The Star

PHARMACEUTICAL saleswomen are willing to sleep with doctors just to boost their sales in Singapore, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.

KLANG: The Government will continue its policy of providing a social safety net for all Malaysians as opposed to the creation of a welfare state to prevent serious economic problems in the future, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

MALAYSIA Nanban reported a shocking incident where a 50-year-old unemployed alcoholic murdered his wife over a family squabble and kept the body in a refrigerator before committing suicide at Koodalpudur village, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

A HUSBAND’S noble intentions to unite his two families backfired when his first wife punched his second wife in the face upon meeting each other for the first time.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cranberries, reknown for the worldwide hit Zombie in the early 1990s, are coming to town.

PASIR GUDANG: The Aussies may have their Crocodile Dundee, but Malaysia’s reptile hero is Malik Buaya.

KOTA KINABALU: A move is under way to connect the country’s largest wildlife forest reserve, Tabin, with adjacent fragmented forests through wildlife corridors in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu.

PETALING JAYA: Two brothers were killed and a woman broke her arm in an accident involving six vehicles on the MRR2 highway oppo-site the entrance to Batu Caves temple.

ROMPIN: Datuk Seri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis will work closely with all state governments to determine the types of houses – and where they will be built – under the 1Malaysia Housing Programme (PR1MA).

GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s “No Free Plastic Bag” policy may be inconvenient to some, but not for staff nurse M. Punita.

GEORGE TOWN: It is merely about 370km away but for Kimberley Ann Estrop-Leggett, leaving Penang for Kuala Lumpur is life-changing as she prepares to do her country proud at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant.

BATU CAVES: The weight of the kavadi that P. Murugan carried for Thaipusam is no match to the burden on his shoulders since childhood.

BATU CAVES: It was the combined faiths of M. Maniam and his wife which pulled them through a stormy patch.

GEORGE TOWN: Many streets here were littered with smashed coconuts as thousands of devotees gathered along the route of the silver chariot procession to fulfil their vows during the annual Thaipusam celebration.

BATU CAVES: It was a fitting pre-Thaipusam tribute as thousands of devotees gathered here while others joined the chariot procession in preparation for the annual festival today.

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of young people thronged the scenic Esplanade for the Chap Goh Mei celebration as maidens threw mandarin oranges into the sea with the aim of finding their soulmate.

MALACCA: Thousands gathered here to watch the Wangkang or Royal Barge procession that made its way through the streets in the city’s older quarter, symbolically sweeping away all evil forces that threaten to disrupt peace and prosperity.

PETALING JAYA: Despite being miles apart, some lovebirds in long-distance relationships are determined not to allow the geographical space between them get in the way of showering each other with romantic gestures on Valentine’s Day.

KOTA KINABALU: Kindergarten tea-cher Nuaimah Jafar, 20, had never met Mohd Farijan Andan, three years her senior, until the day he took her as his wife.

PETALING JAYA: A comprehensive system is needed to monitor the quality of nursing graduates and ensure they remain competent years after, a non-governmental organisation said.