Archive - 15 August 2006

Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan mengesahkan kerajaan telah menghantar surat pembatalan projek tersebut dan tuntutan pampasan juga telah difailkan.

The government affirms that the massive project has been scrapped although the contractor begs to differ. Kampung Broga residents, however, are overjoyed.

Eight months ago, the 25-year-old was shot point-blank allegedly by a soldier near an army supply depot. No one has been charged over the incident.

'As a friend, I would like to ask Kali to help me. Will he? Of course not, because I am not the son-in-law of the prime minister.

Police reports have been filed against the alleged irregularities in the ongoing exercise to register the Muslim asylum seekers from Burma.

They are against any further visits by Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi to the shrine which honours soldiers who died during World War II.

Ia mahu tindakan diambil terhadap mereka yang bertanggungjawab menjejaskan kuasa kehakiman pada 1988 dan mahu bidang kehakiman di negara ini dipulihkan semula.

The mud-raking over the ECM Libra Avenue merger holds a crucial lesson for those in power, says an ethics watchdog.

Setiausaha Agung PAS berkata, tindakan Khairy Jamluddin dan Datuk Kalimullah Masherul Hassan menjual sebahagian saham milik mereka menyebabkan berlaku perubahan besar dalam struktur syarikat itu.

All is not well in Pak Lah's Umno Penang. Four more Youth wings support the rotation of the chief minister's post despite the PM rejecting the call.

I used to refer to you as 'Pak Lah' but I don't think I want to do that anymore because I think you lost all your endearing qualities the moment you took over as prime minister.

It wants action against those who diluted judicial powers in 1988, and restoration of the judiciary's independence.

Kuala Lumpur High Court Justice Wan Adnan Muhamad granted the adjournment application made by senior federal counsel Kamaludin Mohd Said who was attending another hearing in Seremban.

Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak says discussions are important to outline plans to uplift the Malay community in Penang.

Walaupun Perdana Menteri bertegas jawatan Ketua Menteri tidak akan digilirkan, namun Pemuda Umno negeri itu mahu beliau memberi tekanan kepada Dr Koh Tsu Koon melakukan perubahan di Pulau Pinang.

Biofuel has created new demand for palm oil which is currently enjoying prices of RM1,600 per tonne.

An open skies policy is an aviation principle that allows a foreign airline to operate unlimited services to another country.

Katanya, isu tersebut sudahpun dijawab dan dijelaskan berulangkali oleh pihak kerajaan dan oleh itu, ia tidak perlu lagi dipanjangkan.

Katanya, perbincangan tersebut hendaklah diadakan segera mengenai rancangan tambahan yang dapat diambil oleh kerajaan negeri dalam membangunkan orang Melayu di Pulau Pinang.

Bagaimanapun, bekas Perdana Menteri itu dilaporkan berkata, beliau akan berhenti mengkritik sekiranya Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi meneruska projek pembinaan jambatan ke Singapura.

A cargo train reported to be carrying sugar dislodged from the main train and flipped over, blocking the railway lines to Tanjong Pagar.

The government yesterday said it would issue a "big fat no" to any nation that asked it to dismantle its policies favouring the bumiputeras.

There is strong belief that Mahathir's attacks have destabilised Abdullah and his administration, in light of ineffectual responses.

A medical team will help with relief efforts as a ceasefire is imposed on the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The former premier says he has no way of toppling his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Dr M's call to build the bridge in return for his silence is dismissed by the premier and pounced upon by other leaders.

Will the cabinet address peculiar cases of privatisation and clarify what the 'new' policy is about?

"Beliau (Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad ) boleh kata apa sahaja yang beliau suka. Saya Perdana Menteri, saya yang memutuskan apa yang terbaik untuk rakyat," kata Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

President Gloria Arroyo has revoked the award of a contract to the Malaysian company to produce oil at a natural gas field off the western Philippines.

Under the pact dubbed the 'horizontal air service agreement', European airlines will be allowed to fly between Malaysia and any other European member state.

In Kuching, the Air Pollutant Index hit 113 this morning, reaching into the unhealthy range of 101-200.