PETALING JAYA: Young adults are learning to get thrifty in their spending as they begin to feel the pinch on their wallets a week into the sales and service tax (SST) hike earlier this month. Business development consultant Timmothy Chan, 27, lamented that his monthly expenses had increased by almost 10% due to the increased prices...
TAIPING: The Transport Ministry has opened a request for proposal (RFP) to continue with the Ipoh Railway Integrated Development (iRide) plan based on the transport on demand (TOD) concept. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said RFP is only open to public participation in the short term of between two to three months before it is evaluated should...
PETALING JAYA: A massive operation on nightspots and brothels in Kuantan, Pahang, by the Immigration Department has led to the arrest of 151 people, including 120 foreign women. Immigration deputy director-general (operations) Jafri Embok Taha said 17 premises comprising four entertainment centres, nine nightclubs and four “vice dens” were raided in the special operation at 11pm...
Compiled by SIM LEOI LEOI, JAROD LIM, and R. ARAVINTHAN Cantopop legend Jacky Cheung (pic) had to cancel three concerts during his “Jacky Cheung 60+ Tour Concert” in Shanghai, China, after falling ill, Sin Chew Daily reported. It said a statement from the organisers on their Weibo account said Cheung was unwell and had been advised by doctors to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims in Malaysia will begin the Ramadan dawn-to-dusk fast on Tuesday (March 12), says the Keeper of the Rulers' Seal. Tan Sri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad said the date was set by the order of His Majesty, Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia after being consented to by the Rulers. The announcement was broadcast live on...
MELAKA: Melaka may be getting a new capital, according to an assemblyman. Kota Laksamana assemblyman Low Chee Leong said that the probability of a new state capital is high after Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf hinted this when responding to his motion of thanks for the speech of Melaka Yang Dipertua Negeri during the state...
SHAH ALAM: Malay political parties in the country tend to take on impossible tasks and then question their own failures, says Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim. The former law minister said, in a post on X on Sunday (March 10), that this can be seen from the actions of some of the leaders of major political parties...
IPOH: A massive fire broke out at popular retail chain Mydin's store at Manjoi here. The fire is believed to have started at about 7pm on Sunday (March 10). According to a retail shop worker, the fire is believed to have started following a blackout at the premises. "We heard that there was some kind of issue with...
JAKARTA (AFP): The Indonesian air safety agency has called for better pilot fatigue monitoring mechanisms, after an investigation revealed that both pilots of a commercial aircraft had recently fallen asleep in-flight. A pilot and co-pilot were simultaneously asleep for approximately 28 minutes during a Batik Air flight from South East Sulawesi to the capital Jakarta on...
The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. Her face was swollen and bruised. Sitting beside her husband, she began recounting her ordeal. “Something happened to us that we wouldn’t wish on anyone,” she said in Spanish, with captions in English. Her husband then said: “We were assaulted in the tent. We were beaten. They put...
