KUCHING, April 14 – The Election Commission began its meeting at 9.30 am Thursday to set the nomination and polling dates for the 11th Sarawak state election. Attending the meeting held at Merdeka Palace Hotel are EC chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hashim Abdullah and state director Datu Takun Sungga. A press conference
JAKARTA, April 14 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the actions of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who is trying to interfere in the country’s administration was because the former prime minister still wanted to be in control. Najib said Dr Mahathir was trying this because he had his own
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 – Malaysians will now be able to enjoy Cerebos Malaysia’s latest offering – health drink Ca’Ya. Cerebos Malaysia in a statement here Wednesday said the product, a mix of habbatus sauda and ginseng, was an energy booster, strengthens immunity and a “fatigue buster”. Ca’Ya is sold at RM5.80 a
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 – Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) is the only school in the country which uses a special module prepared by the Education Ministry to help street children study. SBJK principal Zulkarnain Fauzi said the school used the ‘Multi-Grade Learning’ format which saw children put into classrooms according to
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president, Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar have been warned the state sports councils to stop pinching the national athletes who have qualified for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Tunku Imran said some of the states want these athletes
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 13 – The 11th World Chinese Buddhist Sangha Congress was officiate by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng on this morning at the Bayview George Town Hotel. He said the opening remarked on the importance of religious freedom but more so on the deeper meanings of mutual respect and cooperation among the
KUCHING, April 13 – Sarawak’s capital investments surged to RM11.8 billion last year from RM8.4 billion in 2014 and RM6.8 billion in 2013, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan said. He said the Malaysian Investment Development Authority projected the state’s capital investments this year’s to surpass last year’s
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – AirAsia Bhd become the first low-cost carrier to win the Catering Innovation of the Year at the 2016 Onboard Hospitality (OBH) Awards ceremony held in Hamburg, Germany, recently. In a statement today, AirAsia said the award was for its Barista in the Skies gourmet coffee products,
KEPALA BATAS, April 13 – The Penang Parti Keadilan Rakyat youth movement (AMK) today lodged a police report on the sale of land belonging to the Penang Regional Development Authority (PERDA) in Kampung Tok Keramat, Seberang Perai Selatan (SPS) allegedly at below market prices. State AMK strategic director Mohd Radzi
GEORGE TOWN, April 13 – The Penang DAP government will give full cooperation to the federal government in ensuring the success of road projects under the Ministry of Works in the state, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. He said he was prepared to cooperate in terms of land acquisition and
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – Senior deputy public prosecutor Datuk Kevin Morais might have been smothered to death, the High Court was told here today. Kuala Lumpur Hospital forensics medical consultant Dr Nurliza Abdullah, 51, said this was based on the conditions of a victim who suffered from asphyxiation. “In such
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 13 – The Junior Cycling Malaysia (JCM) programme commenced last weekend with over 700 participants from the age of five to 19 at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS). Youth and Sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the programme, organised by the National Sports Council and they will be
TOKYO, Apr 13 – The newly developed waste heat recovery system “HydrocurrentTM Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Module 125EJW”(1) by MHI Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (President: Kazuo Soma, Head Office: Nagasaki) has begun operation on the vessel named Arnold Maersk belonging to Maersk Line. The ORC system enables the utilization
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (P1), soon to be known as Webe, plans to leverage on Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) customer base to strengthen its position in the market. Its Chief Executive Officer, Puan Chan Cheong, said the digital mobility services provider was expected to
SELANGOR, Apr 13 – The Rohingya are an ethnic minority group from Myanmar, many of who have been displaced to surrounding countries due to targeted military violence against them. Kazi Farzana from the Universiti Utara Malaysia spent six months observing and interviewing 30 refugees in the United Nations High Commissioner
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar this morning on continued positive external conditions that improved the demand for the note, dealers said. The ringgit was at 3.8540/8600 against the greenback from Tuesday’s 3.8770/8850. A dealer said the increase in crude oil prices to above US$44 per
TOKYO, Apr 13 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (NYSE: HPE) and NEC Corporation strengthen their strategic alliance and expand joint solution development to capture new opportunities in key markets. By integrating the HPE and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, wireless and wired networking portfolio with NEC Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
JAKARTA, April 13 – The Indonesian media can access information on the outcome of investigations conducted by the Public Accounts Committee on 1Malaysia Development Berhad through www.perlimen.gov.my/pac. Malaysia’s Ambassador to Indonesia Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim said “If you want to publish any reports on 1MDB, you need not take or
LONDON, Apr 13 – The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has yesterday released the full content programme which will run from 18-25 June, 2016. Talent from all walks of creativity will take to the stages at the Festival, which includes the specialist events Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Lions
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – There are no Malaysian casualties in the bombing attack that took place at the Chana train station in Chana district, Songkla, Thailand on Monday. The Foreign Ministry in a statement Tuesday said Malaysia condemned the attack and expressed its deepest sympathies and condolences to the government of
