KOTA BARU, Jun 5 – The Election Commission has confirmed that it has received a notice on the vacancy of the Nenggiri state seat from the Kelantan State Assembly Speaker’s Office following the incumbent Datuk Mat Yusoff Abdul Ghani being disqualified due to bankruptcy. A spokesman for the EC’s Kelantan branch
SEPANG, Jun 5 – AirAsia has once again been voted as Asia’s Leading Low-Cost Airline for the fifth year running at the 2017 World Travel Awards Asia and Australasia. The accolade, chosen through votes by travel and tourism professionals worldwide, recognises AirAsia’s commitment to excellence in service, putting it ahead of Air
LONDON, Jun 4 – British police arrested 12 people Sunday in connection with the attacks in London that left seven people dead, after raiding several addresses in Barking, a suburb to the east of the capital. The force said in a statement said the investigation into last night’s horrific attack in
HONG KONG, Jun 4 – Thousands were expected at a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong Sunday night to mark 28 years since China’s bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown but the annual event is struggling for support among younger generations. Semi-autonomous Hong Kong is the only place on Chinese soil to see a major
KUCHING, Jun 4 – All Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) component party members must give their full support to the choice of candidate made by the party leadership for the Pujut state seat by-election on July 4, said its Youth chief, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He said it was only natural that before
NARATHIWAT, Jun 4 – The Thai military has increased patrolling along the Thai-Malaysian border in Narathiwat province to prevent the smuggling of goods, people, firearms and explosives. Thai Army chief General Chalermchai Sittisart who visited the 2nd Border Defence Company of the Narathiwat Task Force in Takbai, Narathiwat, today said the deployment
PARIS, Jun 4 – British and world leaders on Sunday condemned the attacks in Central London, reacting with both outrage and solidarity. Britain London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the attack was “a deliberate and cowardly attack on innocent Londoners and visitors to our city enjoying their Saturday night,” adding: “There is
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 4 – Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is scheduled to commence construction of its first Large-Scale Solar project on a 97ha site in Mukim Tanjung 12, Kuala Langat, Selangor next month. The land, which is being cleared in phases, will be developed into solar farms (68ha), while the remaining is
LONDON, Jun 4 – A historic part of London that fell into decline after the closure of the docks, the scene of Saturday’s terror attack is now a bustling part of London where hipsters and City workers rub shoulders. The London Bridge and Borough Market area is also very multi-ethnic and international,
LONDON, Jun 4 – London police are unsure if all the militants involved in a deadly attack on the London Bridge area late on Saturday have been accounted for, Sky News reported on Sunday. A Sky reporter said the police have not been able to confirm to us that at this stage all of
LONDON, Jun 4 – London’s ambulance service said it had taken 48 people to hospitals across the British capital after an attack which killed six people late on Saturday. London Ambulance Service’s assistant director of operations Peter Rhodes in a statement on Sunday said they took 48 patients to five hospitals across London and
PUTRAJAYA, Jun 4 – No Malaysians were reported involved in a terror attack at London Bridge and Borough Market, which killed six people and injured at least 20 others including a policeman. In confirming this in a statement here today, the Foreign Ministry said it was closely monitoring the incident with the
LONDON, Jun 4 – At least six people were killed by attackers near London Bridge on Saturday, police said. Police said three attackers drove a vehicle into pedestrians on London Bridge and then stabbed people in Borough Market. Britain’s top anti-terrorism officer Mark Rowley said armed response officers then responded very quickly and bravely
PETALING JAYA, Jun 3 – A drunk female passenger had to be bound with gaffer tape after a racist attack on a Malaysia Airlines stewardess during a flight to Heathrow, a court heard in Willesden, North West London today. In the January incident, receptionist Maxine Williams was said to have screamed “I
SHAH ALAM, Jun 3 – Selangor Election Commission (EC) deputy director, Kamarul Azman Ahmad Sabri has denied giving any statement on the addition of the names of military voters in Selangor as reported by a local English-language news portal yesterday. Kamarul Azman said he had never made any statement or explanation to
JOHOR BARU, Jun 3 – PAS will be contesting 17 parliamentary and 40 state seats in Johor in the 14th General Election (GE14), according to state PAS commissioner Datuk Abdullah Husin. He said that the party had identified the seats but would not reveal them for now. “The candidates are from various
LONDON, Jun 3 – British police said Saturday they had arrested a new suspect in the May 22 terrorist attack at a pop concert in Manchester, bringing to 11 the number of men in custody. Authorities arrested a 24-year-old man last night in Rusholme, an inner-city area of Manchester, it said in
PASIR MAS, Jun 3 – The Communications and Multimedia Ministry will help to increase high-speed broadband penetration in all hospitals in the country. The ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Sharifah Zarah Syed Ahmad said the facility was important in the digital age for the convenience of staff and patients in hospitals. “If
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 3 – Commonwealth Games Federation of Malaysia (CGAM) president Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar said Malaysia is among the countries in the frame to become the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He said this is not a traditional bid process but a partnership approach led by
BALIK PULAU, Jun 3 – The government, through the Health Ministry, has always been supportive of efforts by hospitals and the private sector to develop and promote health tourism in this country, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya. He said, unlike other countries, the government had constantly taken initiatives
