KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 – The Malaysian passenger on-board the ill-fated tug boat that sank in the Yangtze River on Thursday afternoon has been identified as Cheong Kin Chin, Xinhua, a Chinese news agency reported. Unfortunately no other details were provided for by the Jiangsu Maritime Bureau and Jingjiang city police. Meanwhile,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 – The ringgit, which ended the week on a weaker note, is expected to trade between 3.51 and 3.59 against the US dollar next week, a dealer said. The direction of crude oil prices coupled with the US dollar’s performance and Switzerland’s surprising move to scrap its cap on the
BERA, Jan 17 – Malaysia will stop the import of apples from United States which were tainted with Listeriosis bacteria, says Agriculture and Agro-based Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said the ministry had received a notice from the US authorities that the Gala and Granny Smith apples from California
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 – German airline Lufthansa will introduce daily flights from Frankfurt to Kuala Lumpur from March 29. For the new summer schedule, Lufthansa will increase the capacity on the Frankfurt-Kuala Lumpur route from five weekly connections to a daily service, the airline said in a statement. The route will continue to be
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 – A Muslim American man held two weeks without charge after the 9/11 attacks will get US$385,000 (RM1.3 million) compensation from the US government and an FBI agent, a rights group said. Abdullah al-Kidd was detained in 2003 as a “material witness,” a formulation widely used in the US after
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 – Hackers took over Twitter accounts of the New York Post and United Press International on Friday, writing bogus messages, including about hostilities breaking out between the United States and China. One tweet posted under the UPI account quoted Pope Francis as saying, “World War III has begun.” Another message delivered
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 – Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar said the biggest challenge was not building the MRT, but getting people to use it. However, based on his replies to questions posed by The Rakyat Post (the full transcript of
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 – “I can understand but I cannot accept.” That was the stand of Lawrence Jayaraj, the uncle and guardian to 15-year-old Britney Nicole, the pupil of SMK Seri Mutiara in Cheras who was sent home allegedly for donning the baju kurungto school. “There’s no misunderstanding. Actually, the policy of
SINGAPORE, Jan 17 – Despite facing criticism from various quarters, the Malaysian government’s decision to implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will benefit the nation as it gears towards becoming a developed nation, says Dr Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP Capital Investors. “I think it is
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 – Genting Bhd today announced that DNA Electronics Limited (DNAe), its indirect 82.1 per cent-owned subsidiary, has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of NanoMR, Inc (NanoMR) for a total cash consideration of about US$24.0 million (US$1= RM3.57). In a filing to Bursa
NANTERRE, Jan 17 – An armed man was holed up in a post office outside Paris with two hostages, police said, adding there did not appear to be any link to extremist attacks. Police sources said several post office clients had managed to escape and that the gunman himself had called
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak who went on an LRT ride this afternoon has caused a frenzy among commuters who spotted him standing in the coach from Masjid India station. The public were excited to see the country’s number one travelling with them and took
KUANTAN, Jan 16 – The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) should not be made into political capital as it was a transparent tax system meant to increase national income. The Pahang Malay Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Datuk Abdul Rahman Daud said the new tax collection is
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s former personal aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan filed an application on Friday to amend the statement of claim in his RM50 million suit against his ex boss. The plaintiff’s counsel Zamri Idrus told reporters that Saiful wanted to add more details regarding Anwar’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – There are no more flood victims in Pahang following the closure of the last evacuation centre in Temerloh this afternoon. IN PERAK, the number of flood victims continued to drop this afternoon to 1,031 compared with 1,173 at noon while in Kelantan, the number remained at
SYDNEY, Jan 16 – Missing airliner MH370 is “very likely” to be found if it lies in the vast undersea zone now being scoured, and is probably in good condition despite being submerged for 10 months, the Australian search chief told AFP. Three vessels, with a fourth on the way, are probing
PANGKALAN BUN, Jan 16 – Indonesian divers Friday made a fresh attempt to reach the main body of an AirAsia plane that crashed in the sea last month with 162 people on board, after their initial bid failed due to bad weather and rough seas. Flight QZ8501 went down in the Java
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – Malaysia will not allow religious provocation or any threatening act or insulting of any religion to take place even in the name of freedom of expression, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The prime minister reiterated that freedom had its limitation. He said the authorities would
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – The flood situation in Sabah has improved while the number of evacuees in Perak, Kelantan and Pahang still placed at the relief centres have decreased this morning from last night. In SABAH, Pitas district officer Buduban Oti Majalau said all 38 flood victims from 10 families
KOTA BAHARU, Jan 16 – A total of 4,452 companies in Kelantan registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system up to Dec 31 last year. Kelantan Customs director Datuk Abdullah Zawawi Abd Latiff said the number exceeded the projected list of 4,000 business entities that were provided by the
