Archive - 19 December 2006

Taman Petaling Utama residents have had no telephone services for the last four years.

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The PKR advisor said at a Sunday 'ceramah' in Cheras that residents renting government-owned low-cost homes should be allowed to buy them.

A recent slip of tongue by Israeli leader that it is a 'nuclear weapon state' has sparked Islamic groups here to take action.

Many doctors who were enslaved in the 24-36 straight call hours of medical apprenticeship due to the paucity of numbers would vouch for the good that it has endowed them...

The Penang-based Citizens for Public Transport Coalition says Markiman Kobiran should just concede defeat.

Most of these girls are from poor families and hope for a better life by marrying Malaysian men - mostly divorced, rich or old.

The independent and non-profit organisation aims to rehabilitate drug addicts through peer support.

George Soros was late at his first-ever face-to-face meeting with Mahathir last Friday. 'We waited... and waited. I started to get nervous. My dad does not like to be kept waiting,' said Marina.

Not everyone who fought the Japanese during World War II should be considered a communist and the memorial in Nilai is to commemorate all war heroes.

He has decided to build the mosque in the southern Thai province after the peace talks on Langkawi island late last year.

Opposition parties and consumer groups are planning to bring thousands to the LDP highway to protest against the toll hike on Jan 7.

Najib, who visited the outdoor loo with officials in tow, said clean toilets were a measure of a country's level of civilisation.

An appeal to the new King - protect the public interest, dispense social justice and steer this nation to unity.

The inefficiency in our healthcare system is the direct result of a hierarchy set up during colonial times and brought forth to bear in these modern times.

Thousands of people in Johor were evacuated today after heavy rain caused floods and triggered minor landslides which disrupted rail services.

The government intervenes to stop the former Cambodian police chief wanted on murder charges from travelling to Finland.

Malaysia will try to convince other countries to look beyond religious debates over a single halal standard.

Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said the 30 farms were among 415 pig farms nationwide which were tested for the use of the banned substance.

Newly-minted mayor Abdul Hakim Borhan says greater use of public transport would ease the congestion, which sees daily bumper-to-bumper peak hour traffic.