PETALING JAYA: Turning Langkawi into a Muslim preferred destination could be an uphill task, says former minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, who highlighted several concerns. According to Zaid, there are existing Muslim tourism destinations in the region such as Kuala Terengganu in Terengganu and Kota Baru in Kelantan, Indonesia’s Medan, Jakarta and Surabaya, Thailand’s Hatyai, Saudi Arabia’s...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong has attended a briefing ahead of the upcoming Parliament meeting. "At the pre-sitting briefing for the second sitting of the third term of the 15th Parliament for Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Members of Parliament and Senators at Kompleks Seri Perdana, Putrajaya today, which was also attended by YAB Prime...
BATU PAHAT: The body of a second fisherman who went missing after a boat capsized off Tanjung Segenting here has been found. Batu Pahat maritime zone maritime commander Mohd Haniff Mohd Yunus said the body of Tan Hai Lian, aged 62, was found along Pantai Koris here at around 11.30am on Sunday (June 23), some 12...
PETALING JAYA: Selangor beat Perak 2-1 in the Super League at the Petaling Jaya Stadium on Sunday (June 23) to continue their winning run in the league. Ronnie Fernandez of Chile was the toast of the team when he scored two goals. He struck first in the 23rd minute when he capitalised on a loose save made...
BANGKOK (Bloomberg): The former chairman of Stark Corp, a Thai industrial cable maker at the center of an accounting scandal and debt defaults, was brought back to Thailand after months on the run, ending a chase for the country’s most wanted corporate fugitive. The government has Chanin Yensudchai in its custody and he has been detained,...
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Flovia Ng has been toppled as Sabah STAR women's wing (Wiranita) chief at the party elections. The Sabah Community Development People's Well-being Assistant Minister and Tulid assemblyman only managed to muster 81 votes against 167 votes garnered by her rival Kerry Chee Kheng Moi in a shock result late Saturday (June 22). Sabah STAR...
CAIRO/RIYADH (Reuters): More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Most of dead were Egyptians. Security and medical sources told Reuters on Sunday that the Egyptian death toll had risen to 672...
MANILA, Philippines (AP): The president of the Philippines said Sunday his country would not yield to "any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines would never instigate a...
THERE are numerous articles online concerning how dangerous it is to sleep with the fan on. So is it true that sleeping with the fan on is bad for your health? Verdict: FALSE Sleeping with the fan turned on (for ceiling, standing or any other permutation) is not dangerous nor is it detrimental to your health. An argument could be...
BANDAR PERMAISURI: A 51-year-old single mother, who is a civil servant, has lost RM148,200 after being duped in a love scam. Setiu district police chief Mohd Zain Mat Dris said the victim lodged a report on Saturday (June 22). "The victim claimed that she received a Facebook message in June from someone using a fake profile with...
