Archive - 13 March 2006

Low-cost carrier AirAsia said on Monday it had recorded increases of over 50 percent in its January and February passenger traffic.

However, most of them are expected to merely speak on how the government should spend the RM4.4 billion saved from the cut in fuel subsidies.

For the second time, there was scant or no news coverage of the furious protest last Friday against the fuel price hike.

Parliamentarians are disappointed that His Royal Highness mentions issues ranging from the economy to drug abuse, but leaves out the fury over price hikes.

Long-serving Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud has indicated yet again that he intends to keep his post after the state elections.

In his letter to The Star , Michael Yeoh argues that the prime minister's decision to cut oil subsidy by further 30 cents is the bravest and best decision Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has taken...

Only by freeing up space for public discourse and speaking out without fear can fundamental rights be protected from being further ravaged by the executive and legislature.

new Something we can emulate here?

The Election Commission comes under fire from an opposition party for focusing on trivial matters when greater things are at stake.

Men are not slave-owners and should not be bashed as such by 'Malaysian feminists'.

The opposition party wishes to convey the public's anger to the premier over the fuel price hike. Its secretary-general explains why.

Hitherto unrevealed stories of discrimination and violation of rights emerged at a seminar on constitutional rights.

The cabinet has asked power utility giant Tenaga Nasional to revise its earlier proposal to review electricity tariff.

The Philippine president should go now, and quietly too, given her demonstrated incompetence in running the country thus far.

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail today opened the first meeting of the third session of the ninth parliament in a ceremony steeped in tradition.

Malaysia says it will press ahead with the work on its 'half bridge' to Singapore even before its neighbour has agreed to build its half.

Some 23 high-end condos are being constructed around the Petronas Twin Towers, including one plush development that features private swimming pools for each of its 94 units.

A 14-month-old toddler became the latest to die of the disease in Sarawak.

Najib: 'There are rumours that the government will use RM2 billion to bail out MAS or any other government-linked companies. This is a lie and I deny it.'

Two more protests are being planned and they are to be held during the weekends in order to draw larger crowds.

Home Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said Bangladesh workers were still spotted on construction sites and in restaurants despite a ban on their employment two years ago.

The two countries have squabbled for years over a variety of issues, but while many other bilateral feuds have been settled amid thawing relations in the past year or so, the bridge had remained a thorny topic.

Trading in Bumiputra-Commerce, the country's second largest lender, and Southern shares was suspended on Monday, pending an announcement.