PETALING JAYA: DiGi Telecommunications’s classifieds portal, mySimplifieds, has teamed up with global online payment giant, PayPal, and one of Malaysia’s largest online payment system, iPay88, to integrate payment services for its members to transact easily on the Internet.

PARIS: Companies are coming out with mobile phones catered specifically for seniors.

The Education Ministry is drafting a policy that would see a more transparent and equitable approach in the posting, transfer and promotion of teachers, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday.

The Selangor branch of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to record statements of people who are called up, said its director Datuk Ja’afar Mahad.

Under the state government’s open tender system, Penang Class F bumiputra contractors have secured 100% of the projects carried out by the state Public Works (PWD) and the Drainage and Irrigation (DID) departments.

The Home Ministry has identified 2,500 students in Sarawak primary and secondary schools without birth certificates or MyKad identity cards, said its deputy minister Jelaing Mersat.

The Foreign Minstry has urged Malaysians in Thailand to be extra cautious in wake of the political situation in Thailand.

Suspended Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Ramli Yusoff has been acquitted of corruption charges by Sessions Court here.

Police have identified the "hammer man" who brutally attacked three kindergarten pupils in Muar on Wednesday.

Lahad Datu, which is among the rapidly developing districts in Sabah, should be upgraded to a municipal council from a district council currently, Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister, Datuk Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur, said Friday.

Police constable T. Ravindran claimed trial at the Sessions Court here for attempting to murder his girlfriend, G. Prema, by shooting her, in her house on March 2.

KUALA LUMPUR: Do you want to become a better runner? If you do, check out the latest gadgets from Adidas called miCoach Pacer and miCoach Zone.

SINGAPOREAN director Jack Neo’s latest movie Being Human Being, which needs to hit box-office raking of at least S$2.5mil (RM6mil) to break even, may not be able to “make it,” reported Sin Chew Daily.

PASIR PUTEH: Malaysia has not been able to produce enough halal food for export despite strong demand from the Middle East countries, International Trade and Industries Deputy Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said.

PUTRAJAYA: The Copyrights Tribunal will be re-activated to hear grouses and dispute complaints raised by artistes over the issue of copyrights and royalty.

A total of 9,698 health officers were promoted from Grade 44 up to Grade 54 following Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s announcement on Tuesday on a comprehensive career advancement plan for the three services under the Health Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR: Members of Parliament who have resigned from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) can remain as independent MPs in the Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz said.

ALOR STAR: The liquefied petroleum gas cylinders which exploded at the double-storey shoplot in Taman Batik in Sungai Petani on Wednesday were illegally stored there.

KUCHING: Some 11,233 households in Sarawak will be lifted out of the hardcore poor bracket by the end of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR: Unscrupulous travel agents will not be let off the hook but instead hauled up to face a tribunal, the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) said.

Suspended Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Ramli Yusoff has been acquitted of corruption charges by Sessions Court here.

IPOH: Anyone can contest for the MCA president’s post as long as he is a central delegate, said former party deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

PUTRAJAYA: The joint public-private sector panel established to fight red tape has been given the broader task of improving the quality of life for all, beyond making it easier to do business in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR: A 36-year-old businessman has been frantically searching for his two daughters who disappeared in Manjung, Perak.

KUALA LUMPUR: Several party grassroots leaders are persuading former MCA party president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting to make a political comeback.

KUALA LUMPUR: Although the MCA elections are only about two weeks away, two former party central committee (CC) members are unsure of their eligibility to contest.

MUAR: Police have intensified the hunt for the “hammer man” who brutally bludgeoned three kindergarten pupils in a Muar kindergarten on Wednesday.

PETALING JAYA: IT lovers and school-leavers can explore job opportunities at the TechEureka! Open Day this weekend at Studio V in the 1Utama shopping centre (New Wing) here.

KUALA LUMPUR: All of the closed-cicuit television (CCTV) cameras here and in Putrajaya will be linked to a “nerve centre” enabling authorities to better detect street crimes.

KUANTAN: Two college students who peeped at a female student ended up being assaulted with iron rods by her boyfriend and his friends in Semambu here.

SANDAKAN: Students who sat for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination last year fared better than those who had sat for the examination in 2008, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Thursday.

A 10-year-old girl in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, was allegedly forced to marry her father’s friend, who is in his 30s, reported Harian Metro on its front page.

JOHOR BARU: A 15-year-old student who left home to visit a friend that she met through a social networking website, was held captive for several days and gang-raped by at least 15 teenagers in an apartment.

KUANTAN: Sixteen Voluntary Patrol Scheme or Skim Rondaan Sukarela (SRS) units here have been selected for a pilot project using radio communication to curb crime.

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, at 5.09am Friday.

TOURISM Malaysia plans to draw 650,000 visitors from India this year, Malaysia Nanban reported.

KOTA KINABALU: A three-year-old boy perished in a fire that destroyed seven houses in Lahad Datu.

The Sessions Court here Friday set April 13 to mention the Metro Tabernacle Church arson case involving three friends.

ROMPIN: The Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah, has no plan to personally meet part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno before deciding on her fate.

PETALING JAYA: Just like in school, children should be shown how to evacuate their homes during a fire to escape alive, said Fire and Rescue Department corporate communications head Morni Mamat.