PHILADELPHIA, Nov 3 – President Barack Obama and his entourage were switching to a different plane for his return trip to Washington on Sunday because of a minor flap issue with the aircraft, dubbed Air Force One, that flew them earlier in the day, a spokesman said. “While in Philadelphia, we have
KUANTAN, Nov 3 – Pahang fans lined the streets in the state capital as the team celebrated their Malaysia Cup success with a victory parade today. Players, including coach Zainal Abidin Hassan, showed off the trophy, which they won on Saturday against Johor Darul Ta?zim in a dramatic penalty shoot-out
MOSCOW, Nov 3 – Voters in rebel-held eastern Ukraine turned out at the polls Sunday to elect members of Parliament and prime ministers in the pro-Russian separatist provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk in a vote criticized by the Ukrainian government in Kiev and Western governments. Against a backdrop of violence and
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – The road stretch from Jalan Imbi to Jalan Hang Tuah has been reopened to traffic since 2.20 pm Monday, said Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib. He said the three-lane road was closed to facilitate resurfacing work of roads in the open-cut area which was
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – The Federal Court today ordered the Parliament to pay the salary and remuneration withheld from Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo during his one year suspension in 2009. The court, in upholding the decision of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, held that there was
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – The installation of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) at 526 strong rooms where the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) question papers are stored will hopefully prevent any leakage of the questions, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the immediate measures to tighten up security
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 3 – Thirteen families in Kampung Sungai Nyiur, Butterworth, near here, wants the Penang government to intervene in the issue of compensation payment for demolishment of their homes which they find too low at RM2,000 per house. The group’s representative, Samuel Walter, 46, said the 13 affected families had
SHAH ALAM, Nov 3 – Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali pledged to use the entire Malaysian Road Record Information System (Marris) allocation from the Federal Government to maintain roads in the state. The utilisation of the allocation, which is provided to every state, was subject to each state government’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – Arguing that penetration did occur in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s alleged sodomy of a former aide, the prosecution said the lack of injury or tear on the complainant was because of the lubricant used in addition to the possibility of “previous encounters”. Lead prosecutor Tan Sri
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) was in a spotlight on Monday morning after reporting financial year (FY) 2014 results that were above expectations. In four separate statements, analysts from Maybank Research, Alliance-DBS Research, AffinHwang Investment Bank and Hong Leong Investment Bank revised the target price for TNB at
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – Malindo flight 206 suffered a technical problem during its Delhi-Kuala Lumpur route, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Bangkok early this morning. The airline’s chief executive officer Chandran Rama Muthy told The Rakyat Post that about 6am today, the aircraft’s pilot, in light of the
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 – Whipsawed by events and facing another midterm electoral defeat, President Obama has directed his team to forge a policy agenda to regain momentum for his final two years in office even as some advisers urge that he rethink the way he governs. Without waiting for results from elections
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim returns to court today, the fifth day in what was supposed to be a two-day trial, in his bid to convince the Federal Court to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision which had found him guilty of sodomy. Anwar was
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 – The proposed privatisation of ailing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is critical for its survival and minority shareholders must accept the 27 sen per share offer to them at the forthcoming extraordinary general meeting (EGM), a research house analyst said Sunday. Ahmad Maghfur Usman, Regional Transportation Analyst at RHB
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 – Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said he is pleased to note that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. Liow said the Council had also reviewed the Report of the Task Force established
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 – The number of companies that have registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) stood at 118,026 as of Nov 1, an increase of 650 from the previous day, said the Royal Malaysian Customs Department. In a statement, the department said the latest data showed a
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 – Utusan Malaysia today questioned the conspicuous absence of DAP and PAS at opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal against his sodomy conviction. The Umno mouthpiece reported that the absence of the two Pakatan Rakyat partners lent credence to the theory that Anwar has become a
KUANTAN, Nov 2 – The special Pahang holiday tomorrow to mark the state’s Malaysia Cup soccer victory does not cover candidates sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examinations and their invigilators, the Pahang Education Department said today. The examinations will be held as scheduled in
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 – The fuel subsidy rationalisation plan is unavoidable in developing countries, including Malaysia, which has opted to do this in stages. The President of the Petroleum Dealers Association of Malaysia (PDAM) Datuk Hashim Othman in stating this, also cited the move by Indonesia to cut the fuel subsidy
ALOR STAR, Nov 2 – Langkawi is expected to face a critical water problem by 2020 if nothing is done to address the issue due to the rising demand on the resort island. Deputy Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said Langkawi’s rapid development called
