KUALA LUMPUR: The low unemployment rate of 3.5% in the first quarter of this year reflects a recovery in the economy that was marred by uncertainties in the previous years, says V Sivakumar. The Human Resource Minister said that reports by the Statistics Department (DOSM) showed that the unemployment rate had declined from 4.1% during the...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Defence Ministry is in the midst of procuring two Maritime Patrol Aircrafts (MPA) from Italy that have the ability to detect the presence of submarines in the South China Sea area, especially in the Sabah region. Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said this is because the long-range radar (LRR) of the Malaysian Armed...
PETALING JAYA: A total of 8.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses worth RM505mil have expired as of June 1, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the management of the Covid-19 outbreak has revealed. The Health Ministry had procured vaccines based on its projections on the number of doses needed but decreased demand for vaccination, delay in...
KOTA KINABALU: Another Perikatan Nasional Member of Parliament has voiced his open support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Bersatu's Labuan MP Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman is the second MP from the party to declare support for the unity government. In a statement issued Monday (Oct 30), Suhaili said his decision to throw his support behind...
PETALING JAYA: Deals on the emergency procurement of ventilators during the Covid-19 pandemic had to be done through WhatsApp due to the sheer urgency of the situation, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the management of the Covid-19 outbreak revealed. The Committee found that 104 of the 136 ventilators supplied by Pharmaniaga Logistics Sdn Bhd...
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will step up its campaign this week ahead of polling for the Jepak by-election on Nov 4, says Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. The GPS by-election operations director said efforts were being made to cover all areas in the constituency. "As we have a new candidate, our task...
MUAR: A bomoh, already in jail for rape, is being investigated for a similar crime against a 15-year-old girl he was supposed to be treating in Sungai Udang, Melaka. Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said a police report was lodged on Friday (Oct 27). “The victim was raped while she was being ‘treated’ by...
The 'Wonka' star nearly bared it all when he took off his shirt and changed his outfit during a stop on an L.A. roadside on October 25. So steamy! Timothée Chalamet, 27, turned up the heat on the evening of October 25 when he was photographed taking off his shirt on the side of the road (see PHOTOS HERE). While...
A lesson on how to fall and get up again… twice. Taiwanese star Michelle Chen, 40, was performing at a Macau Greater Bay Area concert earlier this week when she met with a small mishap. Michelle and Chinese actress Ying Er took the stage to perform a Teresa Teng hit song, ‘The Girl of Alishan’ (阿里山的姑娘), while dressed in gorgeous floor-length...
Manfred Wong shares his story on how he turned Shu Qi from soft porn starlet to A-list actress. There aren’t many soft porn actresses who manage to find mainstream success. Of those who did, Shu Qi, 49, has to be the most famous. Her former manager and renowned film producer Manfred Wong, 66, recently gave an interviewing...
