Archive - 25 April 2006

Katanya, tindakannya mengeluarkan kata-kata "pergi jahanam" kepada akhbar berkenaan sewaktu persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri Pahang semalam adalah sebagai mempertahankan haknya.

Ketua Pembangkang, Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) mengajukan soalan tersebut kepada Menteri Luar, Datuk Sri Syed Hamid Albar di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.

Menteri Besar Pahang itu, yang kurang senang dengan cara media melaporkan kenyataannya Jumaat lalu, menempelak wartawan dengan perkataan 'go to hell" atau 'pergi jahanam'.

According to the minister, religion and culture create a sense of guilt that discourages women from participating in sporting activities.

If the former premier has indeed breached official secrecy provisions, Foreign Affairs Minister Syed Hamid Albar is not telling...

The deputy internal security minister reveals that certain provisions in the Lock-Up Rules 1953 will be reviewed.

The DAP has ticked off Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob for attacking the press for allegedly misquoting him.

Menteri Luar Thailand menafikan sebuah laporan yang menyebut sebahagian besar penduduk Islam yang lari ke Malaysia tahun lalu, mahu pulang ke kampung masing-masing.

This is a technical take on Scenario B of the crooked bridge fiasco. Let's assume that the former PM is right, given the benefit of the doubt and the bridge...

Ketua Menteri dikatakan mahu meletakkan bekas pengerusi DAP Sarawak di kerusi Supp tetapi ditolak oleh parti berkenaan.

PAS sedang menimbang sama ada akan bertanding buat pertama kalinya dalam pilihanraya Sarawak bulan depan bagi menguji kekuatan parti itu di negeri itu.

Election watchdog Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections will keep tabs on possible violations of election law during the Sarawak polls.

Rafiah Salim - the first rose in the upper echelons of the ivory towers - could be heading along a prickly path, warn sources.

Bantahan dua masyarakat Orang Asli di Pahang berjaya menghentikan operasi pembalakan di tanah nenek moyang mereka. Namum persoalan yang lebih besar ialah: Apakah tanah itu milik mereka.

The chief minister is keen to field the former state DAP chairperson in a Supp seat but this has been rejected by the party.

The absence of a neutral policy advisor to the cabinet requires corrective action.

Malaysian civil society groups are worried that foreign consultants and donor agencies would treat health care as a commodity and patients as 'consumers'.

The issue of the crooked bridge continues to draw readers' outrage. All those responsible for the fiasco should be hauled up, says one. Don't think most Malaysians are idiots, says another.

Katanya, keputusan itu membantu menghalang kedua-dua negara daripada terbabit dalam pertengkaran politik dan pertikaian undang-undang yang berlarutan.

Two Orang Asli communities in Pahang have managed to halt logging on ancestral land, but will have an anxious wait over their claim of ownership.

US says that Malaysia had to do "a lot more" to battle piracy and protect intellectual property ahead of talks for a bilateral free-trade deal.

Muslim nations should embark on space programmes to boost their international standing and inspire their people, a conference of scholars and scientists heard today.

Pak Lah says he will steer clear of big, classy projects and manage public finances with discipline to ensure future generations are not burdened by debt.

Thailand's foreign minister denies a report that most of the Thai Muslims who fled the restive south for Malaysia last year wanted to return home.

Customs officials arrested three men and seized 10,000 ecstasy pills worth about RM2.4 million, a report said today.