Archive - 22 February 2006

The cabinet has made a decision and the ministers are not happy, according to newly appointed Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin.

The government has postponed the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax, which was earlier scheduled to come into effect on Jan 1 next year.

Since the Works Ministry set-up its 24-hour hotline, thousands have called in to complain about poor road conditions. But the minister is glad...

Sejumlah 836 ekor ayam, itik dan unggas dimusnahkan dalam operasi sejak malam Ahad lalu berikutan penemuan virus selesema burung yang mengakibatkan kematian 40 ekor ayam di sekitar Jalan Genting Klang, Kuala Lumpur.

Was swift response of the police to ask for an inquest prompted by the human rights commission's announcement to hold a public inquiry on a custodial death?

The live fish trader demands that the Johor Fisheries Dept come clean on what exactly happened to the expensive Arowana he imported from Singapore now either dead or missing.

Contempt is becoming a common term in this high-profile case. The latest involves a charge that Metramac's directors had ignored a court order regarding the company's assets.

Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) itu didakwa membuat kenyataan yang berunsur hasutan dalam ceramahnya sewaktu kempen pilihanraya kecil Pengkalan Pasir tahun lalu.

The creatures were forced to move to a new habitat from the jungles in Perak when the area became a battleground. So says an environmental activist.

Malaysiakini memperolehi salinan invois yang dihantar oleh pelobi Amerika, Jack Abramoff kepada Kedutaan Malaysia di Washington DC yang menuntut bayaran RM1.1 juta.

The new cabinet line-up sends the wrong signals. It says that it is fine for a minister to be corrupt if he or she is seen to be competent.

The next time someone tries to attack a JPJ enforcement officer, the person may get a Jet Li-like response ... minus the kung-fu.

I refer to the statement by Dr Mahathir Mohamad about the way arrangements were made to secure a meeting between him and President George W Bush in May 2002.

Thai police have arrested a Malaysian man for allegedly stealing credit-card information by using telephone wiretaps to hack into its database.

Will he 'outdo Nazi propaganda chief Josef Goebbels' or spearhead a campaign to extend the frontiers of media freedom?

exclusive The self-dubbed new 'supervisor' of players in the judicial system, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz, outlines his priorities on matters of law, over which he now has oversight.

exclusive As the new de facto law minister, he will pursue a constitutional amendment that will enable the civil court to review the Syariah Court's decisions in conversion cases.

The Parti Keadilan Rakyat adviser's speech at a ceremah during the Pengkalan Pasir by-election is now under police scrutiny.

exclusive Malaysiakini has obtained a copy of the invoice which disgraced US lobbyist Jack Abramoff sent to the Malaysian embassy in Washington DC asking for RM1.1 million for unspecified 'services'.

new Idlan is a film critic this week! Enjoy her musings.

As an agent of global social reproduction, the World Bank itself is also subject to forces pushing for privatisation.

Residents from housing estates near the Ayer Hitam forest reserve in Puchong hope that the courts will prevent part of the reserve from being turned into a cemetery.

Harris Salleh wants to organise a signature drive to ensure that the government makes a once and for all stand on the issue of foreigners with ICs.

The result will also ascertain the type of avian influenza virus which is being studied by the Veterinary Research Institute in Ipoh, Perak.

Seven people suffering respiratory problems have been tested for bird flu after an outbreak was confirmed this week in poultry farms near their homes.

The Petronas Twin Towers and the National Zoo are also under bird flu surveillance.