PUTRAJAYA: The government will send a humanitarian mission to Gaza in two weeks’ time, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday.
JOHOR BARU: TWO drowned and 17 other illegal immigrants are missing after their boat carrying 80 people capsized off Tanjung Piai near Pontian here on Monday, following a collision with a patrol boat.
IN the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world partake in all the activities associated with this month. From fasting and giving charity to performing extra prayers, reflection and devotion, all this is for the good of the person and of mankind.
A BRONZE medal should be within reach for Fatehah Mustapa as she aims for another place in history at the Commonwealth Games.
WEIGHTLIFTER Mohd Hafifi Mansor will be a man on a mission with a lot to prove at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on July 24-Aug 3
PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s birthday tweet to former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on his 89th birthday may seem like a simple gesture, but it demonstrates a positive lead by example from the current leader on how past leaders should be appreciated.
IN Malaysia, the Bantah TPPA movement continues to gather momentum, as various non-governmental organisations from across the political and ideological divides have banded together to urge the Malaysian government to abandon negotiations to enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a cross-Pacific free trade agreement (FTA) which is the economic centrepiece of United States President Barack Obama administration’s “rebalancing” towards Asia.
I refer to your front-page report “Hunters hunted” (NST, July 3). Kudos to the Malaysian police counter-terrorism unit for seeking out the five individuals for suspected militant activities in the country, including providing training to youths to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (Isil) in the on-going Syrian civil war.
JOHOR BARU: To evade detection, 22 illegal migrants, including a 6-year-old girl, crammed themselves inside two cars en route to a jetty in Sungai Rengit.
IT is disgusting to hear that a Nepalese worker was assaulted by a shopper in a restaurant at the Tropicana Shopping Mall in Petaling Jaya recently, in full view of other customers and auxiliary policemen.
KUALA LUMPUR: HOME Ministry and Immigration Department officers are working together to decide on the future of a Cambodian who was sentenced to six months’ jail recently for overstaying for five days and travelling without valid documents.
KUALA LUMPUR: SOME 200 doctors and medical specialists have offered to join the Aman Palestine Emergency Mission to Gaza that will leave this Friday.
SHOPPERS have the assurance that even as Hari Raya nears, traders, especially those at the wet markets, will be keeping their prices within the ceiling set by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry.
PUTRAJAYA: Kelab Putera 1Malaysia’s (KP1M) humanitarian mission to Gaza will meet security requirements like bullet proof vests and safety helmets, said chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim.
THE Malaysian Weightlifting Federation is hoping the country’s young athletes will rise to the occasion and deliver the medals at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.