BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Sultan of Brunei announced that a controversial new penal code featuring tough Islamic criminal punishments that has been criticised by United Nations (UN) human rights officials would be phased in from Thursday. “Today… I place my faith in and am grateful to All …
Read More »Cast of 'Star Wars: Episode VII' announced
LOS ANGELES: The original Star Wars movie blasted its way onto screens a long time ago, in a cinema galaxy seemingly far, far away – but Han, Luke and Leia will be back soon. On Tuesday, Disney announced the cast of the film just now entering production under the name Star Wars: Episode VII, a …
Read More »Water woes flooding cyberspace
PETALING JAYA: Stop talking and just give us our water! That seems to be the broad sentiment of residents in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur who are sick and tired of the prolonged water rationing. Over the past weeks, they have been flooding cyberspace with their complaints and angry cries of despair. Na …
Read More »General : Senate: Shahidan Clarifies Cooling Off Period For Public Service Pensioners – Shahidan
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — The government has no plans to draw up a new policy to impose a cooling off period for retiring government servants before they take up posts in the corporate or professional sectors. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassi …
Read More »General : Express Bus Skids Into Drain, Passengers Escaped Unhurt
GUA MUSANG, April 29 (Bernama) — An express bus belonging to Shamisha Holiday skidded into a drain at Km 3.5 Jalan Gua Musang-Kuala Krai near Bandar Utama here Tuesday, but all the 29 passengers onboard escaped unhurt. Gua Musang district police chief Supt Saiful Bahri Abdullah said the bus, w …
Read More »General : SSR Must Be Premised On National Ownership Principle – Hussein Haniff
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Malaysia reaffirmed that the Security Sector Reform (SSR) must be premised on the principle of national ownership as it was fundamental and must not be overlooked. Malaysian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Datuk Hussein Haniff said only t …
Read More »General : Matrade To Lead 35 M’sian Exhibitors To Canton Fair
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) will lead 35 Malaysian companies to the Canton Fair, the largest exhibition in Guangzhou, China. “The fair provides another effective platform for Malaysian companies to expand into the Chine …
Read More »General : MH370: Japan Minister Lauds Malaysia’s Earnest Effort To Find MH370
PETALING JAYA, April 29 (Bernama) — Malaysia has been earnest in the search efforts to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which has vanished for over 50 days, said Japan’s Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera. As a friend of Malaysia, Onodera said his heart ached when thinking about the p …
Read More »#WeAreAllMonkeys: Going bananas on social media
People all over the world are showing their support for an unofficial anti-racism campaign by taking selfies with bananas. Brazillian footballer Dani Alves has just become one of social medias biggest stars. The Barcelona defender has unwittingly turned the very normal act of eating a banana into a …
Read More »General : MH370: Japan Requests To Join Expert Panel – Hishammuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Japan has requested to take part in the international panel of experts looking into the Malaysia Airlines MH370 tragedy, said Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. He said Japan was welcomed to join in as the panel was transparent and …
Read More »Trainee pilot injured in light aircraft crash
KOTA BARU: A single-engine light aircraft crash landed in an open space at a densely-populated residential area, near here, causing its 20-year-old pilot to suffer head and leg injuries. Firemen took 15 minutes to pull M. Shankar out of the wrecked Piper Warrior II craft after they rushed there upon …
Read More »Business : Westports’ Share Price Flat At RM2.51 Due To P3 Overhang
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Westports’ share price was flat at RM2.51 as at lunch break today, after opening at RM2.50 and with 250,000 shares transacted. In a note, Maybank Investment Bank (IB) Research said the stock had been flattish since listing in October 2013, due to the P3 …
Read More »Who is to blame for Selangor water woes?
The Selangor Government’s reluctance to gradually raise tariffs, to allow water companies to increase supply and reduce leakages, forced the Federal Government to step in and initiate damage control. Unfortunately, public anger is now directed at the wrong party. THE other day, I was listening to a …
Read More »M’sian in the running for ‘Green Oscar’
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian conservationist has been selected as one of eight finalists in this year’s Whitley Awards, an international ceremony dedicated to honouring the world’s best conservation efforts. A field biologist and long-term conservationist, Dr Melvin Gumal was picked from over 170 expe …
Read More »Star Media Group launches shopping website
PETALING JAYA: Star Shopping, a new shopping website by Star Media Group, has been launched with a total of 10,000 products from 50 brands. Star Shopping is a partnership between Star Publications (M) Berhad and ShopStylers Sdn Bhd, marking another milestone for the media group in diversifying its d …
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