NEW STRAIT TIMES: AirAsia X passengers will have the chance of a lifetime to be served by Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson, when the British billionaire takes on the role of an AirAsia flight attendant for a day on a charity flight from Perth to here. The D7 237 flight scheduled on May 12 [...]
Sister airline of Lion Air, Malindo Air has made a Facebook statement through their official account in regards to the Lion Air plane crash at Bali yesterday. According to the statement, the airline assures that they put great emphasis on the safety of their passengers, and that “their team of experienced pilots and engineers adhere [...]
Huffington Post: All 108 passengers and crew survived after a new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, injuring up to 45 people. The injured were taken to several different hospitals for treatment, but there appeared to be no [...]
‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher dies, aged 87 LONDON: Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the controversial ‘Iron Lady’ who shaped a generation of British politics, died following a stroke on Monday at the age of 87, her spokesman said. Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron led tributes to Britain’s first woman premier, a right-wing [...]
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Philippines reminded government agencies yesterday of a government directive not to refer to Sabah as part of Malaysia. DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez said Malacañang issued Memorandum Circular 162 dated Aug 20, 2008, entitled “Guidelines on Matters Pertaining to North Borneo (SABAH)” to government departments with regard to any act [...]
THE SUN – The daughter of Sulu chieftain Jamalul Kiram III, Jacel Kiram, has taken her father’s “battle” for Sabah to cyberspace, going up against Malaysian “keyboard warriors” on micro-blogging site, Twitter. Philippine’s news portal GMANews Online yesterday reported that just one day after opening her Twitter account, @jacelkiram, the self-styled “princess” was engaged in [...]
REUTERS – Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, taking the name Francis I and becoming the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years. Pope Francis, 76, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica just over [...]
THE STAR – President Benigno Aquino III’s spokesman said Tuesday the Philippines had done all it could to avoid a violent end to a stand-off in Sabah, as Malaysia launched an assault on Filipino gunmen there. A total of 27 people have been reported killed in clashes since the followers of Jamalul Kiram III, an [...]
It was reported that the Malaysian flag has been burned i front of the Malaysian embassy in Manila. News sources say that the incident happened during a demonstration by those unhappy of the counter strike made by the Malaysian government over intruding Sulu gunmen in Sabah.
THE MALAY MAIL – Passengers on AirAsia’s flight AK1203 from Kuala Lumpur to Cochin in India literally sat on the edge of their seats when one of them turned aggressive and tried to open the rear cabin door in mid-air late Saturday night. The Malay Mail sports editor Johnson Fernandez, who was onboard, reported an [...]