Archive - 18 April 2005

Kami berharap untuk mengumpulkan seramai mungkin pekerja. Itu, saya rasa, akan memberi kita satu gambaran di mana kita (MTUC) berdiri sekarang," kata Syed Shahir.

The premier wants the Indonesian media to stop inciting tensions and instead focus on diplomatic efforts over the territorial row between Malaysia and the republic.

The right-wing Heritage Foundation is linked to a network of lobbying firms collecting fees - in excess of RM3.8 million over two years - from the Malaysian government and business interests.

Perdana Menteri menegur media Indonesia yang berterusan menerbitkan laporan yang menimbulkan ketegangan antara kedua-dua negara berhubung pertikaian sempadan maritim di Laut Sulawesi.

Winds of change are blowing through the Malaysian Trades Union Congress, as its president Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud tells malaysiakini in an exclusive interview.

'They won't be able to free East Timor or get whatever it is they are demanding by having demonstration or seminars,' said then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad after an Umno Youth-led mob broke up Apcet II in 1996.

Sekumpulan 36 aktivis menyaman kerajaan dan pegawai kanan polis kerana cuai dan melakukan penahanan tidak sah berikutan kejadian keganasan di persidangan mengenai Timor Timor pada tahun 1996.

A familiar tune in Parliament was met with an equally familiar chorus on two matters, both of which have propped up the opposition platform.

The Indonesian newspaper looks likely to be targeted by Malaysian authorities over a 'distorted' report involving the deputy prime minister's name.

Barisan Pembebasan Islam Moro (MILF) tidak akan menandatangani sebarang perjanjian damai sekiranya ia gagal mendapatkan "tanahair Bangsamoro".

Having waited almost a decade to take their case to court, organisers and participants of the disrupted conference on East Timor in 1996 re-live their feelings and the events of that day.

We are imprisoned not only by the English language but also by the economic condition that has transformed the language itself.

The federal government has shelved the project due to its exorbitant cost. This leads DAP to take the chief minister to task for promising otherwise during the last general elections.

Sebagai usaha untuk membolehkan Umno dan Barisan Nasional menewaskan PAS bagi membentuk kerajaan negeri dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

Three years ago, the government agreed to the phasing out of the deadly chemical. Now it may reverse its decision, much to the chagrin of anti-paraquat activists.

When our present prime minister started off his premiership, I had looked upon him as a serious leader starting out on a heavy job to mend a country messed up by corruption...

To be held at the the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall's building compound this Sunday, the protest is against Japan's 'distortion' of World War II history and its attempts to become a member of the UN security council.

A group of activists and journalists are suing the government over the violent manner in which the authorities broke-up an international conference on East Timor nearly a decade ago.

It is appropriate for the National Fatwa Council to make such a ruling as 'if it is declared sinful, it becomes something that should be avoided and there will be repentance'.

While lawyers feel cramped by the move towards written submissions, a judge says the backlog of cases and staff shortage have forced the decision.

The MTUC has picked Dataran Merdeka as the venue for this year's Labour Day celebration, both as an awareness campaign and a barometer of ground support, says the union's new head.

Ruhayat discovers that hell is on earth already; the devil has turned his Bose speakers into a penthouse.

The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) said it was lowering its gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate to 5.4 percent from 5.7 percent predicted in January.

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will not sign any peace deal that falls short of the group's aspiration for a "Moro homeland" in Mindanao, says rebel chief Murad Ebrahim.

Negotiations to end a decades-old separatist rebellion in the southern Philippines resume today in Malaysia, but real peace will remain elusive until Manila reins in various rebel factions and allows self determination among Muslims, according to analysts.