SEPANG, March 29 – Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday to end Mercedes’ long Formula One winning streak and make the 2015 season look like a genuine contest between the two teams. Vettel elected not to pit during an earlier safety-car period, while second-placed Lewis Hamilton
KOTA KINABALU, March 29 – Pakatan Rakyat (PR) should prove to the people that it can unite before it even dreams of setting up a government, said Sabah Umno liaison secretary Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin. He said looking at developments in PR, the Opposition pact had failed to be united, even at the party
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 – A DAP leader laughed off allegations claiming that the party is “racist” and allows no room for other races besides the ethnic Chinese to hold its top posts while an executive council member of the Youth wing listed out a few examples why DAP was all-inclusive. The
WASHINGTON, March 29 – When three buildings collapsed and ignited a blaze in New York on Thursday, a smartphone app brought the live video feed to anyone online wanting to watch. The disaster took place, coincidentally, the same day as the launch of Twitter’s new livestream app Periscope, which became a
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 – Police arrested Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad, allegedly for sedition at wee hours of this morning. The opposition MP allegedly detained over his involvement in yesterday’s #KitaLawan, the anti-government weekly rally outside Sogo shopping complex, was picked up from his house in Shah Alam at about
GEORGETOWN, March 28 – WWF-Malaysia, the national consen ation organisation, collaborated rt’ith the State Government of Penang to raise public awareness of global rvarming and promote a low-carbon lifestyle in conjunction rtith Earth Hour zor5 today. YB Chow Kon Yeow, Penang State EXCO for Local Government, Traffic Management, and Flood Mitigation,
SEPANG, March 28 – Malaysian Grand Prix organisers are poised to sign a new three-year contract to host Formula One at the Sepang International Circuit, with a final agreement expected next month. SIC chairman Mokhzani Tun Mahathir told AP that the final details of the contract were being formalized with Formula
SHAH ALAM, March 28 – The police have detained two Iraqi nationals, suspected to be members of the so-called IS group of militants on suspicion of making a death threat against the Saudi Arabian and Qatar ambassadors based in the federal capital. The two men, aged 39 and 42, were
KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 – “Another KitaLawan rally will he held on May 1 with a bigger and better crowd.” This was voiced by Batu Member of Parliament Tian Chua’s personal assistant, Rozan Azen Mat Rasip, in his speech during the rally in front of the Wisma Selangor Dredging building here today. Although Rozan
TENOM, March 28 – A two-year old boy who went missing was found after spending 18 hours in a jungle not far from his home. Rescuers found Healezry Zeandfly Henderi lying in a pile of bushes about 200m from his house at Kampung Kuala Tolokoson, Kemabong near here at about 10.25am. District
BUTTERWORTH, March 28 – Pas deputy president Mohamed Sabu has been detained by police at a restaurant in Sungai Dua here earlier. Penang Pas deputy commissioner Datuk Dr. Mujahid Yusof Rawa confirmed that Mat Sabu was detained by policemen at about 12.30am. “After our state Pas meeting, we were having a
KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 – Leaders discuss stepping up trade, education, defence, financial services ties. Datuk Seri Najib Razak and China President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting in Boao here last night, the eve of the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia 2015. In the meeting, hours after the prime minister’s
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 – The Royal Malaysian Customs Department had left out 18 questions in its response to the 106 Goods and Services Tax (GST) questions posed to them by protesters. Customs Department director-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Khazali told The Rakyat Post in an immediate response that the questions were left out as
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 – Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib is confident that KL will get 350 buildings to turn off their lights for an hour tomorrow for Earth Hour. He told that if this target was achieved tomorrow, he would pledge to build more cycling routes around the capital. “I will make
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 – Rape and death threats online, such as those faced by a radio host recently, can lead to actual violence at a time when political parties are firing up inter-communal tensions, said a human rights activist. Fadiah Nadwa Fikri said this was because outbreaks of genocide the
NEW YORK, March 27 – The explosion, which occurred shortly after 3pm and sent flames leaping into the sky, rocked the residential area. Bloodied victims ran from the buildings, collapsing on the street, witnesses said. Three people were critically injured, New York Mayor de Blasio told a news conference near the
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – No action was taken against former Bar Council president Christopher Leong for his statement that jailed Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was “persecuted” following his sodomy verdict, as no police report was lodged. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri said because of this,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – The Prime Minister’s Office today denied that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had issued any statement on the proposed implementation of the hudud law. The denial was carried in a post on the ‘Msia PM Press Office’ @PMOMalaysia Twitter account. “The Prime Minister’s Office
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – Three people were killed and one seriously injured in an accident involving a 10-tonne lorry and four vehicles at KM14.4. New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) Subang heading towards Damansara early Thursday. Three others were not hurt in the accident. Selangor Fire and Rescue Operation assistant director
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has set March 31 to make a decision on whether programmes and lectures attended by a former police investigating officer in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s second sodomy case qualifies him to be called to the Bar. Judicial Commissioner S. M.
