SINGAPORE, March 14 – Leading strategists and brand experts are among the first speakers to be confirmed for the Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Conference & Awards (AMES). 10 speakers have been announced for the festival, which takes place on 31 May 2016 at Grand Hyatt Singapore, with more to
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The natural resources and environment ministry will hold an emergency meeting soon to discuss measures to address the hot and dry weather. Its minister, Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the joint meeting with related ministries and agencies was imperative as the gist of discussions
PUTRAJAYA, March 14 – Appeals over unsuccessful applications for the 2016 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) will be accepted from tomorrow until April 15, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. He said the appeals could be made at any branch of the Internal Revenue Board (LHDN), including the Revenue
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – A total 827,921 Malaysians have been blacklisted by the Immigration Department since 2011 from leaving the country for various offences. The Home Ministry, in a written reply to Er Teck Hwa (DAP-Bakri), said the names of 200,727 of them were blacklisted for bankruptcy, defaulters of education
TOKYO, March 14 – Sessionable, a guitar manufacturer that has set up business in the Ishinomaki area of northeastern Migyagi Prefecture, today held a ceremony to commemorate the completion of its guitar factory in the town of Onagawa in the prefecture. The factory, named “GLIDE garage,” was made possible through
GEORGE TOWN, March 14 – The final round of pau eating competition which was held at Gurney Paragon here yesterday. 11 of the finalists man were gathered in Gurney Paragon Mall Atrium here yesterday morning to compete the grand prize and the title of “pau eating king”. Penangites Saw Eng Chuan, 24, got
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – Despite it being one of three top news portals based on traffic in Malaysia, The Malaysian Insider (TMI) has been struggling to make profit. The Edge Media Group failed to get buyers to take over The Malaysian Insider (TMI), which will shut down from midnight, been suffering losses
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The Malaysian Insider is to be shut down from midnight on Monday (Mar 14) “for commercial reasons”, the website’s editor said in a statement. The he statement read: “The Edge Media Group has decided to shut down The Malaysian Insider from midnight today, for commercial reasons.
OHIO, March 14 – When Thomas DiMassimo tried to rush Donald Trump’s stage in Ohio over the weekend, he had a clear goal in mind. He wanted to send a message to all people out in the country who wouldn’t consider themselves racist, who wouldn’t consider themselves approving of what type of
CLEVELAND, March 14 – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign rallies have become a fixture in the 2016 election season as much for the candidate’s rambling speeches as for the frequent interruptions of said speeches. Demonstrators have filed in to Trump rallies across the country, shouting their anti-Trump messages and promptly being
MISSOURI, March 14 – Donald Trump has called them thugs, professional organizers and supporters of Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders. But the protesters who have stepped up their actions against the Republican presidential front-runner are a disparate group from different walks of life, with no national organization to speak of. They assemble
CAMERON HIGHLANDS, March 13 – The Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) Sunday declared its stand to continue supporting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as he faces current political challenges. Its chairman Teng Chang Yeow said Penang BN as well as its Youth and Women’s wings fully supported Najib as the Prime Minister.
WASHINGTON, March 13 – Donald Trump’s ascendance is nothing if not surprising. Pundits thought he would flame out early; he has done things that could have ended other campaigns; and his statements are erratic and even sometimes contradictory. Yet, he remains the leading Republican presidential contender. Many have tried to explain Trump’s rise in the nine months since he entered
KUCHING, March 13 – An ABC Four Corners crew has been detained by Malaysian police after trying to question Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption scandal. Reporter Linton Besser and camera operator Louie Eroglu were detained in the city of Kuching last night, after approaching Najib on the street. They were
CLEVELAND, March 13 – A protester appeared to attempt to storm the stage at Donald Trump’s campaign rally outside of Dayton, Ohio on Saturday, one of a number of escalating protests during the event and a continuation of the turmoil that marked Trump’s cancelled rally in Chicago on Friday. Agents from the U.S. Secret
KUCHING, March 13 – Police have confiscated the travel documents of an ABC News reporter and cameraman who were detained on Saturday for “aggressively” approaching Prime Minister Najib Razak. According to the Australian news outlet, journalist Linton Besser (pictured below) and camera operator Louis Eroglu had their passports seized despite being released
CLEVELAND, March 13 – For what he hopes is not the last time this year, Donald Trump took the stage in front of an adoring audience in Cleveland, Ohio, and blamed violent clashes at his rallies on the Democratic opponents who called him a “pathological liar” and guilty of “political arson”. A day
CLEVELAND, March 13 – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday encountered more violence on the campaign trail when somebody got too close to the front-runner at an Ohio rally and Secret Service agents rushed the stage, one day after violence forced Trump to cancel a rally in Chicago. A rally
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 – Members of an ABC Four Corners crew have been detained in Malaysia while reporting on “a local political issue”, the broadcaster has announced. The ABC would not confirm who was arrested, but it’s believed journalist Linton Besser and a camera operator were detained and released hours after attending a
KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 – The supreme council meeting of the People’s Progressive Party (myPPP) tomorrow will focus on consensus to oppose the Mahathir declaration. Its president Tan Sri M. Kayveas said the meeting would be making a stand against former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for having joined opposition
