KLANG Jan 12 – As the first day of this year’s school session begins today, many parents find themselves burdened with the ever-increasing cost of living. While they have to contend with paying up for the usual long list of uniforms, shoes, school bags and stationary, their concern is also for the possible increase
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 – The continuous monsoon season may affect the supply of fish and vegetables, especially with the Chinese New Year next month. Several fish and vegetable suppliers hope the government will give a helping hand with imports to supplement local production if the weather does not change for
JAKARTA, Jan 12 – Indonesian divers found the crucial black box flight recorders of the Indonesia AirAsia plane that crashed in the Java Sea a fortnight ago with 162 people aboard, the transport ministry said. But they failed to retrieve it immediately from the seabed because it was stuck under debris
BENTONG, Jan 11 – The Bentong-Raub stretch has been closed to all vehicles due to severe soil erosion caused by strong river currents below a bridge in Kampung Baru near Bentong town. District police chief Superintendent Mohamad Mansor Mohamad Nor said the stretch was closed about 4.30am today as the bridge
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 – The black boxes of the Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 may have been found said AirAsia group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes. Tony tweeted: “We are led to believe Blackbox may have been found. Still not confirmed. But strong info coming. But my man thoughts
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 – The ringgitis expected to rebound in the second half of the year, after a six monthsconsolidation period, driven by positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, said Maybank Investment Bank Bhd. The ringgitwas forecast to end the year at RM3.45 against the US dollar compared with its current level of RM3.50
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 – Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said Kapar MP, Dr Ko Chung Sen and lawyer Eric Paulsen will be investigated under the Sedition Act. Khalid in his Twitter on Saturday had also uploaded two photos, adding that such statements needed to be investigated under
KUALA KRAI, Jan 11 –If one didn’t know any better, one would think Kuala Krai in Kelantan was holding a carnival of some sort. The town was bustling with thousands of visitors who had either read about the east coast flooding or were moved by the sufferings faced by tens of thousands of families here. One
ALOR GAJAH, Jan 11 – Conspiracy theories, swirling like the treacherous waters of the southern Indian Ocean, have emerged from various platforms such as social media over the reasons for the vanishing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Nevertheless, such unfounded theories will not undermine the efforts of Malaysia and other countries to
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 – The Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has denied that France’s terror duo involved in the Paris kosher grocery store massacre had entered Malaysia for a holiday, as reported by CNN. Khalid wrote that checks by Royal Malaysian Police proved that the duo
PARIS, Jan 11 – More than 700,000 people poured onto the streets of France Saturday in solidarity with victims of this week’s Islamist attacks, on the eve of a march in Paris expected to dwarf that figure. The poignantly silent rallies paidtribute to the 17 victims of the three-day killing spree, and came as
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 – A specialised environmental court for civil cases would raise more awareness on environmental issues among civilians but there was still room for further expansion on environmental offences. Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria had yesterday revealed that the judiciary was contemplating setting up a specialised environmental court for civil
KLUANG, Jan 10 – Tents from China and medicine from the US will soon reach flood victims in Kelantan. A total of 1,600 tents will be sent to the National Service camps in Kelantan which had been converted into temporary relief centres, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. “The medicine
PARIS, Jan 10 – France is keeping its highest possible security level in the greater Paris area, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Saturday, in the wake of three days of terror that left 17 dead. “We want to keep the high level of mobilisation and vigilance,” Cazeneuve told reporters after an emergency
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 – The sitting of the first ever Malaysian Youth Parliament (PBM) has garnered satisfactory remarks from minister of Youth and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin. Speaking to reporters at the Dewan Rakyat today, Khairy said the motions tabled by members of PBM were of good quality and he was
PARIS, Jan 10 – French police are hunting for a fourth suspect in this week’s Paris terror attacks, after killing three of them yesterday (Jan 9) in near-simultaneous raids. Authorities have asked the public for help locating Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, believed to be the wife of Amady Coulibaly — the man
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 – A top sharia official from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has threatened France with fresh attacks following those at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and at a Jewish supermarket, SITE monitoring group said Friday. “It is better for you to stop your aggression against the Muslims, so perhaps you
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 10 – No further postponement of dates for the 41 flood affected schools said Education Minister II Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh. The affected schools scheduled to open on Jan 18 and Jan 19 even though some schools are still being used as relief centres while some needs cleaning
PARIS, Jan 10 – Products with the “Je Suis Charlie” logo, from t-shirts to kitchen aprons, are being sold widely online, presenting a moral quandary for ecommerce stores after this week’s deadly attacks in Paris. In the wake of the hostage crisis and massacre, “Je Suis Charlie” (I Am Charlie) has
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 – The inaugural sitting of the Malaysian Youth Parliament (PBM) at the Dewan Rakyat held today as 133 elected members presented and debated national issues representing the voices of the youth. The two-day sitting which ends tomorrow, will see nine motions tabled and debated, chosen from
