Archive - 24 April 2007

Proposals from a recent roundtable discussion of young Malaysians are with the Prime Minister's Department for consideration.

The deputy higher education minister says graduates are too choosy and turn down offers if the work place is far from their house.

According to some Bukit Badong villagers, Umno is trying to scare elderly locals into voting for Barisan Nasional. But the strategy may backfire.

updated version The opposition party said it has discovered startling discrepancies in the electoral roll to be used for the Ijok by-election.

University authorities are checking whether students are taking part in the Ijok by-election campaign.

The police say the talks were stopped because the organisers did not obtain police permits but the opposition party claims that the move was linked to Najib. [VIDEO INSIDE]

I have always voted for the opposition simply because I believe that we need to have an effective opposition as a check and balance.

The funds allocated under the 9th Malaysia Plan will be used for development expenditure, said a deputy minister.

It appears that the 'winners' in our society are the corrupt ones and those who abuse authority and power.

May I suggest the state assemblymen in the Johor Baru areas resign - consider it a personal sacrifice for us all - so that by-elections can be held...

A fresh application has been made by blogger Jeff Ooi's lawyers to strike out the amended claims by New Straits Times Press against him.

Some cases are reopened by the police even after investigations have completed. This can lead to differences in statistics, says the deputy internal security minister.

In every nook and corner, there is somebody famous lurking and the locals just cannot believe their eyes.

Southeast Asian nations will not give up trying to restore democracy to Burma even though all efforts have been unsuccessful so far, says the foreign minister.

Mee Chung ran away from Burma to Malaysia but calamity followed her. This is her story.

The police are intensifying security amid tense campaigning for the Ijok by-election.

The 'nation of the obese' sees a three-fold increase in the number of people admitted to state hospitals suffering strokes last year.

The teachers humiliated and verbally abused them for four hours because a classmate left the institute the day before without permission.

The two-minute night-time footage showed a rhinoceros eating, peering through jungle foliage, before it walked up to the camera and sniffed the equipment.