Archive - 13 September 2006

The minister says sorry for his deputy's open disclosure of government officials allegedly pocketing a special fund for vernacular schools.

The new police chief says he only agreed to a counter proposal which has been submitted to the A-G Chambers.

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim (BN-Kota Baru) berkata Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi gagal membetulkan kesilapan yang dilakukan oleh bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Damai Service Hospital in Jalan Ipoh is outraged over news reports for linking it to another hospital bearing the same name which has been accused of healthcare malpractice.

In one of the strongest criticisms ever leveled against the PM by a backbencher, Zaid Ibrahim says if Pak Lah does not do something radical, there will be no difference between Mahathir and him.

Parlimen Datuk Zaid Ibrahim (BN-Kota Bharu) meminta kerajaan menyemak semula krisis kehakiman pada 1988 dan menegaskan kerajaan tidak harus takut untuk membetulkan 'kesilapan yang lalu'.

A Suhakam commissioner claims that electing school prefects is a more democratic practice compared to campus elections.

Katanya, perkara itu dibangkitkan dalam mesyuarat Jemaah Menteri hari ini yang memutuskan adalah tidak wajar seorang anggota pentadbiran membuat kritikan terbuka terhadap kementerian lain.

While there is a ban on raising sensitive issues, the premier explains that it does not extend to holding interfaith dialogues.

Apart from claiming more than RM1.7 million in damages, R Janaratan's family is also questioning the need to issue firearms to members of the civilian defence corp.

Mereka menganggap laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2005 tidak tepat, mengelirukan dan boleh menyentuh kewibawaan mereka selaku ketua negeri.

Parliament hears a passionate speech from BN backbencher Zaid Ibrahim asking for the 1988 judicial crisis to be re-examined by the government.

Several MPs express shock and surprise at the stereo-typing of certain student groups at a recent seminar held at USM.

The factory in Kulim, Kedah will produce power and logic chips used in industrial and automotive power applications, with a maximum capacity of 100,000 wafer starts per month.

Dutch sniffer dog Rocky intercepted a cargo of 9.5 million cigarettes arriving illegally in Rotterdam from Malaysia last week.

While it is almost delightful that our dirty linen is washed in public by someone no less credible than the father of Malaysian political dirty tricks, one worries if...

Pilihanraya kampus kali ini semakin tidak demokratik dengan adanya peraturan dan syarat bertanding dan berkempen yang semakin ketat, dakwa seorang pemimpin pelajar Universiti Malaya.

The former premier finds a comrade in his one time nemesis. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah smells a rat in the recently concluded Kubang Pasu polls.

Parti itu juga meminta BPR supaya menyiasat segera dakwaan Datuk Ong Tee Kiat bahawa pegawai kerajaan melesapkan wang peruntukan khas untuk SJKC di Johor.

Mengikut statistik orang Melayu mencatatkan kehilangan 51.2 peratus, diikuti kaum Cina (25.9 peratus), India (10.5 peratus) dan lain-lain keturunan (12.4 peratus).

Biro Tatanegara (BTN) diminta mengemukakan bukti bagi menyokong dakwaannya bahawa pertubuhan pelajar tertentu di universiti tempatan ditaja oleh unsur-unsur Yahudi dan Amerika Syarikat.

Since Singapore has made it difficult for activists to protest against the meet on the island state, they should then move across the Causeway instead.

The Mat and Minah Rempit were supposed to clean mosques and cemeteries, but the expedition is said to have taken a hedonistic turn.

Projek jambatan indah bagi menggantikan Tambak Johor telah dibatalkan tetapi Menteri Kanan Singapura itu berkata mungkin jambatan lain yang menghubungkan Malaysia-Singapura perlu dibina pada masa depan.

If he can progress from Pak Lah through Pak Blah to Pak Bela, let's hope he has the support of all the honest and hard-working people he needs to help him get the job done.

updated version Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar slams the US for withholding information on the two Malaysian al-Qaeda suspects while on a visit to Cuba. Meanwhile, PKR slams the government for its hypocrisy.

The government agency comes under fire for 'trying to create disunity' among students of various races.

Penduduk dilaporkan mendakwa para peserta ekspedisi itu bebas minum arak, berkhalwat dan menyalahguna kemudahan masjid.

The PRS president remains defiant declaring that the Registrar of Societies interpreted his action in sacking six party office-bearers differently.

Hishammuddin, use the good head you have to deal with the issue - investigate, get the facts and then rein in on your good friends in the MCA, says a reader.

In the third part of the continuing series, the Supreme Court judge writes about how he and four other fellow judges found themselves suspended for convening a legal and constitutional Supreme Court sitting.

The government is creating a culture of fear centred on the creation of bogeymen all over the world who are out to 'get us.'

Musa Hassan says he will not be surprised if foreign workers rake in more than his lower-ranking personnel.

The air pollution index this morning in Johor's Muar climbed to 84 - close to unhealthy levels - while readings in several areas near KL hover around 70.

To help revitalise its fortunes, the airline has started a hub-and-spoke strategy, flying to key destinations and then using code share deals to ferry travellers onwards.

The drastic action came after manufacturers ignored calls from the government to increase production of coarse sugar to meet demand.