MANILA: The Philippine National Railways (PNR) said construction of the Metro Manila portion of the 147-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) will go full blast by October this year.

At the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, PNR chair Michae…

KUALA LUMPUR, Traffic on major highways heading towards the Klang Valley was congested tonight, with many city folks returning from their hometowns after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays.

A Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) spokesman said that, as o…

KUALA LUMPUR, Like the Malay proverb, ‘Sambil Menyelam Minum Air’, a Malaysian student in Egypt went on a drive to collect nearly 200 old indigenous Nusantara books (kitab turath) written by Malay scholars from around the 1920s to the 1960s during his…

KUALA LUMPUR, A product with a design depicting the ‘Kaaba’ that was seized by the Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) at a supermarket in Batu Pahat on Tuesday, is meant for use as a mini ‘sejadah’, or prayer mat.

AEON BiG (M) Sdn Bhd (‘AEON …

KUALA LUMPUR, Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) has allocated a special fund of RM50 million to empower Indian women entrepreneurs through the Prosperity Empowerment and A New Normal for Indian Women (PENN) programme, announced Deputy Minister of Entrepre…

KOTA KINABALU, The Sabah state government will blacklist contractors who delay the completion of Rumah Mesra Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ), said Sabah Deputy Chief Minister ll Datuk Seri Joachim Gunsalam.

Joachim said such action was necessary because the st…