Minister to sue portal for defamation

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Sabah Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony will take legal action against a local portal over allegations that several Sabah Public Works Department (JKR) contracts had been awarded without any tenders. He said his ministry has lodged a police report and is calling on the Malaysian Communications…

Singapore economy grew 0.7 percent in 2019

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Feb 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Singapore’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in 2019, slower  than the 3.4 per cent growth recorded in 2018, according to the republic’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). For 2020, MTI said, it has downgraded the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth…

Two suspects held over oil dumping

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A lorry driver and a factory worker were detained on suspicion of being involved in an incident where oil mixed with solvent was dumped into a manhole at Jalan TS 6/7 in Subang Industrial Area near here. The Department of Environment (DOE) in a…

Marine force rescue four anglers as boat engine fails

KUALA PERLIS, Feb 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Four anglers have been rescued by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) after their boat experienced faulty engine at Sungai Baru, Perlis while returning from a fishing trip Saturday evening. Kuala Perlis Maritime Zone director Commander Nurulazme Zakariah in a statement issued today, said a…

VietJet to launch new direct services to India

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, Feb 13 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Vietnam’s low-cost carrier VietJet Aviation will launch new direct flights to India in May after it received an encouraging response to its New Delhi services that began two months ago. The new routes were announced at an event attended by Vietnamese…

Two Malaysians arrested in separate drug ops in Singapore

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A 23-year-old male Malaysian driver was arrested as 2,898gm of cannabis and 125gm of ‘ice’ or crystal methamphetamine were seized from an arriving Malaysia-registered car at Tuas Checkpoint on Feb 6. In its website Thursday, Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on…

New National Automotive Policy will be out Feb 21

KUALA LUMPUR: The locally-assembled 2020 Proton X70 model during a media test drive session from here to Kuantan in February. Upgrades related to the power train are a further refined 1.8-litre turbo-charged direct injection (TGDi) petrol engine and a new seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb…

Lack of oxygen, overheating killed Essex truck victims, British police reveal

HANOI, Feb 12 (NNN-BERNAMA-VNA) — Thirty-nine Vietnamese people found dead inside a refrigerated trailer in Essex, north-east of London in October last year, died of hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) and hyperthermia (overheating) in an enclosed space, VNA reported British police as saying on Tuesday. British police revealed the provisional autopsy results…

Malaysia Airlines codeshares with South America’s LATAM Airlines

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia Airlines has formed a codeshare agreement with South America’s LATAM Airlines Group as a way of offering even more seamless connectivity options to its customers. LATAM Airlines is a Chilean airline holding company incorporated under Chilean law and headquartered in Santiago, Chile and is…

Covid-19 crisis could hit S.Korea’s tourism sector hard, says think tank

SEOUL, Feb 12 (NNN-YONHAP) — South Korea’s tourism industry is expected to take a big hit from the new coronavirus looking at the similar Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak five years ago, a private think tank said Wednesday. Should the new coronavirus virus reach an extent similar to MERS,…