JITRA, Jan 30 – Sombre atmosphere enveloped the house of the parents to Jee Jing Hang, 41, one of the passengers who perished in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 tragedy last year. Jee’s mother, Tan Giat Gua, 70, burst into tears as soon as she saw the pictures of passengers and
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 – Department of Civil Aviation Director-General Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman will appear on RTM1 at 6 pm today to make a statement on MH370. He was earlier scheduled to make a major announcement on the missing airliner at the DCA headquarters at 3.30pm. However, it was called off. A
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – Barisan Nasional Youth chairman Khairy Jamaluddin has called on MIC to resolve its ongoing crisis quickly to preserve the ruling coalition and the party’s image. In a statement, the Rembau Member of Parliament said while BN adopted the consensus that each component party does not interfere in
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Jan 29 – Penang police have launched an intensive investigation following the third discovery of an explosive item in a house in Kampung Tun Sardon here today. Penang CID Chief Datuk Mazlan Kesah said police were considering forming a special task force to probe the matter, as today’s discovery was the
JAKARTA, Jan 29 – The French first officer of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet that crashed into the sea last month was at the controls at the time of the accident, Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) said. Mardjono Siswosuwarno, head investigator for the NTSC, told reporters the flight data recorder
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – The Department of Civil Aviation is expected to hold a press conference to update on the MH370 tragedy at 3.30pm at the DCA headquarters in Putrajaya. The press conference will be carried “live” over Radio Television Malaysia (RTM). The NSTonline team will also be updating
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 29 – Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is expected to meet with the MIC President Datuk Seri G. Palanivel and Deputy President Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam next week to discuss problems faced by the party. Zahid said the leaders were also expected to announce the
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29 – Facebook said Wednesday that profit soared on the wings of mobile ad revenue but stressed it is more concerned with investing in the future than making quick cash. While earnings figures surpassed market forecasts, Facebook executives strived to temper expectations, while stressing they plan to continue aggressively
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called for external auditors to look into government spending so there would be more credibility in the public’s eye. “I read in the newspaper someone suggesting that the government should have an external auditor so that there would be
BEIRUT, Jan 29 – The Islamic State group released a message late yesterday purportedly by Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, extending the deadline for Jordan’s release of an Iraqi would-be hotel bomber linked to al-Qaeda. The audio was released as Jordan had offered a precedent-setting prisoner swap to the Islamic State group
SYDNEY, Jan 29 – One of two hostages who died in a 16-hour siege at a Sydney cafe in December was killed by ricocheting fragments of police bullets, an inquest into the deadly stand-off heard Thursday. Barrister and mother-of-three Katrina Dawson, 38, died along with cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34, and Iranian-born
NEW YORK, Jan 29 – Fast-food giant McDonald’s replaced president and chief executive Donald Thompson yesterday, after the company turned in another poor quarter of sales and earnings last week. The firm behind the world-famous Big Mac had been under pressure from investors to take swift action after seeing the business weaken
SINGAPORE, Jan 29 – Websites that provide, facilitate, advertise or promote remote gambling services will be blocked from Monday when the Remote Gambling Act (RGA) comes into effect, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on Wednesday. In a statement, MHA said payment transactions related to unlawful remote gambling activities will also
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – The Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint 2015-2025, which will be tabled this March, will be the key towards transforming and improving the quality of higher education in the country, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He said the blueprint was presented at the weekly Cabinet meeting Wednesday. “God
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak should step in and resolve the on-going MIC crisis which could have negative repercussions on Barisan Nasional, political analysts said. UiTM Associate Professor Shaharuddin Baharuddin said problems arising in the Indian-based party would not be settled unless Najib, who is also
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 – Several areas in Petaling will experience water supply disruption from Feb 6 (Friday) until Feb 7 (Saturday). According to a statement by Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) here today, this was due to work to instal two units of Pressure Reducing Valve(PRV) zone systems in
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have helped Apple sell an astounding 74.5 million iPhones during the first quarter of the company’s fiscal 2015 year. That’s more iPhones than they’ve ever sold during a single quarter, up from the previous record of 51 million iPhone sales reported during the same time last year, and above
SEREMBAN, Jan 29 – The Negeri Sembilan government is satisfied with the Federal Court’s decision to give the state government and four others the green light to appeal against a Court of Appeal’s landmark decision declaring invalid the state Syariah enactment that criminalises cross-dressing by Muslim men. “It’s good because it
Google is gearing up to sell wireless service directly to customers as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), by acquiring excess network capacity from Sprint and T-Mobile and reselling it to customers under its own brand. This is the same approach used by Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS, Pure Talk, Republic Wireless
KOTA BHARU, Jan 29 – The health of PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat who is being treated at the intensive care unit of Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian here was reported to be improving today and is expected to return home soon. His son, Nik
