PETALING JAYA, May 7 – Purchasing a house under the current slowdown in global economy, souring prices of property and houses has made it almost impossible for low and middle income groups to own a house. However, the introduction of the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Scheme (PR1MA) has served as a blessing to
ROME, May 7 – Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of frantic operations coordinated by the Italian coastguard. Some 3,000 were picked up Saturday by the navy, coastguard, EU border agency Frontex and several NGOs, the coastguard said in
HUTAN MELINTANG, May 7 – The Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said national education is an important matter and it should be given priority irrespective of race and religion in the country. He said, in the context of education, it should not be linked to the question of
LONDON, May 5 – The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today announced the juries who will select the world’s best work to win the coveted Lions awards. The Lions’ winners will be honoured at awards ceremonies taking place across the eight day Festival, from 17-24 June. Encompassing a
GEORGE TOWN, May 5 – The Consumers’ Association of Penang is shocked to find that there is a proliferation of liquor shops in the Little India area here in Penang. We strongly believe that liquor shops should not be allowed to set up in places with homes and offices. We have
GEORGE TOWN, May 4 – Penang MCA chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng denounced Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng inciting and provoking state Malay leaders to siege him for speaking up for Chinese – by Lim’s advantage after allocating huge amounts of RM450 million to state Islamic affairs – is a
BANGKOK, May 4 – Five men were charged with violating Thailand’s draconian royal defamation law for sharing Facebook posts written by an exiled dissident academic, a human rights lawyer said Thursday. The case is the largest known lese majeste prosecution so far under Thailand’s new King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who ascended the throne
NEW YORK, May 4 – A Massachusetts court on Wednesday sentenced a man for attempting to defraud a Hollywood studio of millions of dollars by falsely claiming to have created the characters from the 2008 movie Kung Fu Panda. Jayme Gordon, 51, from Boston, was found guilty last November on four counts
BAGAN SERAI, May 4 – The Malaysian High Authority (MHA) is asking motorists to use the ‘Touch ‘n Go’ card facility being enforced on the North-South Expressway (PLUS) since April 26. MHA chairman Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the use of the card would reduce congestion, especially during festive seasons besides
MUMBAI, May 4 – An Egyptian once believed to be the ‘world’s heaviest woman’ left an Indian hospital Thursday for the United Arab Emirates where she will continue treatment following drastic weight-loss surgery, doctors said. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty weighed roughly 500kg when she arrived in Mumbai in February, but has
GEORGE TOWN, May 4 – JJPTR, CYL, Richway Global Venture and BTC I-system all have one thing in common; they are major money game schemes that have been in the limelight recently BUT for the wrong reasons. The president of Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) S.M Mohamed Idris said CAP
GEORGE TOWN, May 4 – Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific today released a report calling on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to cease all funding of coal projects, saying that its current climate and energy policies are incompatible and hypocritical. This year the ADB turns 50, and in the last decade
GEORGE TOWN, May 4 – An investor of the troubled high-yield investment company JJPTR refused to speak to the media over fears of making the situation worse. He was approached by reporters at the office in Jalan Perak here but declined to speak, claiming media attention would make things worse. He said
PUTRAJAYA, May 4 – The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism never issued foreign exchange (forex) business licences to any company or individual, said its minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin. All businesses such as ”money game”, get-rich-quick, forex and ponzi schemes under the guise of direct selling business and multi-level marketing
BEIJING, May 3 – China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday hailed the “dialogue” between Beijing and Manila over their border dispute in the South China Sea during a phone call with Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte, state media reported. Duterte is loosening the Philippines’ long alliance with the United States while strengthening ties
BANGKOK, May 3 – A Thai human rights lawyer could be sentenced to a maximum 150 years in prison after he was charged with a record ten counts of royal defamation, a rights group said Wednesday. Prawet Prapanukul, a well-known critic of the law under which he is now being prosecuted, was
BANGKOK, May 3 – Apple, Facebook and Google logos have been removed from a giant statue of a mythical beast that will stand inside the sprawling cremation complex being built for Thailand’s late king after their inclusion caused an online outcry. Dozens of palace artisans are working around the clock to produce
SEOUL, May 3 – North Korea on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a US professor for trying to “overturn” the regime, as tensions spike between the isolated nuclear-armed nation and Washington. Kim Sang-Duk, or Tony Kim, became the third American held in the North when he was detained at the capital’s airport
TOKYO, May 3 – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday announced plans to seek the first-ever changes to Japan’s post-war pacifist constitution and said he wants the revisions to take effect in 2020. The changes, which would spell out the status of the nation’s “self-defence” military forces, were announced as Japan marked
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 – The Malaysian government will apply to strike out a suit by former Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for his release from prison for sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Lawyer Latheefa Koya, who represented Anwar, said the High Court ordered the application to be
