Archive - 1 April 2005

Chin Peng turut menfailkan dua lagi permohonan untuk mendapat kebenaran memasuki negara ini bagi menghadiri perbicaraan di mahkamah.

Walaupun ianya satu usikan April Fool, tetapi ada pembaca yang tetap berharap suatu hari nanti Perdana Menteri akan bertindak juga terhadap penyangak politik.

Although the first hearing date has been fixed, Chin Peng's counsel however wants the court to hear two others applications that seek to allow the ex-CPM leader to be present at the proceedings.

Kandungan setiap baja organik yang diimport dianalisa oleh makmal Jabatan Pertanian, Jabatan Veterinar dan juga Jabatan Perikanan, kata Datuk Seri Mohamed Shariff Omar.

Malaysiakini's April Fool's jest on impending graft charges against four top politicians struck a chord with many readers who expressed the wish for the report to be fact and not fiction.

Didakwa mengugut dengan kata-kata "siap awak nanti petang, mati awak" dengan niat hendak mendatangkan kegentaran kepada pengetua sekolah tersebut.

Katanya, mahkamah sivil dan mahkamah Syariah sering "tolak-menolak" kes bagi mengelak membuat keputusan yang kontroversi mengenai isu-isu berhubung antara agama.

Practice of Barisan Nasional ministers of exhorting Malaysians to study locally while sending their own children abroad has been going on for over 30 years and was debated heavily even during my school years...

There are provisions in the law to jail or fine those who attempt suicide. But the police and public prosecutors are often reluctant to pursue such cases out of compassion.

Rather than being presented as a bill, Prof Shad S Faruqi says the proposed interfaith commission appeared to challenge the very premise of the Constitution with regards to religious freedom and the position of Islam.

The Consumer Association of Penang sees red over the government's decision to defer a ban on small cigarette packs which was to come into effect this June.

The well-to-do and richer nations volunteer to help the tsunami-stricken nations, some more vocal than others in spelling out their objectives, and even naively and whimsically so.

Even before the dust could settle over the 10 percent toll hike, the government cooks up another storm by extending the highway concessionaire's collection period for another eight years.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church points out that there is no institution for non-Muslims to address grievances and seek redress pertaining to interfaith matters.

All is not over once the earthquake tremor stops. People still have to check for cracks or damage inside their houses before moving in again to prevent a different type of disaster waiting to happen.

Legendary communist Rashid Maidin tells how he escaped from colonial detention during the 'Emergency' with the help of some young Chinese cowherds who finally led him into the jungle to join forces with Abdullah CD's 10th Regiment in Pahang.

new Keith the jungleman is back from his sojourn in Sarawak. He's now the poster boy for Malaysian national parks.

Who are the three senior ministers and one menteri besar who will be hauled up to the court for corruption?

Seventeen months into his premiership, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi finally 'walks the talk' in cleaning out his government.

National carmaker Proton hopes to set up a production plant in China lin a fresh bid to tap the world's largest consumer market and boost flagging exports.

A Japanese-owned bulk carrier was boarded today in the fourth pirate attack in the Malacca Straits in just over a month, as Malaysia announced plans to place armed police on ships using the vital trading route.