Archive - 19 April 2005

Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop says that it is the government's commitment to reduce deficit in next year's budget, targetting it at 3.8 percent.

The deputy minister has come to the aid of environment officers, who have been feeling the heat of news reports on alleged irregularities.

Dr Sadeg Mustafa, pemilik InventQJaya Sdn Bhd (IQJ) yang kini diletakkan di bawah tanggungan, mendakwa dia menjadi sasaran cemburu mereka yang berkedudukan tinggi dalam kerajaan, untuk memusnahkan dirinya dan perniagaannya.

With civil society groups stepping up pressure on the government to obtain public feedback on water privatisation, the matter may be decided tomorrow.

Parliament heard today that deputies in the House should not be regarded as civil servants since they are not part of the civil service.

A human rights group slams PAS for its bid to silence SIS. After all, the opposition Islamic party itself has been a victim of the suppression of freedom of speech.

Jika kerajaan mahu mengambil tindakan terhadap malaysiakini kerana gurauan April Fool, maka siasatan juga perlu dijalankan terhadap menantu Perdana Menteri kerana 'berbohong' kepada sebuah media asing.

Jealous high-profile government figures are out to destroy him. So said Dr Sadeg Mustafa, whose multi-million ringgit company - an incubator of cutting-edge technology - is in receivership.

If the government intends to act against malaysiakini for its April Fool's joke, then the premier's son-in-law should also be investigated for telling 'a lie' to a foreign newspaper.

MILF dan Manila sedang cuba mencari perkara-perkara yang boleh dipersetujui bersama. Setakat ini mereka belum mencapai sebarang kata sepakat, kata pihak penganjur rundingan tersebut.

Changing the facts of history cannot be tolerated and Japan must apologise to the international community for this, say concerned groups.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata beliau tidak akan mengharamkan kitab Injil walaupun ianya dicetakkan dalam bahasa Melayu.

Pembatalan penggunaan ruang udara negara kepada Singapura dibuat pada 18 September 1998 dan sehingga hari ini kerajaan belum memutuskan untuk memberi keizinan semula.

Lelaki yang menutup sebahagian mukanya dengan kain putih, menghampiri seorang pelajar perempuan yang sedang tidur sambil mengacukan pisau tetapi dia ditendang oleh pelajar itu.

I refer to the report Pos Malaysia to clear confusion over new rates which quotes the Energy, Water and Communications Deputy Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor as having stated...

Daripada mengecam satu sama lain secara terbuka berhubung desakan memansuhkan penggunaan undang-undang moral.

MTUC president Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud shares his philosophy which combines political consciousness and professionalism, in a series based on an exclusive interview with malaysiakini .

Its president's vision for the labour movement is one of achieving political consciousness without confusing it with political ideology.

Pak Lah's three-prong problems: He cannot grasp the enormity of a problem, he only sermonises and there is no follow through.

Just as it is reckless for Muslims to generalise that America is the best example of a morally depraved nation, America must also not label the Muslim world as a civilisation full of menacing fundamentalists.

The event, the first gathering of its kind, will discuss the 120 cases connected with native customary land dispute before the courts.

You are in the cockpit of a plane circling over a drought-hit zone. Hungry thousands are waiting below. Their lives are in your hands...

Instead of going ballistic in public over the call to repeal Syariah enactments, PAS and SIS should try and work things out among themselves.

new Want to battle Orcs and monsters? Or create one? Hit the Games Circle for hours of strategic fun.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he will not ban the Bible even though it was written in Malay.

The three-day meeting is an exploratory start to what are expected to be tough negotiations between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Frontover territorial issues.

The projects were originally scheduled under a five-year development masterplan beginning 2006 but they will be implemented immediately, says the prime minister.