Archive - 12 April 2005

Beliau bertanya patutkah kerajaan membiarkan sebuah lembaga disiplin menjalankan peranan sebuah mahkamah walaupun ia tidak mengikut prosedur undang-undang.

If he could have predicted his SPM results, he would have known what to do to score.

Datuk Shahrir Abdul Jalil adalah ketua bahagian Umno ketiga di Wilayah Persekutuan digantung keahlian selepas Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz (Titiwangsa) dan Datuk Amil Salleh (Bandar Tun Razak).

Minister Mohd Nazri Aziz says that the National Water Service Commission Bill and the National Water Services Industry Bill will be tabled in this parliamentary session.

The unhappy Kota Baru MP takes his case up to Parliament, asking whether his party's disciplinary board can act like a court.

For obvious reason this proposed Bill (Members of Parliament [Remuneration] Act) is supported by all MPs across the floor of the Dewan Rakyat and similarly I am sure in the Dewan Negara.

Malaysiakini telah diberi amaran, kerajaan akan mengambil tindakan berhubung gurauan April Fool kerana kata Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Aziz, kerajaan tidak bertolak ansur dengan pembohongan.

Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang lends his weight in the growing demand for Burma to be denied the regional bloc's chairmanship.

The defence ministry has been told to explain why there are problems with delivery of 27 patrol boats under the country's largest contract to date.

The Health Ministry says it is not protecting tobacco companies but looking after the welfare of a few hundred tobacco farmers in the country.

Bantahan awal MTUC terhadap perubahan drastik yang dicadangkan kepada Akta Kesatuan Sekerja 1959, mencerminkan denga jelas kebimbangannya terhadap niat dan tujuan pindaan tersebut dibuat.

It does not commensurate with the huge responsibilities that come with the job, argue two BN backbenchers in the Dewan Rakyat.

Malaysiakini has been warned that action will be taken by the government over its April Fool's joke, with minister Mohd Nazri claiming that the government does not condone lies.

The seven students will know their fate by next Friday when the court will decide whether the prosecution has established a prima facie case against them.

Menurut Hakim Mahkamah Syariah Nik Najib Che Hassan, tindakan menyerahkan anak kepada orang bukan Islam adalah salah di sisi agama itu dan menyentuh sensitiviti masyarakat Islam.

An academic calls on the groups condemning the Syariah courts for allegedly discriminating against women to back their assertions with scientific empirical research.

Sehingga Disember tahun lalu, 953 penagih ditangkap di kawasan Jengka di mana sebahagiannya dihantar ke pusat pemulihan dan yang lainnya dipenjara mengikut Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952.

Mazuri Mamat, 32, pleaded guilty to giving Mu'izzuddin Mazuri, now eight, to Ingrid Angelika Braun, who works in Malaysia, in December 2002.

A series of government-organised development seminars has provided opportunities for PBB leader Adenan Satem to campaign ahead of party polls.

The political environment is more positive now, we are looking at sending the right signals to both sides, especially to our business communities, says deputy premier Najib.

The MTUC's preliminary objections to drastic changes proposed to the Trade Unions Act 1959 is a clear reflection of its wariness over the intentions behind the move.

Truth, spoken alone is not enough. It has to be acted out in time and space. When the message is received with understanding, there can be peace.

Thanks largely to America we live in a happy and free world because unlike former European powers, she is benevolent and makes plain that she wishes no territorial grab.

new Khoo Gaik Cheng ponders over the future of Malaysian independent films.

The presence of al-Qaeda-linked militants in the southern Philippines should not threaten weekend peace talks between Manila and the country's largest Muslim separatist group, says the Malaysian foreign minister.