Archive - 18 August 2006

They ask the Bar Council to fight a number of contentious issues involving the Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill, which had been passed by Parliament but has yet been gazetted.

The vice-chancellor flatly denies that the incident involved any violence. Only threats were issued and there were no injuries, he declares.

Ia adalah pilihan yang lebih baik daripada penggunaan 'ejen' dan orang tengah yang didakwa mengambil kesempatan untuk mengaut keuntungan daripada pelarian Rohingya dan bukan Rohingya.

Despite precise satellite pictures, the publis is wondering why the enforcement agencies cannot act against the culprits.

Come Monday when Parliament resumes its sittings, the opposition will be questioning the prime minister on the status of the IPCMC.

The mother of the Malay Christian convert says she will pray for her daughter to return to Islam when she performs her pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (Fomca) is spot on to question the rationale of allowing just four companies to import and refine raw sugar...

The division chief says while Mahathir was a strict and principled leader, his successor is good 'to be friends with'.

He leaves with US-Japan relations on a high note. But while it is all hunky-dory today, the future often comes with it own set of rules.

To avoid negative impressions and glitches, the commission wants the authorities to work with the UN agency to register Rohingya asylum seekers.

Who is Israel to tell the US which of its citizens it can and cannot protect?

Kerajaan akan memilih 'masa yang sesuai' untuk mengumumkan sama ada projek insinerator berharga RM1.5 bilion di Broga, Selangor telahpun dibatalkan, kata Penasihat Jabatan Kerajaan Tempatan, Fong Tian Yong

There are 2,786 false, deceptive and misleading advertisements by private colleges and universities in the first half of this year.

The oil giant is studying the feasibility of constructing gas pipelines through Burma despite the Malaysian government condemning the nation's military rulers.

Bahagian berkenaan memberi amaran akan mengundang Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad memberi ceramah jika pemimpin tertinggi Umno terus menghentam dan menyekat beliau daripada bertemu rakyat.

Private doctors are crying foul as they bear the brunt of the strict regulations imposed by a controversial healthcare law.

Sidney Jones, dari International Crisis Group (ICG) berpendapat pertubuhan seperti Jemaah Islamiah (JI) kini semakin lemah tetapi memberi amaran lompang itu kini diisi oleh kumpulan-kumpulan lebih kecil.

Is the project on or off? The government says it will announce at the 'right time', leaving residents, who have been protesting for years, confused and upset.

Persatuan Pengguna Subang dan Shah Alam (Cassa) gesa kerajaan guna Ordinan Darurat terhadap mereka yang bertanggungjawab menyeludup dan menyorok gula untuk mengatasi masalah kekurangan bekalan sekarang.

Why do they want to implement this Act that is being so adamantly objected to by the medical profession?

special report A consumer group feels the ministry is being too soft. It wants the authorities to use security laws that provide detention without trial to curb the problem.

Pegawai Amerika yang bertanggungjawab terhadap halehwal pelarian akan datang ke Malaysia sebagai sebahagian daripada lawatannya ke tiga buah negara minggu depan untuk meneliti isu pelarian di negara ini.

Negara itu menerima banyak laporan menyatakan pengganas di peringkat akhir merancang serangan terhadap tempat kepentingan Barat di Indonesia, membabitkan tempat yang sering dikunjungi warga asing.

Mereka nafi bertindak meletak jawatan dalam Umno bahagian kerana tidak dilantik sebagai Ahli Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA).

It's up to the United Nations and Lebanon, and not Israel, to decide if Malaysian troops would be a part of a UN peacekeeping force.

Malaysia has not ratified the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and labels all refugees as illegal immigrants making them subject to harsh immigration laws.

Industrial Master Plan 3 The government unveiled an ambitious 15-year industrial plan that targets brisk economic growth of 6.3 percent over the period, driven by manufacturing as the star sector.

Japan is looking to become the first major industrialised nation to issue Islamic bonds in hopes of attracting money from oil-rich Muslim countries.