Archive - 15 February 2006

Tahanan militan masih jadi ancaman

Tahanan militan masih jadi ancaman

Seorang tahanan militan Malaysia, yang didakwa dilatih Al-Qaeda untuk menerbangkan pesawat merempuh bangunan tertinggi di Los Angeles, masih merupakan satu ancaman, kata seorang bekas pegawai keselamatan.
Pengguguran Tengku Putera: PM lebih tahu, kata MB Tganu

Pengguguran Tengku Putera: PM lebih tahu, kata MB Tganu

Tengku Putera Tengku Awang kekal sebagai Timbalan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Terengganu.
NGOs torch UK incinerator delegation

NGOs torch UK incinerator delegation

The delegation is in SE Asia to promote waste incineration, but non-governmental organisations from three nations turn the heat on it instead.
Human rights in Msia: Understand the matrix

Human rights in Msia: Understand the matrix

Ex-UN envoy Razali Ismail says many view Malaysia as a human rights backwater. But critics, he adds, must first understand its social and political template.
Credit cards for good paymasters only

Credit cards for good paymasters only

A minister warns that more people as young as below 30 years of age risked being declared bankrupt if they misuse credit cards.
Adenan wants to meet the people

Adenan wants to meet the people

The former minister is planning to travel throughout Sarawak, especially the rural areas soon, after being dropped from the new cabinet line-up.
Newspapers on Pak Lahs choice

Newspapers on Pak Lahs choice

From the critical to the compliant, the print media has offered its views on the changes to the cabinet.
Maybank among Asia's top performers

Maybank among Asia's top performers

Malaysia's biggest banking group has emerged among the top performing banks in Asia, excluding Japan, in terms of shareholder return last year.
Muhd Taib sedia kembali berkhidmat

Muhd Taib sedia kembali berkhidmat

'Saya orang parti dan patuh kepada kehendak parti, kata Ketua Penerangan Umno, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib yang akan dilantik sebagai Senator.
Abdul Kadirs RTM legacy

Abdul Kadirs RTM legacy

For more than a year now I have been wanting to write in to express my support for the former information minister...
Newspaper ban goes against free speech

Newspaper ban goes against free speech

Tribune to rise again?

Tribune to rise again?

AG mula rundingan kaji Undang-Undang Keluarga Islam

AG mula rundingan kaji Undang-Undang Keluarga Islam

Untuk mengkaji semula pindaan Rang Undang-Undang Keluarga Islam 2005 supaya selari dengan komitmen kerajaan terhadap prinsip keadilan dan kesamarataan gender.
Cartoon row and the Da Vinci Code

Cartoon row and the Da Vinci Code

Sarawak poorer without Tribune

Sarawak poorer without Tribune

Municipal councils must walk the talk

Municipal councils must walk the talk

Little Napoleans in our local councils

Little Napoleans in our local councils

DAP perlu cermin diri

DAP perlu cermin diri

A question of justice

A question of justice

Gerak is Pergerakan Tenaga Akademik Malaysia

Gerak is Pergerakan Tenaga Akademik Malaysia

MyTeam: FAM denies playing ball with Khairy

MyTeam: FAM denies playing ball with Khairy

While welcoming the project for its potential to spur the growth of football in this country, the association claims it has no links with it.
State post awaits ex-minister

State post awaits ex-minister

Dropped as federal minister yesterday, Adenan Satem has apparently wasted little time in preparing for a return to Sarawak politics.
Ghafar's 81st birthday joy

Ghafar's 81st birthday joy

The former deputy premier's family will celebrate his 81st birthday at the Intan Gleneagles Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Airbus A380 heads to Asian Aerospace in S'pore

Airbus A380 heads to Asian Aerospace in S'pore

The second A380 to fly will perform daily flying displays during the show which is due to begin on Feb 21.
Keluarga rancang majlis hari jadi ke-81 Tun Ghafar Sabtu ini

Keluarga rancang majlis hari jadi ke-81 Tun Ghafar Sabtu ini

Anak sulungnya, Tamrin berkata, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak sudah dimaklumkan tentang majlis tersebut.
Oil-for-food scandal: Canberra implicated

Oil-for-food scandal: Canberra implicated

Prime Minister John Howard's government is implicated in the UN sanctions-busting Iraq corruption scandal over oil-for-food trade. But does anybody care?
Polls results not a formula for choosing ministers

Polls results not a formula for choosing ministers

The prime minister says the results of party elections did not determine how he lined up his cabinet.
Healthcare scheme: Minister in the dark?

Healthcare scheme: Minister in the dark?

The health minister refuses to provide updates on the national healthcare financing scheme and brushes aside questions on the issue.
Detained militant a threat to security

Detained militant a threat to security

A detained Malaysian militant, allegedly trained as a pilot by Al-Qaeda to crash a plane into a Los Angeles skyscraper, remains a security threat, says a former security official.
Books of a nature, flock together...

Books of a nature, flock together...

new Idlan defends chick-lit. And longs for the days when children's books meant good clean fun.
Joint venture to keep Thai AirAsia flying

Joint venture to keep Thai AirAsia flying

A Thai holding company has been formed to keep Thai AirAsia flying after a shake-up in its ownership structure put the budget airline's license at risk.
PM: Pelantikan menteri tidak berasaskan keputusan pemilihan parti

PM: Pelantikan menteri tidak berasaskan keputusan pemilihan parti

Perdana Menteri berkata beliau tidak gunakan formula-formula berkaitan dengan pemilihan parti ataupun pemilihan-pemilihan yang ada asas lain, tetapi mengutamakan fakta pengalaman