KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s unshaken position, despite being challenged left and right, has caused worries among the opposition leaders in facing the 14th general election (GE14). Datuk Abdul Rahman Mohamad (BN-Lipis) said the opposition’s move in dragging veteran politicians to conspire with them in
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The second piece of debris, possibily belonging to the vanished Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 aircraft, which was found in Mozambique three months ago is expected to arrive here this week. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the debris would be sent to Australia, together
JAPAN, March 14 – A Japanese partnership, consisting of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, the municipal governments of the cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki, and three private sector companies, today announced the forthcoming start of a project to implement and evaluate an end-to-end low-carbon hydrogen supply chain which will use hydrogen produced
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The police have described as appropriate, the arrest of two Australian journalists who broke through a security cordon and tried to aggressively approach Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Kuching last Saturday. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said the action
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Monday he wanted Felda to become an economic powerhouse that will continue to champion the plight of settlers into the next generation. He said the desire of the government in setting up Felda was to not only
SINGAPORE, March 14 – Leading strategists and brand experts are among the first speakers to be confirmed for the Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Conference & Awards (AMES). 10 speakers have been announced for the festival, which takes place on 31 May 2016 at Grand Hyatt Singapore, with more to
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The natural resources and environment ministry will hold an emergency meeting soon to discuss measures to address the hot and dry weather. Its minister, Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the joint meeting with related ministries and agencies was imperative as the gist of discussions
PUTRAJAYA, March 14 – Appeals over unsuccessful applications for the 2016 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) will be accepted from tomorrow until April 15, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. He said the appeals could be made at any branch of the Internal Revenue Board (LHDN), including the Revenue
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – A total 827,921 Malaysians have been blacklisted by the Immigration Department since 2011 from leaving the country for various offences. The Home Ministry, in a written reply to Er Teck Hwa (DAP-Bakri), said the names of 200,727 of them were blacklisted for bankruptcy, defaulters of education
TOKYO, March 14 – Sessionable, a guitar manufacturer that has set up business in the Ishinomaki area of northeastern Migyagi Prefecture, today held a ceremony to commemorate the completion of its guitar factory in the town of Onagawa in the prefecture. The factory, named “GLIDE garage,” was made possible through
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – Despite it being one of three top news portals based on traffic in Malaysia, The Malaysian Insider (TMI) has been struggling to make profit. The Edge Media Group failed to get buyers to take over The Malaysian Insider (TMI), which will shut down from midnight, been suffering losses
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The Malaysian Insider is to be shut down from midnight on Monday (Mar 14) “for commercial reasons”, the website’s editor said in a statement. The he statement read: “The Edge Media Group has decided to shut down The Malaysian Insider from midnight today, for commercial reasons.
OHIO, March 14 – When Thomas DiMassimo tried to rush Donald Trump’s stage in Ohio over the weekend, he had a clear goal in mind. He wanted to send a message to all people out in the country who wouldn’t consider themselves racist, who wouldn’t consider themselves approving of what type of
CLEVELAND, March 14 – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign rallies have become a fixture in the 2016 election season as much for the candidate’s rambling speeches as for the frequent interruptions of said speeches. Demonstrators have filed in to Trump rallies across the country, shouting their anti-Trump messages and promptly being
MISSOURI, March 14 – Donald Trump has called them thugs, professional organizers and supporters of Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders. But the protesters who have stepped up their actions against the Republican presidential front-runner are a disparate group from different walks of life, with no national organization to speak of. They assemble
CAMERON HIGHLANDS, March 13 – The Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) Sunday declared its stand to continue supporting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as he faces current political challenges. Its chairman Teng Chang Yeow said Penang BN as well as its Youth and Women’s wings fully supported Najib as the Prime Minister.
WASHINGTON, March 13 – Donald Trump’s ascendance is nothing if not surprising. Pundits thought he would flame out early; he has done things that could have ended other campaigns; and his statements are erratic and even sometimes contradictory. Yet, he remains the leading Republican presidential contender. Many have tried to explain Trump’s rise in the nine months since he entered
KUCHING, March 13 – An ABC Four Corners crew has been detained by Malaysian police after trying to question Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption scandal. Reporter Linton Besser and camera operator Louie Eroglu were detained in the city of Kuching last night, after approaching Najib on the street. They were
CLEVELAND, March 13 – A protester appeared to attempt to storm the stage at Donald Trump’s campaign rally outside of Dayton, Ohio on Saturday, one of a number of escalating protests during the event and a continuation of the turmoil that marked Trump’s cancelled rally in Chicago on Friday. Agents from the U.S. Secret
KUCHING, March 13 – Police have confiscated the travel documents of an ABC News reporter and cameraman who were detained on Saturday for “aggressively” approaching Prime Minister Najib Razak. According to the Australian news outlet, journalist Linton Besser (pictured below) and camera operator Louis Eroglu had their passports seized despite being released
