The longstanding drama surrounding Dato’ Seri Vida’s “romance” with her former personal assistant (PA) Iqbal Zulkefli has been dominating headlines and social media for several months now. Things have gone from bad to worse, after reports broke out over the weekend saying that the cosmetics entrepreneur made a “surprise visit” to her ex-fiancé’s house at 3am in...
SINGAPORE - In managing the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore did not take a purist "zero-Covid" or "living with Covid" approach, but adopted an eradication strategy when the population was vulnerable before opening up progressively after vaccination had given Singaporeans a protective shield. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said this on Monday morning (Oct 18) in his...
Screengrab from TikTok/broarifffff Frustrated after waiting too long to pick up an order, a Foodpanda delivery rider decided to step in and prepare the food himself at an eatery in Selangor, Malaysia. A viral TikTok video shared on Oct 6 — with more than 330,000 views — shows user broarifffff filming In the 11-second clip, the man filming the...
Johor-born Singaporean content creator and co-founder of Night Owl Cinematics (NOC) Sylvia Chan has yet to address any of the allegations made against her since last Friday. This comes after Instagram account @sgcickenrice released a series of alleged “receipts” of Sylvia planning her staff’s exit and her ongoing abusive behaviour over the years. Although many have come...
Children are often the light of their parents’ lives. No matter how much they tend to grumble, get angry or nag; parents love and cherish their children a lot. However, that often makes losing them all the more painful, especially when the parents realise after there was something they could have done to prevent...
Muslim preacher Syed Mohd. Bakri Al-yahya (famously known as PU Syed) was recently asked by one of his followers on Instagram to share his thoughts on local entrepreneur Liana Rosli’s provocative marketing strategy on her social media postings. Over the past year, PU Syed has been relatively very vocal in calling Liana, or Kak KM,...
It’s quite heartbreaking to see numerous hotels crumble over the past 1.5 years due to the pandemic and ongoing travel restrictions. We’ve only recently entered October and already, 2 more hotels have announced its closure. Over the past week, Holiday Villa Hotel & Conference Centre in Subang Jaya and Silka Cheras Hotel had to break...
High school students and their parents wait in line to receive coronavirus vaccines at a school in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has fully vaccinated 63.8 per cent of the population, and 88.4 per cent of adults.Reuters After 150 days in operation, one of Malaysia's biggest Covid-19 vaccination centres shut its doors on Sunday (Oct 3), with...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has struck a deal with US drugmaker Merck & Co to buy 150,000 courses of its experimental antiviral pill, the health ministry said on Thursday (Oct 7), joining other Asian countries in a rush to secure supplies. Molnupiravir, which would be the first oral antiviral medication for Covid-19 if it gets regulatory...
Fugitive Malaysian businessman Nicky Liow Soon Hee.Weibo Amid the scandals that Malaysia ’s anti-corruption agency has grappled with this year, two notable figures stand out: Fugitive Malaysian businessman Nicky Liow Soon Hee and ex-Macau crime boss Wan Kuok-koi, also known as Broken Tooth. Liow is the vice-chairman of the World Hongmen History and Culture Association, which...
