Archive - 22 May 2006

analysis With its single seat in the Sarawak assembly and its gain in popular votes, PKR leaders feel the party has a bright future in the state.

Instead of setting up commissions to dialogue faith, we will gain more if we begin with conversations with our inner self.

The men with the lucre could dole out the stuff with stealth and with speed to make sure that it served to deliver the vote which contradicts the cheering at Tajem's longhouse rallies.

'We will not allow Makkal Osai newspapers to come out. Wait and see, we'll burn your office'.

After having to put up with years of rather nauseating and apple-polishing BN rhetoric, real democratic-minded people have something marvelous to celebrate.

And the government should read it well, say readers responding to the results of the state polls on Saturday. The Subra-Samy scuffle is also in the spotlight in the run-up to the MIC elections next month.

George Chan acknowledges the message from the Sarawak voters and vows to make his party stronger.

The plot is not controversial and there is nothing in the movie which could justify the ban.

There is now a credible opposition line-up in the country's oldest state assembly which in the past was not distinguished with intellectual debate but more noted for sycophantic idol worshipping.

Faces of Courage, published by the Singapore-based Media Masters, has been held up for more than two months.

The human rights watchdog says the three have been deprived of their rights to an open trial and legal representation.

new Responsible tourism is fast becoming the de rigeur in hospitality. But is this all part of a trend or set to become a way of life for jetsetters and tourists?

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he had invited the Palestinian president to come to Kuala Lumpur "to discuss many things that could help Palestine".

Although polling proceeded smoothly, an election watchdog says there were other factors which 'marred' the process.

A religious leader in Perak said in a report that it was sinful to marry multiple times for the sake of "breaking records or for pleasure."

BN wanted Sarawakian voters to gift their veteran chief minister with a clean sweep on his 70th birthday. But they blew out his candles.

Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said he expected tourist figures to double after negotiations with several Middle Eastern airlines.

Pak Lah made the pledge in Egypt, saying that Arab and Islamic countries had a duty to lighten the load on the Palestinian people who are suffering.

The airline will offer its staff, excluding contract workers and foreigners, one to three months' salary for every year of service with no cap on the number of years in employment.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says state governments are not allowed to issue their own currency.