KOTA KINABALU: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) wants action to be taken against the “culprits” behind a smear campaign linking Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor’s family to a Sabah drug cartel that was recently busted by the police. GRS information chief Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (pic) said police must …

KUALA LUMPUR: ACE Market=bound Wentel Engineering Holdings Bhd is targeting estimated proceeds of RM71.03mil from its initial public offering (IPO) to cater for the next phase of its business expansion. At the launch of its prospectus, the group said it will issue 273.2 million new shares at a price of …

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has lauded Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa’s plan to revisit the proposed Labuan-Sabah bridge. Labuan PBS division head Datuk Peter Mak (pic) said construction of the bridge was not a luxury but basic infrastructure and link between the …

I had a friend ask a question last week. She recently got her first Apple Watch, and she’s keen on wearing it overnight to help track her sleep. She learned how to set up a sleep schedule in the Health app on her phone, but she’s had some issues with …

A man accused of stealing a cash register from a Walmart was caught after some “social media sleuthing” when he posted photos in the same outfit he wore during the theft, a Florida sheriff’s office said. On Dec 10, a man was inside a Walmart in Palm Coast when he …

CHENGDU: Chinese semiconductor display manufacturer BOE Technology Group Co Ltd says it will invest US$8.8bil to set up a new active-matrix organic light-emitting diode or amoled production line in Chengdu, capital of south-west China’s Sichuan province. The display giant signed an investment cooperation agreement on an 8.6th generation amoled production …

FOR the first time in six years after opening his vegetarian banana leaf restaurant in George Town, eatery operator R. Vairavasundaram, his family and workers have decided to celebrate Ponggal in an open space, the traditional way. He said his family usually celebrates the harvest festival at home by cooking …

JOHOR BARU: A police sergeant pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to accepting a RM20,000 bribe as an inducement to stop investigating an individual in 2022. S. Usha Nanthiny, 35, claimed trial after the charges were read to her in front of Sessions judge Siti Noraida Sulaiman here …

PETALING JAYA: Foreign funds continue pouring into YTL Power International Bhd making it the top gainer among FBM KLCI-linked stocks on the local bourse this year. In the year-to-date period, YTL Power’s shares had gained more than 44% at last Friday’s close and the gains have sustained amid some cautiousness …

SINGAPORE: Banks do not send their customers clickable links on SMS, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and DBS Bank in a reminder to the public on Jan 14. Since December 2023, there have been more cases of scammers impersonating banks or bank staff to obtain victims’ banking credentials via …