Archive - 6 March 2006

After seven years, hearing on a RM83 million civil suit filed by a group of Malaysian human rights activists and journalists for wrongful detention finally kicks off.

Kerajaan yang nampak risau berhubung kenaikan terbaru harga minyak, telah mengarahkan pihak akhbar supaya tidak memperbesar-besarkan berita bantahan orang ramai.

The concessionaire can appeal against an order no longer existing, it says, disagreeing with counsel's observation that the matter was now merely academic.

The government was apparently worried enough about the fuel price hike to tell newspapers not to highlight angry reactions.

Pengikut tersebut juga mendakwa telah bermimpikan Ayah Pin semasa berada di Raudah, Madinah pada 1994, walaupun tidak pernah dilihat atau dikenalinya.

Sarawak state deputy chief minister George Chan Hong Nam said 211 cases of the disease were recorded in children under five.

Sebaliknya, kata Ketua Pembangkang itu, rakyat marah bukan kerana berlaku kenaikan harga minyak, tetapi kerana cara dan jumlah kenaikannya.

Mahkamah Persekutuan akan mendengar rayuan tiga bekas murid Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Felda Serting di Jempol, Negeri Sembilan yang dibuang sekolah kerana enggan membuka serban.

Exactly who is responsible in dealing with water-related emergencies like the recent 'smelly water' incident? Anti-privatisation activists want answers.

Pelajar Najmi Kamal mendakwa dipukul dan dikenakan kejutan elektrik di lokap IPD Klang mendapat perhatian pelbagai pihak termasuk Suhakam dan ibu pejabat polis di Bukit Aman.

The opposition leader is disappointed that the ruling front is still unable to grasp why the people are upset over the increase in fuel prices.

Ketua bahagiannya, Senator Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir mendakwa jawatan itu hak Umno dan selama ini disandang oleh pemimpin parti itu sebelum Koh ambil alih sementara pada Mac 1999.

Will the Islamic city of Kota Bahru be any different from any other city?

There is a saying, 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em'. There is a huge RM4 billion up for grabs this year. Start to socialise and make more 'valuable' friends.

Is this all that government representatives can come up with, asks a Sarawak politician, to explain the 30-sen spike in petrol prices?

The Consumer Association of Sabah and Labuan FT suspects that fuel prices were upped because the government has no money to finance the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

Puak pemisah Islam itu menjangka siri rundingan damai dengan Manila akan disambung semula selepas ianya terhenti berikutan berlakunya percubaan untuk menggulingkan Presiden Gloria Arroyo.

The MIC deputy president wants to know why he is not getting enough coverage on the state-owned network.

The premier has tasked BN politicians with explaining the rationale for the steep hikes in fuel prices.

Deputy Agriculture Minister Mohamad Shariff Omar was among hundreds who sampled the famed chicken satay dish in Kajang.

As pockets are lightened by the biggest-ever reduction in fuel subsidies, cynicism is fast becoming the response to the standard advice to 'tighten your belt'.

Pemimpin parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) di semua peringkat diminta turun padang untuk memperjelaskan rasional mengapa kerajaan perlu menaikkan harga minyak sebanyak 30 sen.

He only needed 50 nominations to contest, but he bagged 508. After 25 years at the helm, the veteran politician says the journey is still far from over.

new From bosses to oil hikes, Zaim's taking it easy.

Beliau mendapat 528 pencalonan jauh, melebihi 50 pencalonan yang diperlukan untuk bertanding jawatan tertinggi MIC itu.

"Saya ingin bertemu dengan Menteri itu untuk mencari sebab mengapa saya tidak mendapat liputan mencukupi menerusi siaran RTM," kata Timbalan Presiden MIC itu.