SINGAPORE -- Two Filipino swimmers made it into the YouthOlympicGames next year after meeting the qualifying standards in their respective events yesterday in the 1st Asian Youth Games at the Singapore SportsSchool here. Jasmine Alkhaldi clocked...
“In addition to backpackers, the number of tourists arriving as families and those traveling on ecological and in-depth tours from Hong Kong has also increased since late last year.” — Apple Sun, Howard Beach Resort Kenting hotel public relations chief Thanks to a...
48 hours in Kuala Lumpur Got 48 hours to explore Kuala Lumpur? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most from a short visit to the Malaysian capital. FRIDAYPetronas Twin Towers (R) and Kuala Lumpur Tower are seen during sunset in the...
FEDERAL SexDiscrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has defended the navy against suggestions it cultivates demeaning attitudes towards women. Ms Broderick's comments followed revelations sailors aboard the HMAS Success offered financial rewards to crew members...
THE proposal of an STC-AJC merger is of considerable importance for the long term. The basic principle of a merger has appeal with the obvious cost savings, provided that it does not hurt natural competition. In the short term jobs will be lost, and we have seen in...
MANILA, Philippines Philippine contemporary artists have recently given the country its much deserved buzz on the international art scene. Filipino artists here have made names for themselves and their works command respectable prices at auctions abroad. So it comes...
PUTRAJAYA: Health authorities have recorded 12 locally-transmitted Influenza A (H1N1) cases among 33 new cases within the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected people to 359 to date. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said the number of...
From Jean de Villiers's first-Test tackle on Ugo Monye to the best tour story, these are my memories of an enthralling trip Morne Steyn's fateful kick in Pretoria. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP Best match...
Comment RSS Email Print HMAS Success Reports are coming out of Australia that some male sailors in the Royal Navy are being investigated for competing with each...
FURTHER disciplinary action could be taken after four sailors on the navy supply ship HMAS Success were sent home for allegedly staging a contest to see how many female sailors they could bed during an extended sea voyage. Navy chief Vice Admiral Russ Crane said the...