OPEN-DOOR … Westports CEO Ruben Emir Gnanalingam encourages open and healthy dialogue. Pic: Courtesy of WestportsThis is a first of a two-part interview with Westports Holdings Bhd Chief Executive Officer Ruben Emir Gnanalingam. It provides an insight into Ruben as a son, an entrepreneur, CEO …

THE World Cup 2014 has finally arrived. Here are some pictures to kick start the month-long fever. Brazilian and Croatian fans watch the Group A opening football match betweenBrazil and Croatia at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo,

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Thursday urged all parties to help the homeless in this country. Najib said Ops Qaseh of the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is among the government’s initiatives to help the homeless. “As …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) — The government is considering providing incentives to developers for installing rainwater collection and reuse system (SPAH) in buildings to address complaints of high cost in fixing the devises, the Dewan Rakyat was told Thursday. Deputy Urban Well-being, Hou …

KOTA BARU: Two men and two juveniles were charged in the Sessions and magistrate’s courts here respectively with gang raping two girls, aged 15 and 17, last month. The two men pleaded not guilty yesterday to two counts of gang rape. Che Azuan Che Hassan, 32, and Muhmed Azroel Hassan, 23, are accused …

SEPANG: The Immigration Department is upgrading its various systems to detect cases of fake identities at entry points. Measures to be implemented include a facial recognition system to detect impersonators and installing passport scanners to read embedded security chips in foreign passports. Home M …

PETALING JAYA: The 2014 World Cup kicks off at 4am, Friday and Malaysian artist Red Hong Yi has marked the occasion by painting the portraits of three stars of this year’s competition with a soccer ball. “I think my painting skills are OK, but my soccer skills are questionable as you can see from th …

GENEVA, June 12 (Bernama) — The right to free flow of information on the Internet must be balanced with the right to be protected from abuse in cyberspace, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said. He said as governments and industry players made broadband mor …

Malaysians can relate very well to anything to do with food and the need to get the best pickings. And no place is too far, so why not the Gold Coast which is a just a plane ride away! STRAIGHT from the sea, to the boat, to you within hours – does it come any fresher than this? Unless you catch it y …

KUALA LUMPUR: It was a sold-out show by American singing superstar Taylor Swift at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Bukit Jalil. Performing for the first time here, she had the 7,500-strong crowd singing and dancing along last night to her hits, such as I Knew You Were Trouble and You Belong With Me. Swi …

GEORGE TOWN: A family of 12 are all decked out in their green and yellow ensemble to root for Brazil in the FIFA World Cup 2014. Clad in vivid shades of green and yellow, three generations of the family are wearing Brazil jerseys and T-shirts to cheer for their favourite team under one roof in Kampu …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The Education Ministry and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have outlined several standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure that the quality of 1Malaysia notebook being distributed to the targetted group is guaranteed. Deputy Educat …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The government announced on Wednesday that rubber tappers throughout the country would receive the RM500 subsidy, like the one given to smallholders of the commodity previously. Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas s …

JERANTUT, June 11 (Bernama) — The government will adopt the latest technology in tackling illegal forest incursions and hunting of wild animals to prevent such activities from spreading, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G Palanivel. He said these measures were necessa …

KUALA LUMPUR: American singing sensation Taylor Swift certainly knew how to excite the 7,500-strong fans who turned up at her maiden concert here at the Putra Indoor Stadium Wednesday night. Screams and cheers echoed throughout the venue as the seven-time Grammy winner delivered her signature worldw …