Archive - 17 June 2006

There is no point in maintaining an industry that breeds poverty and a group of plantation workers are on a campaign to close down the industry.

A committee has been set up to oversee the collection and distribution of commissions obtained from logging activities in their area.

It's fiction and the imagination of some people, exclaimed the Gerakan president who was confident that Dr Mahathir Mohamad will not be sacked from Umno.

PJ is set to celebrate its City Day without a bang as it comes under fire for not being transparent and accountable.

The 19 ex-plantation workers were to be given rights to low-cost housing in 1996 after the estates were taken over for the development of Putrajaya.

Peguam Gobind Singh Deo mendakwa tidak ada sebab bagi pihak polis menggari tangan Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja ketika dia menunggu selesai urusan membayar ikatjaminnya.

The two factions in the crisis-ridden Parti Rakyat Sarawak will find it difficult to compromise, say informed sources.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo claimed there was no reason for the police to handcuff Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja while awaiting for his bail to be posted.

Syarikat kereta negara, Proton, melancarkan model barunya Satrio Neo dalam usaha mengembalikan penguasaannya dalam pasaran kenderaan tempatan.

The heavy weight of restoring the prestige of the Malaysian court as a sacred institution devoted to truth and justice bears down ponderously on the shoulders of the judges.

Kejadian itu berlaku jam 9.20 pagi ini dipercayia disebabkan kesan ribut yang melanda Kelantan semalam.

Both sides agreed that the opportunities brought about by Filipino migration to Malaysia are attended by new and emerging challenges which call for greater cooperation.

Sebaliknya, kata beliau, Thailand perlu kemuka maklumat mengenai dakwaan kononnya bahan letupan yang digunakan dalam kejadian pengeboman di wilayah terbabit Khamis lalu, diseludup dari Malaysia.

Sebanyak RM9.1 juta sudah diagihkan kepada Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) yang menandatangani Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) dengan Kementerian Pelajaran sejak tahun lalu.

Abdullah also wants Proton to focus on opening new markets and forging strategic partnerships in the face of increasing global competition.

Syed Hamid Albar tells Bangkok that to overcome the problems in southern Thailand, Malaysia should not be made the bogeyman.