SHAH ALAM, May 19 – PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has denied issuing an ultimatum to Selangor executive councillors from PAS to resign or have their party stay out of the Sungai Besar Parliamentary by-election next month. He said the focus currently is to have discussions with various
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 – The government hopes Indonesia will reconsider its decision to stop sending its citizens to work as housemaids in Malaysia. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there should be indepth discussions on the matter by the two countries. Ahmad Zahid, who is Home Minister,
CALIFORNIA, May 19 – The emergency was declared on the Virgin Atlantic flight from San Francisco in California, USA, to the busy UK hub. The jet, as of 11.24am (local time), is flying over Wales. It follows the EgyptAir MS804 Airbus plane, carrying 66 people including one Brit, falling off radars between Paris
CAIRO, May 19 – The EgyptAir confirmed on Thursday that one of its flights en route from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar earlier in the day, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, citing Egyptian official news agency MENA. The plane, an Airbus 320, was carrying 66 passengers, including one child and
BAKU, May 19 – A Silk Way Airlines cargo plane carrying nine people has crashed after taking off from Dwyer Airport in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. There are preliminary reports that 7 of 9 people on board were killed. The State Civil Aviation Administration of Azerbaijan noted that the accident happened at about
PARIS, May 19 – An EgyptAir plane has disappeared from radar on a flight between France and Egypt, the airline has confirmed. Flight MS804 took off from Paris at 11.09pm on Wednesday local time, and was scheduled to land in Cairo at 3.15am on Thursday. However EgyptAir said in a statement that it had
GEORGE TOWN, May 19 – Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, Teng Chang Yeow today had confirmed his resigned as a member of the Gerakan Central Committee in March. However, he said, he remained as state BN chairman as he had not submitted any letter of resignation from this post. “I am on
HONG KONG, May 19 – CASBAA today announced four additional Corporate Members of the Association for its Q1 2016 line-up, including global sports TV behemoth, the Premier League (PL), data giant Nielsen, and the NASDAQ-listed Indian DTH platform, Videocon d2h and India based (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Hyderabad) law firm
HONG KONG, May 18 – Hong Kong hosted the inaugural Belt and Road Summit today to explore business opportunities presented to the world by the Belt and Road Initiative. Held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, more than 20 senior government ministers from countries located along the Belt
AMSTERDAM, May 18 – Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is supplying Meetic Group, European leader of dating services, with its Netsize direct operator billing solution. The 20 million mobile subscribers of Numericable-SFR, France’s leading cable and telecoms provider are now able to pay for subscriptions and services quickly
GEORGE TOWN, May 18 – Penang DAP organising secretary, Wong Hon Wai in responding to Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu’s claim, said the copy of the pledge with Teh was only a draft. He said Teh is merely trying to gain media attention by harping on his controversial bid to impose a
PUTRAJAYA, May 18 – Passport counters at five Immigration offices will be closed temporarily this weekend. The Immigration Department in a statement here today said this was to ensure the process of putting in place the Malaysian International Passport using polycarbonate data page goes smoothly. The offices involve UTC Johor Baharu,
HATYAI, May 18 – Hatyai police detained a friend of the late Mohd Nizam Ahmad Basrah, who was shot dead two days ago, to assist in the investigation on the murder case. Deputy Head of the Hatyai police, Khittichai Sankha-thavorn said the Thai male national, who was detained in the tourist
GEORGE TOWN, May 18 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng hope Putrajaya discuss together with Indonesian government’s and ask Indonesian President Joko Widodo to reconsider on new maid ruling which to stop sending female workers republic as maids abroad starting next year. “I hope that Federal Government can discuss this issue with Indonesia Government. Although it is the right of
GEORGE TOWN, May 18 – Penang Chief Minister Cup International Basketball Championship 2016 will be held at Han Chiang Indoor Stadium from 3th to 7th June 2016. So far there were 6 team from Malaysia and overseas participant had confirmed their participation. The foreign teams are China, Chinese Taipei, India, Thailand
GEORGE TOWN, May 18 – The managing of Bumiputera Housing Quota by the Penang Government was found to be unsatisfactory, according to the Auditor-General’s Report 2015, Series 1. The report tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday said although the state government had set 30 per cent bumiputera quota for each
LONDON, May 18 – UMNO and Barisan Nasional (BN) had afforded Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad enormous benefits and enabled him to be prime minister for 22 years. However, his action of opposing UMNO now caused many to think he was stabbing the party which also gave enormous benefits to his family
BALIK PULAU, May 18 – The body of Mohd Nizam Ahmad Basrah, 28, who was shot dead at Phadungpakdee Road, Hatyai, Thailand on May 16 was laid to rest at the Sungai Pinang Muslim cemetery in Balik Pulau at 1.45am, Wednesday. Nizam’s father, Ahmad Basrah Awang, 49, and his family had
GEORGE TOWN, May 18 – A Barisan Nasional (BN) elected representative on Wednesday questioned why the Penang DAP government has until now not allowed Pulau Jerejak to be gazetted as a state park. Opposition leader, Datuk Jahara Hamid (BN – Teluk Ayer Tawar) said the state government had on April 18,
TOKYO, May 18 – The Japan Gymnastics Association, Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced an agreement to conduct joint research on scoring support technology for gymnastics competitions. This research will combine Fujitsu Laboratories’ 3D laser sensors and 3D data processing technology–to discern athlete’s joint position and technique–with the Japan
