KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 – The fresh re-election of DAP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) will be held on Nov 12 at the Ideal Convention Centre Shah Alam, Selangor. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng told a special media conference here Monday that the date had been agreed to by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) Department. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 – AirAsia X announces Jeju, South Korea as its latest destination today, setting its course to commence 4 times weekly exclusive direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to the idyllic island on 12 December 2017 with promotional all-in fares from RM199 one-way. Therefore, the special promo of all-in fares
CHICAGO, Oct 9 – Galen Rupp became the first American man in 15 years to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday while Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba, a three-time Olympic champion, captured the women’s crown. It was only the fourth career start at the 42.16km distance for Rupp, who was second in April’s Boston
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 8 – The police department has sent several proposals to the government for consideration in Budget 2018 which will be tabled soon, to enhance its capabilities to fight crime in the country. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the proposal, among others, sought to improve the
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 8 – Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar said Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali is ignorant of the law for blaming the federal government over the demolition of three houses and two shophouses in Subang on Wednesday. Noh, who is also Selangor Umno
IPOH, Oct 8 – Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir did not say that Penang Chief Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng wanted to create conflict between religions. Zambry only said that it was shallow of Guan Eng to allege that Umno was anti-religion just because of the ties
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 – US President Donald Trump said Saturday that diplomatic efforts with North Korea have consistently failed, adding that “only one thing will work”. Trump has engaged in an escalating war of words with North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Un, trading insults amid rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals. “Presidents
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 – Shoppers at MidValley Megamall here were asked to evacuate today evening after a fire broke out on this evening, involving a convenience store at the lower ground floor at around 7pm. There were no reports of casualties and an emergency announcement was made on the PA system
LUMUT, Oct 7 – Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir today slammed Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for attempting to create conflict between religions in this country. “He (Lim Guan Eng) loves to make provocation because he is angry with Umno. The DAP also has ties with political
KEPALA BATAS, Oct 7 –The Registrar of Societies (RoS) Department agrees with the appointment of an independent body by the DAP to conduct the party’s re-election of the Central Executive Committee (CEC). Its director-general, Datuk Mohammad Razin Abdullah said the DAP had appointed the United States-based independent audit firm, Grant Thornton,
OSLO, Oct 6 – Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. More than 70 years since atomic bombs were used on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and
PASIR MAS, Oct 6 – Fifty former PAS members from Tendong state constituency today submitted their application forms to join Umno, claiming that PAS had gone haywire and drifted away from its original cause, especially after the death of its longest-serving spiritual leader, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. The group’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 – The High Court today fixed Nov 20 to hear the Malaysian Government’s application to strike out the suit by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for his acquittal and release from prison on his sodomy conviction. Senior federal counsel Nadia Hanim Mohd Tajuddin, representing the government, told reporters that
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 – Malaysia will go through a monsoon transition period from tomorrow until November. The Malaysian Meteorological Department said this normally leads to localised heavy rain and thunderstorms in a short period of time with frequent strong winds especially in the afternoon until early night. According to a statement
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 – Come Nov 14, there will not be a dry eye when Malaysian-born female Giant Panda cub, Nuan Nuan heads back to China for good. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the 82kg cub would be sent directly to the Dujiangyan
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 – Malaysia’s two biggest pension funds, which manage a combined US$203 billion, plan to pursue talks to buy stakes in foreign-owned insurers in the country as the government enforces caps on overseas ownership, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 – Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visiting Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak, Perak and Penang on their first official trip to Malaysia next month as part of his Southeast Asia tour to celebrate the UK’s longstanding ties and partnership with Commonwealth countries. British High Commissioner to
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 – Malaysia has edged up seven places to rank 65 among 159 countries in 2015, according to the recently-published Economic Freedom of The World Report 2017 (EFW), compared to 72nd placing in 2014. The report, which ranks countries upon the consistency of their institutions and policies in
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 – Bersih 2.0 chairman Maria Chin Abdullah today maintained her not-guilty plea after she was again charged in the Magistrate’s Court, here, with participating in the #KitaLawan street protest, two years ago. Maria, 61, and two others, Bayan Baru Member of Parliament Sim Tze Tzin, 41, and Bersih
MANILA, Oct 3 – Trillium Inc, a leading automotive cyber security solutions provider, has received the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Asia 2017 award acknowledging the potential of its CSAAS (Cyber Security as a Service) business model and advanced SecureIoT cyber security suite. The Top 100 Asia award, presented at
