Archive - 11 June 2008

The Selangor MB said that that an initial finding of the ACA had cleared his officials of any corrupt practices.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today there would be no more fuel price hikes for the rest of the year.

A fledgling website in Singapore hopes to emulate its counterparts across the Causeway in bringing democracy to the island state.

Opposition politician-cum-lawyer Karpal Singh has lodged a police report against Mahathir following the explosive allegations made by a High Court judge.

Rising oil price could force the government to review its targeted 3.1 percent deficit in the 2008 budget, which was based on oil prices averaging US$70 per barrel.

The Penang state government wants to know if Petronas will stop its lavish spending and share its huge profits with Malaysians.

Those who received fast-track promotions for 'playing ball' with the former premier should take a long look at themselves, said senior lawyer Param Cumaraswamy.

updated 8.53pm The Selangor state government will implement its promise to give away for free the first 20 cubic metres of water, worth RM11.40, beginning this Monday.

The Kedah state government is persisting with some mega-projects which have the potential to directly affect the environment and a fishing community.

The chief minister says the new policy is a step forward to make the state government more accountable and transparent to the public.

updated 7pm De facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim says a probe into judicial interference would be a waste of public funds and would not reveal anything new.

analysis Will the findings of the three-member panel of inquiry into the alleged snoop squad come back to haunt MCA leaders during the party elections?

The local firms want the EU to increase the grace period for our companies and fishermen to meet the higher health standard.

It is also a testimony that Abdullah's administration was not ready for ‘first-world infrastructure, first-world mentality' culture as propagated by him, says Lim Kit Siang.

The first leg of the nationwide roadshows by Protes includes leaflet distribution exercise and a mammoth ceramah in Seremban this Saturday.

'I am quite curious about what Ian Chin considers as 'veiled threat'. Perhaps he could be more specific as his allegations are very serious,' says Mahathir.

Despite the market arguments for subsidy removals, not everyone enjoys globalisation and the pain is real for many Malaysians who might be suffering for different reasons.

The revelations by Sibu High Court judge Ian Chin on the alleged threats made against judges by former premier Mahathir was a hot topic today.

The CFO and biofuel vice president were fired after the completion of an inquiry into a subsidiary's RM120 million trading losses.

updated 1.42pm The lack of explanation as to how missing documents were recovered and the difficulty in reading the magistrate's handwriting continue to delay Irene Fernandez's case.

More Malaysians should realise that it’s not just fuel subsidies that the nation can no longer afford, but institutionalised plunder and waste by the BN regime.

free 'The principles of Islam Hadhari seem to me to be okay and good . Why do the PR states feel that it is necessary to dismantle this?'

free 'When the rakyat can’t even afford to pump gas, they have the cheek to announce a so-called cost savings plan which still consists of fully-paid holidays but ‘only’ confined to Asean countries.'