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KUCHING, May 12 (Bernama) — Telecommunications coverage in Sarawak is expected to rise to 90 per cent next year with the construction of 149 new towers in the state, Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said here Monday. He said the tenders for the construction …

New TV series ‘Resurrection’ is a matter of life and death, the actor tells The Star in an exclusive interview. Actor Omar Epps doesn’t dismiss the possibility of life after death. Epps was in town recently to promote his latest work, Resurrection, an eight-episode series about the dead …

After an anti-kidnapping rally in Jolo town, a new police chief and 300 extra policemen are making their presence felt. IN Jolo town, the kidnappers play a cat and mouse game with the police. According to the newly appointed Jolo police chief Major Junpikar Sitin, the mice (the kidnappers) are curre …

PETALING JAYA: Readers in general responded positively to Sunday Star’s refreshed look on Mother’s Day, with many hailing its aesthetics and content. Yesterday’s edition featured a fresh new layout, fonts, new logos, a diversity of articles, and a mini-pullout called 15 Minutes of Fun that comprised …

The Islamic core of Umno has been in full bloom especially after the last general election when it became clear that the party will remain in power as long as it retains the Malay-Muslim vote. DATUK Seri Mukhriz Tun Mahathir has been away in the Middle-East for about a week. It is his first official …

GEORGE TOWN: MCA will not contest the Bukit Gelugor by-election on May 25 because it has to focus all its strength on preventing the constitutional crisis triggered by PAS’ plan to implement hudud in Kelantan. The Islamist party wants to table a Private Member’s Bill in Parlia­ment next month on the …

We live in a multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural Malaysia, where any law, whether hudud or civil, will affect all of us. SERIOUSLY, I am fed up of being told that I should not comment on the proposed hudud laws by PAS and the party’s fans because I am not a Muslim. The argument is that …

Whether as our late second Prime Minister’s wife or our current Prime Minister’s mother, this Johorean beauty’s most important portfolio was her family. Tun Rahah Mohammad Noah’s youngest son Nazir gives her top marks this Mother’s Day. Second Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein’s widow was only …

Mother’s Day is a day of celebration of motherhood, observed by many on the second Sunday of each May. This is a Day of appreciation of sacrifices and influences mothers made in the society. It often astonishes me to learn that Mother’s Day celebration only began in the USA less than one hundred yea …

PETALING JAYA: Family life was a bliss for working mother Sarah Chan until her husband lost money in his business. “Our life fell apart because he was basically in a bad shape, and I had nothing to fall back on even though I also have a full time job. We had to use up all our savings,” said the 39-y …

PETALING JAYA: A conservationist known for his efforts to help save the orang utan has won the Whitley Award, the first Malaysian to do so. Dr Melvin Gumal was honoured with the Whitley Award for Con­servation in Ape Habitats at a special ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in Britain on Thu …

SEPANG: AirAsia started charging its passengers a RM3 fee with each ticket booked since yesterday – a levy it calls a “KLIA2 fee”. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) was quick to distance itself from the move, issuing a statement to deny that it had anything to do with it. “There is no such charg …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — The price control scheme will be implemented one week before Gawai Day is celebrated on May 31 in Sabah and Sarawak. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hasan Malek said today 12 items are placed under the price control scheme to mar …

KOTA KINABALU: Anxiety is growing among the family of missing three-year-old Low Meng Yew (pic) (also known as Liu Mingyou) who was kidnapped during a carjacking early Friday. There has been no word or calls since he went missing over 24-hours earlier as a special task force continue to investigate …

From Noor Soraya Mohd Jamal NAY PYI TAW (Myanmar), May 9 (Bernama) — Malaysia-Myanmar bilateral trade and investment are consistently increasing, with growing interest from the Malaysian private sector keen to come in to explore opportunities in this country. Malaysian Ambassador to Myanmar Da …