Archive - 14 June 2005

It will be a step backwards for the Malaysian judiciary if the decision that recognised the Orang Asli's right to ancestral land is reversed, lawyer Dr Cyrus V Das tells the Court of Appeal.

Senarai ahli tidak sempat disiapkan pada masanya kerana masalah teknikal untuk membolehkan pemilihan diadakan pada 10 Julai ini.

Semua aktiviti tersebut tidak dibenarkan di negeri itu kerana dianggap berbentuk perjudian dan maksiat sejak PAS memerintah Kelantan pada 1990.

It's over! The Nepali worker has received RM13,000 from his ex-employer in settlement of wages and other allowances owed.

Kerajaan Sarawak menerima bayaran royalti minyak dan gas berjumlah RM3.5 bilion daripada kerajaan pusat sejak lima tahun lalu.

Sebuah universiti terkemuka di dunia menafikan laporan sebuah akhbar tempatan bahawa pihaknya merancang membuka kampus cawangan di Malaysia.

Universiti Malaya mesti mengamalkan ketelusan bagi mengelak dakwaan berlakunya pilih kasih, dengan menyiarkan butiran diri dan sebab mengapa pensyarah dinaikkan pangkat, kata Dr Edmund Terence Gomez.

The NUBE polls, delayed by a week, has got members worrying over racial and party politics employed by some of those vying for the much-coveted union leadership posts.

Agensi tersebut akan dilengkapkan dengan 20 bot peronda dan jumlahnya akan ditambah menjadi 60 buah menjelang Januari 2006.

The parliamentary Opposition leader says this will support the premier's aspiration to see the emergence of 'towering Malaysian personalities'.

Pertandingan merebut jawatan ketua bahagian tersebut bakal menyaksikan pertembungan antara calon kumpulan Timbalan Presiden PBB, Datuk Abang Johari Tun Openg dan pesaingnya Datuk Adenan Satem.

One of the world's most prestigious universities has denied a Malaysian news report that it is discussing plans of opening a branch campus here.

Supporters of free expression hope that the heartening end to the 'Gomez episode' has opened the door for reform of public universities.

Dr Edmund Terence Gomez, the top Universiti Malaya academic who was 'forced' to quit and later reinstated, tells malaysiakini on what should be done to reform our universities in this second of a three-part series.

Universiti Malaya must quash allegations of favouritism by revealing the CVs of those promoted, says Dr Edmund Terence Gomez.

It is not often that one takes a favourable view of interference by a minister in the affairs of a university, but the convoluted, logic-defying reasoning of the Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor...

Accused of sexually assaulting a policeman's three-year-old daughter, he was allegedly beaten up and held overnight in a police cell.

Until PAS and its allies make a case for a constitutional democracy that protects basic rights, a 2008 election victory is not within grasp.

It is time to rid everyone - in particular, women - of the notion that women and sports are not a good match.

The country is nearing another melt-down and it seems that the often heard death knell could once again resound, this time for Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency will initially operate with 20 patrol boats and would be subsequently increased to 60 ships in January 2006.

The contest for the division's head post will see battle between the factions of PBB deputy president Abang Johari Tun Openg and his rival Adenan Satem.

Leaving the pirates stranded on the tanker, the crew member raced to the marine police base and raised the alert.

United Nations Development Programme resident representative Richard Leete says the robbery was alarming as it happened in broad daylight.

The International Islamic Trade Financing Corporation, which will have its own governing structure, will promote trade and development among member countries.

If the disputes between three Southeast Asian countries are resolved now, it will take a couple of years before oil can be pumped, says the company's chief executive officer.

Two drug syndicates trafficking the club drug ketamine to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong through commercial courier services have been busted by the police.

The removal of diesel subsidies is likely to be done in stages, particularly for the transportation and fisheries industries both of which are the main users of subsidised diesel.