PUTRAJAYA – Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad welcomed the chief of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and his delegation at his office at Perdana Putra here. This will be his first official trip to Malaysia since becoming the organization’s top leader in 2017. During his courtesy call in the prime minister’s office, Ismail Haniyeh praised Mahathir for supporting the …

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is working with the tourism sector to find a strategy to achieve its 3.16-trillion-baht revenue target for 2020 and offset the sharp decline in Chinese tourists this year. A potential stimulus package comprising a financial scheme for local operators and a marketing campaign for international and domestic markets was the main focus of a …

Military medical personnel have been sent to help with the screening of passengers at international airports as another six Chinese nationals entering Thailand were found to be infected with the Wuhan coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases detected in the country to 14. Permanent secretary for public health Sukhum Kanchanapimai said on Tuesday there had been six …

Coronavirus that hits new high of infection and deaths in Wuhan city, China, Indonesia was still reporting no confirmed cases of coronavirus by Tuesday (28/1), although suspected cases continued to be recorded across the archipelago. There are at least eight patients that was reported, two in Bandung, West Java, one in Sorong, West Papua, one in Sidoarjo, East Java and four …

MELAKA – Starting March this year, enthusiasts of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can use Sungai Rambai Aerodrome in Jasin as their own drone airfield. Melaka public works, transportation and public utilities committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sofi Abdul Wahab said the government plans to reactive the said airfield that has been idle since last year. “It will a site …

KUALA LUMPUR – Azmin’s adviser, Khalid Jaafar, has reportedly been slapped with a show-cause letter dated Jan 18. The show-cause letter was reportedly from two Facebook postings circulated on July last year criticizing PKR president Anwar Ibrahim from what he claim that the PKR president is “addicted” to becoming prime minister and would be better for him to just retire. …

Amid the turmoil of Taal Volcano, an official from the Batangas Provincial Government acknowledged that the LGU is mulling over the cost of food and relocation expenses for nearly one million displaced evacuees-which could exceed P200 million per day. There is a significant increase in the number of evacuees who get sick in Batangas, some suffering from cough, colds and …

The Philippines is suspending all flights to the country from Wuhan, China, following an outbreak of the Chinese city’s 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Advertising This was a decision reached by the Civil and Aeronautics Board, the Department of Health of Quarantine, the Department of Transportation, the Philippine Civil Aviation Authority and certain airline companies to prevent the spread of the …