Archive - 1 March 2006

Once again, Petronas and its huge profits steal the limelight in the latest chorus of protests over the sharp increase in fuel prices.

The controversial Rela raid on a group of Indian nationals in front of the Indian High Commission irks the trade union.

Not again - Indian nationals camping outside the Indian High Commission were beaten up by Rela personnel late last night. Two shaken eye-witnesses give an account.

In the wake of the sharp increase in fuel cost and the impending hike in electricity tariffs, the government should review the 'unfair' deal.

The publishers of The Eastern Times could be penalised for printing the mock-up of the new paper even before the permit was issued.

Mahkamah Rayuan membenarkan permohonan pengendali tol, Metramac Corp Sdn Bhd untuk menangguhkan keputusan mahkamah memerintahkannya membayar RM65 juta kepada Fawziah Holdings Sdn Bhd.

The sharp increase in fuel prices has not only irked those outside the BN camp, but those within. It says the hike 'does no good for the country'.

Jika MT kekal dengan arahan tersebut, ia bermakna mereka yang membuat rayuan untuk mengurangkan hukuman penggantungan, hanya membuang masa dan sia-sia.

Isu karikatur mempersendakan Nabi Muhammad seolah-olah menjadi perjuangan pokok PAS dan NGO sealiran dengannya, tanpa disertai parti pembangkang, termasuk PKR dan NGO lain.

Jawatankuasa sebuah SRJK Cina di Kuala Lumpur menawarkan ganjaran sehingga RM500,000 kepada pemberi maklumat mengenai 'amalan rasuah' oleh pengetua sekolah rendah Cina.

District police chiefs must know and abide by the international standards covering human rights, says Mohd Bakri Omar.

The Court of Appeal allowed toll concessionaire Metramac Corp Sdn Bhd's bid to stay the controversial RM65 million compensation awarded to Fawziah Holdings.

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Asian logging companies, the majority from Malaysia, are flagrantly ignoring the law as they cut down Papua New Guinea's rainforests.

A Chinese primary school committee in Kuala Lumpur has put up RM500,000 in exchange for evidence of 'corrupt practice' by principals of Chinese primary schools.

The deputy president, according to a source close to him, will not back down from his decision to defend his post.

Berikutan tindakan tiga guru disiplin SMK Teluk Sentang dekat Kuala Krau di Temerloh yang menggunting tudung 65 pelajar perempuan kerana patuhi standard pentadbir sekolah.

Now that TV3 and ntv7 have apologise for airing the caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, what about state-owned TV1 and TV2?

Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu Samy Vellu dijangka mengeluarkan "senarai pilihan presiden" selepas pemilihan bahagian akhir bulan depan.

An eight-point plan on climate change is being seen as the bandwagon on which private firms could climb for a free ride.

Kerana pihak penerbitnya disyaki mencetak akhbar berkenaan tanpa permit sah mengikut Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984.

Malaysia's second largest financial group attributes the year-on-year improvement to higher income at its Bumiputra-Commerce Bank (BCB) group and CIMB Berhad group.

This was after making a provision to pay an award to Germany's Deutsche Telekom.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Kuala Lumpur today on a visit to seek Malaysia's support for his country's controversial nuclear programme.

Lawyers for Kasitah Gaddam says they will apply for the corruption charges to be dropped because of lengthy delays that have prejudiced his case.

The National Kidney Foundation says that a number of patients who went for transplant operations in China died there or after returning home, due to complications.