AirAsia Celebrates Maiden Flight From Kota Kinabalu To Manado, North Sulawesi

KUALA LUMPUR, AirAsia today celebrates the maiden flight from Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) to Manado, the capital city of North Sulawesi and the second largest city in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

Operated by AirAsia Malaysia, the flight departed Kota Kina…

Sugar, glass emerge as PH sensitive products under trade deal with UAE

MANILA: As the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) negotiate for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), local sugar millers and glass manufacturers urged the government to look into the sensitivity of sugar and glass produ…

PH settles for bronze at Sunchang Open soft tennis women’s doubles

MANILA: The Philippines settled for third place in the women’s doubles of the Sunchang Open International Soft Tennis tournament in South Korea on Saturday.

Team captain Bien Zoleta-Mañalac and Princess Catindig lost to Koreans Lee Hangyeol and Kim K…

Proposal For Plantation Companies Over Leased Land

BAGAN DATUK, A proposal is being considered for plantation companies whose land leases with the government have expired to return 20 percent of the leased land to the state government if they wish to renew the lease.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri…

GRS Open To Cooperate With Parties With Significant Sabahan Support – Armizan

KUDAT, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) needs to be open to working with any party that has significant support of the people in Sabah, especially in the run-up to the Sabah state election.

GRS deputy secretary-general Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said that ev…

S. Korea logs longest streak of tropical nights

South Korea recorded its longest streak of tropical nights this year, as a prolonged heat wave continued to grip the country throughout August, the state weather agency said Sunday.

The number of tropical nights reached 20.2 days this year, outnumbe…

Man Missing After Lorry Plunges Into Sea Found Drowned – Fire Dept

SHAH ALAM, The body of a man who was reported missing after a lorry plunged into the sea at Westport wharf in Port Klang, near here this afternoon, was found drowned at about 5 pm.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismai…