ATHENS, Feb 25 — In an Athenian café, four women in their 60s pore over plans for a new kind of home offering an innovative solution to the housing problems many senior citizens face. Malamo, Thalia, Maria and Tonia plan to live together in what they call “solidarity housing”, a first in a country where … Read more
SIBU, Feb 23 — A woman in her 60s is believed to have lost control of her car before crashing into seven parked vehicles at the Tanahmas Commercial Centre here around 9am this morning. Another woman suffered minor leg injuries when she was hit by the car while she was walking to buy rations at … Read more
KUCHING, Feb 20 — Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib, the wife of former Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, today confirmed a certain image of a person lying on a hospital bed published by an online portal is not Taib. In an Instagram post, she added some news outlets had … Read more
SEREMBAN, Feb 2 — An elderly woman incurred a loss of RM178,000 after falling victim to a fictitious investment scheme that promised substantial returns. Nilai district police chief Supt Abdul Malik Hasim, said the woman in her 70s, reported receiving a text message on November 15 last year from an unidentified number posing as a … Read more
MELAKA, Jan 29 — An elderly woman was punched during an argument with her neighbour’s grandson as he took offence when she reprimanded him for open burning of garbage at the glamping homestay in Tanjung Kling here yesterday. Melaka police chief ACP Christopher Patit said during the 1.20 am incident yesterday, the victim, who is … Read more
MIRI, Jan 21 — A search-and-rescue (SAR) operation was launched today following a report of an elderly man who had fallen from the Lutong Bridge at Jalan Miri-Pujut earlier in the afternoon. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Sarawak Operations Centre, in a media statement, said they received a distress call at around 2.15pm. “Witnesses … Read more
SHANGHAI, Jan 21 — More than a decade after Ikea tried to kick them out, the raucous Shanghai pensioners’ matchmaking group that gathers weekly in the furniture store’s cafeteria is still very much alive and kicking. Every Tuesday, hundreds of elderly lovebirds take over most of the tables in the chain’s spacious canteen, shunning the … Read more
IPOH, Jan 18 — The state government will relocate an elderly woman, living with her son in a deplorable unit at Taman Silibin flat, here, as reported by the media yesterday, to a Social Welfare Department institution. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad, said that the Kinta Social Welfare Office (PKMD) had convinced the woman’s … Read more
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 18 ― A 76-year-old woman was charged in the Magistrate’s Court, here, today, with three counts of dangerous driving resulting in an accident involving three motorcyclists on Jalan Bukit Gambir here in November last year. Tan Leuk Ley pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Magistrate Siti Nurul Suhaila Baharin. On … Read more
KLUANG, Dec 15 — The police has identified an elderly man who was reported missing after he was believed to have fallen into a storm drain along Jalan Ismail here yesterday as a retired armed forces commando. Kluang police chief Assistant Commissioner Bahrin Mohd Noh said Ab Manan Keri, 73, was a former Special Operations … Read more
