KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government will take back the land used for the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) project if its ownership had been transferred to any party. The prime minister said anyone who wanted to acquire land need to go…

PUTRAJAYA, May 3 (NNN-Bernama) — There are several potential areas for cooperation can be established between Malaysia and Argentina despite geographical distance between the two countries, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. Dr Wan Azizah, who is also the Women, Family and Community Development Minister,…

PUTRAJAYA, May 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Federal Court judge Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has been appointed as the Chief Justice, the first woman to take on the judiciary’s top post. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the Prime Minister…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 (NNN-Bernama) — The potential downgrade of Malaysia’s credit rating has not affected the confidence of American investors in Malaysia and any possibility of foreign investment outflow arising from it is seen as a short-term impact. American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) president Ramzy Toubassy said many…

SANDAKAN, May 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has deferred its export duty on crude palm oil until Dec 31 this year, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok Suh Sim said. She said the deferment period from May 1 would enable the country to promote palm oil exports, as well as to seek…

Photo courtesy of Bernama BANGKOK, May 2 (NNN-Bernama) — The dramatic rescue of the “Wild Boars” football players and their coach from a cave in northern Thailand last year is coming to Netflix. Netflix, the world’s leading internet entertainment service, and SK Global Entertainment have been granted the rights by…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Police detained three Indonesian skippers for attempting to smuggle 54 illegal immigrants into the country along the coast of Tanjung Sepat, Selangor early this morning. All of them were detained by the General Operations Force (PGA) team in its ‘Ops Nyah 1’ carried out…

PUTRAJAYA, May 1 (NNN-Bernama) — The government is planning to revive the tin mining industry in Malaysia back to its golden age as achieved decades ago when the country was the largest tin producer in the world. Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr A. Xavier Jayakumar said the deposits…

BANGKOK, May 1 (NNN-Bernama) — Thailand’s Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit claimed the petition filed against him for holding shares of a media company during the March 24 General Election is “politically motivated”. The rising star in Thai politics said the latest petition filed against him for violating the…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 (NNN-Bernama) – AirAsia has been named the Top Airline by Absolute Passenger Growth (Southeast Asia) at Singapore’s Changi Airline Awards 2019 recently. This is in recognition of its 4.1 per cent increase in passengers carried to and from Singapore to 4.5 million pax recorded in 2018,…