Archive - 16 April 2007

With flies buzzing around him, the BN's candidate for the Ijok state seat said he was ready to serve the constituency, including waging a battle with the flying insects. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad today posted a sharp 181.5 percent increase for its half-year profit on higher power demand and a firmer ringgit.

The most potent illustration of Umno's failure, according to the opposition leader, is the suicide of an 11-year-old schoolboy due to poverty.

A survey identifies insufficient funding as a stumbling block to the growth of small- and medium-scale enterprises.

The will to be corrupt will only intensify if we do not perform a frontal lobotomy of its source. The source is the locus of control the center of power.

The parliamentary opposition leader claims that there is no honour in the manner which BN won the Machap by-election.

The local born Tanjung Karang MIC division secretary gets the nod over several others to contest in the April 28 by-election. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The swing of Chinese voters in a BN stronghold, while not substantial, nevertheless offers hope to the party that it can do better in the next general election, said DAP leader Lim Guan Eng.

The 'holding hands' case has been postponed to April 30 as Magistrate, Rashihah Ghazali had an urgent meeting to attend today.

A reader says he cannot think of a prime minister sleeping at meetings nor can he believe that he would allow others to make decisions for him.

Religious authorities claim that rubber tapper P Marimuthu's wife is a Muslim and have now placed her and their children for 'rehabilitation' in a separate village.

The government takes preventive steps to deter information leakages and spying through the use of high-tech electronic devices.

The pipeline would bypass the 960-kilometre Malacca Strait, which runs along Malaysia's western coast, and is notoriously vulnerable to pirate attacks.

Federal police statistics indicate that 42 civil servants have been arrested for illegal drug use so far this year, compared to 88 in 2006.

The opposition party's top leaders are churning out contradictory statements regarding the stand on the upcoming by-election.

Chong Kah Kiat's resignation as a Sabah cabinet minister probably shows yet another sign that something is not right in the state led by Umno's Musa Aman...

The results of the by-election yielded no surprise but there are poignant lessons to be learnt.

The former deputy premier regards the resignation of Sabah deputy chief minister Chong Kah Kiat as indicative of public dissatisfaction with the state government.

With opposition party PKR poised to name its candidate for the Ijok by-election, treasurer Khalid Ibrahim - who is likely to be picked - ponders the prospects.

Environment agencies at state and federal level have given contradictory responses as to whether a cement premix plant is causing air pollution.

updated version He also said development goodies announced by the government in the run-up to the Machap by-election cannot be considered as vote buying.

Following the recent directive from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the police are determined to come down hard on the underworld.

The fight over free trade is all about how best to control the influence of globalisation over domestic development choices.

The Abolish ISA Movement wants the government to scrap the Internal Security Act which allows for an indefinite detention.