Louboutin on 30 years of red obsession
IT was 30 years ago that Christian Louboutin borrowed his assistant’s nail varnish to fix a problematic sole and inadvertently created a design that would make him globally famous. It was 1993 and Louboutin, then 30, was examining a pink and purple shoe prototype. The black sole was too dominant, he felt, and so called […]
Sultan Nazrin tells leaders to shun acts of corruption
PERAK ruler Sultan Nazrin Shah has told the nation’s leaders not to disappoint the people by repeating the mistakes of past leaders, especially by engaging in corruption. He said corruption is the cancer that causes moral decline, oppression, unemployment and poverty.
Floods: Number of evacuees down slightly in Johor
JOHOR BARU: The number of flood evacuees in Johor has seen a slight drop of 67 people as of noon on Saturday (March 4) compared to four hours ago. Read full story
A busy 100 days for PM Anwar in bilateral and international relations
Immediately after being appointed as the country’s 10th prime minister, congratulatory messages from throughout the world started pouring in for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim – from US President Joe Biden to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. Read full story
One more Warisan rep leaves to back Hajiji
KOTA KINABALU:The exodus of elected representatives out of Parti Warisan continues on Saturday (March 4) as its Karamunting assemblyman George Hiew has announced that he is quitting the party. Read full story
EPF declares 5.35% dividend for conventional savings, 4.75% for syariah
SHAH ALAM: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend rate of 5.35% for Conventional Savings for 2022, with a total payout amounting to RM45.44bil as well as a 4.75% for Syariah Savings, with a payout amounting to RM5.7bil. Read full story
Trudeau says cocaine licences are not for selling drug to public
PRIME Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday he was “surprised” that companies licensed to sell cocaine to pharmacists or hospitals seemed to signal Canada would soon allow legal sales of hard drugs to the public. Earlier this week, several companies announced that Canada’s federal health agency had allowed them to produce and sell cocaine.
Heavy rain among causes of flooding in Malacca
CONTINUOUS heavy rain of up to 100mm a day is one of the causes of the floods in Malacca, especially in Jasin. Malacca Civil Defence Force director Lt Col (PA) Kamarulsyah Muslim said readings were measured at several Irrigation and Drainage Department telemetry stations in the state on Wednesday.
A worthy business lunch a la Gordon Ramsay
WE are comfortably ensconced at a table right beneath the life-sized portrait of the hellfire chef at Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill in Sunway Resort Hotel. A glittery crystal chandelier hangs from the gold dome above and on both sides of the dining hall, floor-to-ceiling windows offer a view of the lagoon.
Selangor latest to be hit by flooding
THE number of evacuees rose to 40,922 as Selangor became the sixth and latest state to be hit by floods. IN JOHOR, the number of victims continued to rise as 37,322 people were moved to relief centres as at 8am today, comparedwith 34,849 people at 8pm yesterday.