Archive - 10 March 2006

Afta * [correction] , intellectual property rights and affirmative actions will be some of the sticking issues to be discussed on the Malaysia-US free-trade negotiation table.

Malaysiakini talks to a number of Malaysians who were at the anti-fuel hike protest today.

The actual impact of the fuel price hike on workers and industries will be known a month from now once a joint committee studies all proposals.

Day 4: Dr Syed Husin Ali identifies a key Umno Youth leader who had led the mob in storming the controversial Apcet II conference from a set of photos.

Pertubuhan masyarakat berganding bahu menyokong desakan kesatuan sekerja menuntut kerajaan mengembalikan semula subsidi minyak seperti sebelum 28 Februari.

Timbalan Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed yakin jambatan itu dapat disiapkan dalam tempoh 36 bulan memandangkan tiada sebarang masalah teknikal dihadapi setakat ini.

The government of late appears to be playing 'the bad and the good news' game on us. Typical of such heartless humour is to tell a diabetic who is about to go for a leg amputation...

Polis menembak meriam air untuk meleraikan kira-kira 2,000 orang yang berkumpul di Menara Berkembar Petronas membantah kenaikan harga minyak.

Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen says out of 200 immigration officers recruited in the state recently, only 18 - or less than 10 percent - were locals.

Timbalan Menteri Pertanian dan Asas Tani, Datuk Mah Siew Keong akan menemui pegawai kerajaan negeri Melaka untuk membincangkan masalah penternak babi di negeri itu.

Bush's ultimate objective is to maintain the status quo as well as America's supremacy by tapping into the strategic advantages of potential allies.

The public furore over the oil price hike is a good opportunity for the government to reform the way it runs Petronas and other nationally important corporations.

Pada hakikatnya, kuasa dolar hari ini hanyalah kuasa meriam buluh yang mungkin kuat bunyi letupannya tetapi tidak bertenaga.

baru Pada hakikatnya, kuasa dolar hari ini hanyalah kuasa meriam buluh yang mungkin kuat bunyi letupannya tetapi tidak bertenaga.

new A portrait of a multi-cultural family.

Mah Siew Keong will meet with state officials in a bid to ask for a delay to the closure order imposed on all the pig farms in the state.

Kira-kira 10 peratus penduduk Malaysia menderita sakit buah pinggang dengan 90 peratus pesakit terdiri daripada orang dewasa berumur 25 hingga 55 tahun.

Penjara Johor Bahru akan dibuka pada orang ramai mulai Sabtu ini, kecuali hari Jumaat, mulai jam 9 pagi hingga 4 petang

Civil society organisations are backing the labour movement in demanding for a reinstatement of the fuel subsidy.

The latest fatality, a one-year-old girl who died on Wednesday, puts the deaths at four this year and one at the end of last December.

However, new dog owners in Shah Alam will have to "seek views" from their immediate neighbours regarding their intention to keep pets.

Bank Negara Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz's term has been extended for another five years, effective from May, the Finance Ministry announced today.

The budget airline will start operating flights from Bangladesh by year-end and expects the route to flourish due to demand for regional travel.

Deputy Works Minister Mohamed Zin Mohamed says five percent of the preliminary work had been completed and all the construction would be carried out on Malaysian territory.

According to the ministry's rules and regulations, it is very clear there is no compulsion for students to wear the tudung, says Education Minister Hishamuddin Hussein.

The low-cost carrier will take over the bulk of domestic routes from the national carrier under a rationalisation plan thrashed out after two years of negotiations.