PETALING JAYA: A fire broke out at six furniture factories in Kampung Baru Sungai Buloh, Selangor on Sunday (Aug 20). State Fire and Rescue Department director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said they received a call at 4.48pm about the blaze, and firefighters arrived at the scene 12 minutes later. He said the personnel involved in the...
KUALA LUMPUR: "Mama, please take care of my children. I love you so much, take care,” were the last words of one of the victims in the plane crash at Elmina, Shah Alam, to his mother. Rohani Mohamed Ibrahim, 62, said she would continue to help her daughter-in-law Suzana Paiman, 38, to look after her four...
PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Youth information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari has refuted claims that he was politicising the National Day logo and theme. The PAS Youth head blamed the Federal Government instead for politicising the matter. “It is the Federal Government which used the words ‘Madani’, ‘Perpaduan’ and ‘Harapan’ in its theme. These are words the ruling parties...
PASIR GUDANG: Some 47,540 litres of subsidised diesel have been seized by the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) in a raid at the Plentong Industrial area here. Its acting Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said that the raid under Ops Tiris was conducted by the Putrajaya KPDN at about 8.10pm on Saturday (Aug...
IPOH: Keep politics away from the Merdeka Day celebrations, says Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Adam Adli Md Halim. He said that the proposal by Perikatan Nasional Youth leader Ahmad Fadhli Shaari to use different themes and logos for the celebrations in the four Perikatan-ruled states is wrong and should not be done. "National Day is celebrated...
PETALING JAYA: It's been an increasingly fruitful past few years for Malaysia, literally. Malaysia is producing more fruits and vegetables, with durian and tomatoes being the top crops springing up from our land. For fruits, the total production volume has steadily grown from 1.543 million tonnes in 2018 to 1.711 million tonnes last year – a 10.9%...
IN the recent result release for the June 2023 examination session, students from (CAE), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), ACCA Foundation in Accountancy and Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) programmes once again soared in the global rankings – receiving the world and Malaysia prizes recognition. Lee Xian received the first place...
IPOH: Two people were killed and another seriously injured after the car they were in lost control and crashed into an electric post at Jalan Kuala Kangsar at about 2.15am on Sunday (Aug 20). Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre officer-in-charge Saiful Rizan Sulaiman said the two deceased were declared dead at the scene by...
BUTTERWORTH: A day after winning one of the hottest contests in the Penang state election, 30-year-old Izhar Shah Arif Shah (pic) wasted no time hitting the ground to understand the problems of his constituents. By doing so, Izhar Shah, who is Penang’s youngest state assembly member, hopes to continue the legacy of his father, Datuk Arif...
PETALING JAYA: Videos of the flying pattern of a Beechcraft 390 Premier plane that crashed at the Elmina township in Shah Alam suggested the aircraft could have possibly suffered asymmetrical (unbalanced) flight moments before hitting the ground. Several seasoned aviators who had scrutinised the videos of the light business jet circulating on social media told The...
