KUALA LUMPUR: Star Media Group (SMG) bag prizes at the Housing and Local Government Ministry’s media excellence night. The event, which was held here on Friday (Nov 29), saw Star Media Group win two awards across eight categories. For the Photojournalism award category, The Star’s Mohammad Azman Abdul Ghani took home third place for his piece titled...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, on Saturday attended the Investiture ceremony at Istana Negara to present the 2024 federal awards, medals and honours that were conferred in conjunction with his official birthday. It is the first investiture ceremony by His Majesty after being installed as the 17th King of Malaysia last July...
IPOH: Perak MCA has lodged a police report on the demand-responsive transit (DRT) Selangor Mobility Initiative pilot project being awarded to a company co-founded by Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh's husband. Its publicity bureau chief Chung Kok Heung said he believed there was a conflict of interest because Yeoh's party DAP was part of the...
PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Joe Biden for being the first Asian to win an Oscar as Best Actress in 2023. In presenting her with the medal on Friday (May 3), Biden said that for decades Yeoh has "shattered stereotypes and glass ceilings to...
KUALA LUMPUR: Kelantan's Sultan Muhammad V conferred the state's highest award, the Darjah Kerabat Yang Amat Dihormati (Al-Yunusi) D.K (Kelantan), on Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Kelantan here. According to a post on Istana Negara's official Instagram acount, Al-Sultan Abdullah also conferred the Darjah Kerabat Sri Indera Mahkota Pahang Yang...
KUALA LUMPUR: The words "you deserved it" from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah put a smile on the face of R. Yogeswary - the security guard at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh, who recently went viral for her courteousness. Al-Sultan Abdullah conveyed the message personally to Yogeswary, 44, after...
IPOH: A security guard's empathy and kindness for others will see her receiving an award from the King. R. Yogeswary, a security guard at Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, has spent years ensuring smooth traffic flow, helping the disabled and making sure those in wheelchairs get in and out of their vehicles safely. The 44-year-old mother of two...
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post): The 38th edition of Golden Disc Awards, one of South Korea’s oldest and famed music award shows, is set to be held in Jakarta for the first time, marking Indonesia’s increasing relevance as one of the largest K-pop consumer markets in the world. The show will be held on Jan 6, 2024,...
KUCHING: Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian heads the list of 1,447 recipients of Sarawak state honours in conjunction with the celebration of the 87th birthday of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak, Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud on Saturday (Oct 14). Dr Sim is awarded the Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang...
