Archive - 2 December 2005

Bagaimanapun, saudara lelakinya Thirumoorthy mendakwa beliau menyerahkan surat tersebut kepada Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi di Kelantan semalam.

According to the minister, Malaysian companies doing business with the ruling military regime in Burma are in a Faustian bargain.

Naib Presiden PAS itu berkata pengundi di Kelantan boleh menolak PAS dalam pilihanraya umum depan jika ia gagal memenuhi janji membina jejambat merentasi landasan kereta api di Pasir Mas.

Will the prime minister let MIC branch leader Balakrishnan Appala Naidu die from starvation? The latter doesn't think so and neither do his wife, family and friends.

Civil society advocates are hardly excited over the setting up of a commission to probe the nude ear squat case, saying there have been commissions and recommendations in the past with no results.

Does the public and private sector practice good or poor governance in water management? Is the public good served in an open, transparent, and democratic manner?

Perdana Menteri berkata kerajaan tidak menolak cadangan Suruhanjaya Diraja Polis. Semua cadangan sedang dikaji dan memerlukan masa empat lima bulan lagi untuk melaksanakannya.

PAS menawarkan ganjaran sehingga RM15,000 kepada mana-mana pihak atau individu yang mempunyai maklumat sahih berkaitan pengundi hantu, rasuah dan politik wang dalam pilihanraya kecil Pengkalan Pasir.

Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir says the upcoming by-election is a golden opportunity for the people to show PAS the exit.

More than 100 disgruntled NCR landowners, armed with placards and orang utan masks, gathered outside a hotel in Kuching where the International Media and Environment Summit is being held.

There needs to be a drastic change in the culture of the police force and it needs to happen soon.

Hanya 3,764 ahli memulangkan kertas undian selepas sejumlah 12,033 kertas undi dihantar kepada semua ahli melalui pos kira-kira sebulan lalu.

The prime minister says if the police handle the probe and find nothing wrong, the public would immediately accuse the authorities of a cover-up.

Mumtaz, who was allegedly forced to strip and rained with obscenities, picked out the trio during an identification parade last week.

Those who desire media independence and freedom must realise that the contesting paradigm of journalism is also shaped by the competition for influence among diverse groups of social actors.

The government will not rescue the airlines from its financial plunge. It must learn to soar again on its own.

Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna berkata, pihaknya telah menasihatkan Petronas NGV supaya menangguhkan keputusan menaikkan harga runcit NGV.

Kerajaan India digesa mengikut jejak China untuk membantah layanan buruk yang diterima rakyatnya yang bekerja di negara ini, kata Pejabat Pembangunan Manusia Pulau Pinang (POHD).

Kerajaan India digesa mengikut jejak China untuk membantah layanan buruk yang diterima rakyatnya yang bekerja di negara ini, kata Pejabat Pembangunan Manusia Pulau Pinang (POHD).

Once again, a majority of lawyers turn their back on the council's elections. While the chairperson is puzzled, some attribute this to the council's 'irrelevance'.

Maliau Basin, the biodiversity-rich area in Sabah has been gazetted as a forest reserve and attempts are underway for a world heritage declaration as well.

Petronas mengumumkan bahawa penyelarasan harga NGV sebanyak 13 sen itu telah diluluskan oleh Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna bulan lalu.

Naib Ketua Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin berkata, pergerakan itu tidak mempunyai masa untuk melayan perkara remeh temeh itu kerana sibuk berkempen di Pengkalan Pasir.

The price of natural gas for vehicles (NGV) sold at Petronas service stations now costs 81 sen per litre, up 13 sen from 68 sen effective yesterday.

Global metals giants BHP Biliton, Alcoa Inc and Rio Tinto, are keen on building an aluminium smelter in Sarawak, says Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.

This should be done, say migrant labour welfare NGOs, as exploitation of these Indian workers is rampant with little or no avenue for redress.

new An eye and ear opening and popping Raya season for the writer.

Badan siasatan bebas itu juga patut menyiasat kes-kes yang membabitkan rakyat tempatan, umpamana kes Norazimah Nor yang pernah diarahkan berbogel dan melakukan tekan tubi 5 November 2000.

Suruhanjaya itu diberikan tempoh 30 hari untuk menyiasat prosedur tetap operasi, kaedah atau peraturan pengendalian pemeriksaan tubuh berkenaan penangkapan dan penahanan olis di bawah Akta Suruhanjaya Siasatan 1950.

Ini merupakan usaha terakhir bekas pemimpin cawangan MIC, Balakrishnan Appala Naidu, membantah penahanan berterusannya di bawah Ordinan Darurat.