, Jul 6 – The next-of-kins of victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down in Ukraine in 2014 will be briefed on the prosecution process to be carried out in the Netherlands on Thursday (July 13) in Putrajaya. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the ministry would
PARIT BUNTAR, Jul 6 – The 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games (KL2017) Torch Run arrived at Dewan Merdeka Parit Buntar at 10.40am today led by Sungai Acheh State Assemblyman Datuk Mahmud Zakaria. The arrival of Mahmud marked the start of the Perak leg of the SEA Games Torch Run. The assemblyman from
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 6 – The two-day Students Parliament sitting scheduled to take place at the Parliament Building from July 18 will become the platform for varsity students to debate and voice out their opinions and aspirations on the 2015 National Transformation (TN50) initiative. Malaysian Council of Former Elected Representatives (Mubarak) president Tan Sri
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 6 – The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose in late trading today for a 2.37-point, or 0.13% gain, mainly due to interests in selected heavyweights led by IOI Corp. At 5pm, the FBM KLCI ended at an intra-day high of 1,770.53 points against Wednesday’s close of 1,768.18. The index moved between
PUTRAJAYA, Jul 6 – Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam said 23 doctors who do not have a pass in the Bahasa Malaysia (BM) paper of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination must sit for the paper until they pass. “If they fail (this November), they will keep on taking (BM paper)
SEPANG, Jul 8 – AirAsia to launch MyCorporate, a suite of products exclusively made with the business traveller in mind. MyCorporate consists of three bundle options, depending on the requirements of the traveller and the company budget – Fare Only, Corporate Lite and Corporate Full Flex. The Fare Only product is the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 6 – The 10th edition of Asia’s premier annual event in the field of software testing, SOFTEC Asia, will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 1 to 3 August 2017. Featuring the theme “Testing as a Service” (TaaS), SOFTEC Asia 2017 will be focusing
SINGAPORE, Jul 6 – The siblings of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong issued a seven-page rejoinder on Thursday to his statement to parliament earlier this week, reiterating accusations that he had abused his power in a dispute over their late father’s home. Singaporeans have been riveted since mid-June by a
AMSTERDAM, Jul 6 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announced today it has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Encryption and Data Protection Technology Leadership Award. Frost & Sullivan analysts independently evaluated Gemalto’s SafeNet data protection and encryption solutions, in particular, the commercial success,
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 6 – The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) strongly believes that consumers will benefit from the NFL just as employees benefit from the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) which operates on the principle of NFL. If SOCSO has been overwhelming successful for more than four decades why can’t
SINGAPORE, Jul 5 – A statue of a Chinese goddess adorned in brightly coloured clothes and an extravagant headdress has become an online sensation after it was pictured flying business class to Malaysia. The 1.8m model of Chinese sea goddess Mazu was pictured strapped into the luxury seat on a flight from
PETALING JAYA, Jul 5 – The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will allow its members to settle their outstanding education loans from July 21. This could benefit up to 70,000 members who have yet to repay these loans, The Star Online reported today. Members can settle their outstanding education loan amount from
PETALING JAYA, Jul 5 – The Cabinet has decided to retain the compulsory pass for Bahasa Malaysia subject in the SPM examination for all public service positions and no waiver will be allowed. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced this today after the Cabinet meeting. Health Minister Datuk Seri
HAMBURG, Jul 5 – Riot police used water cannon overnight Tuesday to disperse several gatherings of protesters ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg. Police first dislodged protesters who had set up tents in a park in the western district of Altona, according to police and media reports. “This is not a
THE HAGUE, jul 5 – The trials of any suspects arrested in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine will be held in the Netherlands, Dutch officials announced Wednesday. All 298 people on board were killed when the plane was downed on July 17, 2014 on a
PETALING JAYA, Jul 5 – The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has expressed regret over a video that shows a Muslim woman with her pet dog “Bubu”. Jakim director-general Tan Sri Othman Mustapha said Muslims owning dogs and their needless contact with canines were highly disturbing, adding that such actions were against
LANGKAWI, Jul 5 – Langkawi SkyCab, an over 4,000-metre-long cable car system linking Oriental Village at Teluk Burau and the 708-metre-high Gunung Mat Chinchang, here, has been listed as among the world’s top 10 best cable car systems by an international travel website. Smartertravel.com has placed it alongside Loen Skylift in
PARIS, Jul 5 – Can a motley crew of countries grouping climate champions Germany and France with oil giants Russia and Saudi Arabia muster a joint defence of the Paris Agreement against Donald Trump? This is the question for observers as the G20 group of major economies gathers in Hamburg amid a
