Archive - 19 February 2005

Following the sea-bed earthquake off Sumatra on Dec 26 and its numerous aftershocks, an earthquake under land was registered this morning in eastern Sulawesi.

Former MP Patrick Anek Uren is leading a group of Bidayuh voters to object on the way some Bidayuh precincts have been reshuffled by the Election Commission in its recent delineation exercise.

The cold blooded murder of a Kuching lawyer in broad daylight raises concern about the state of law and order in Sarawak.

TNB attributes the 20-minute blackout in several major business areas in Kuala Lumpur to lightning which hit high voltage cables.

The Bruno Manser Fonds is backing the indigenous community's call for the ceasing of government certified logging in their land.

The dialogue with the minister has been described as "embarrassing and disappointing" when only 20 lawyers turned up. The event was then turned into a roundtable discussion.

The plan to relocate a church to a suburban area in Kajang has caused Muslim residents there to voice their objections. Meanwhile, the town's council assures it is listening.

The tsunami has left in its wake a large number of men who have lost their wives and children in this Tamil Tiger-held area. It is these men who echo the sense of despair.

Why should we torture ourselves with the unsavoury business of pursuing Truth, Beauty and the Good? Anyway, what is the use of Truth, Beauty and the Good?

Malaysians have been advised to avoid travelling to neighbouring southern Thailand after Thursday's car bomb that killed six people and wounded 44 in the region.