Archive - 16 June 2008

First 100 days Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim says Pakatan Rakyat will have fulfilled up to 70 percent of its election pledges by its 100th day in power this week in Selangor.

Politicians from both sides of the fence have called for Petronas to reveal its accounts - a well-kept secret for over three decades.

Bank Negara said today it expects inflation to ease in the second half of 2009 if fuel prices remain at current levels.

MCA parliamentarians today described PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's claims of crossovers as unreliable as the weather forecast.

comment While Kelantan prince's entourage doesn’t go from house-to-house, it Tupperware party-like style has the numbers slowly but steadily increasing.

exclusive updated - Tony Fernandes comments Few know that budget carrier AirAsia boss had been enjoying discounts up to 75 percent when flying on MAS.

The complaint against the trio has been withdrawn, but the senior federal counsel has decided to proceed with the case of alleged arson.

Detained after a price-hike protest in January, they had initially been freed - but now face charges of illegal assembly and violating a court order.

The real university is a place where ideas and the challenging of ideas old and new become commonplace.

But AirAsia will continue with an ambitious expansion plan despite the industry turmoil has sent 27 carriers out of business in the past four months.

The prospect of a global recession loomed large as the prices of food and fuel spiral upwards.

Petronas could open its ledgers to the public as soon as next week as the government looks at cutting the fuel subsidy.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s ‘ambiguous’ plan to hand over power to Najib Abdul Razak has only added to political uncertainty, said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

The proposal for a system that allows motorists to enjoy fuel subsidy based on the fixed quantum of liters got frontpage treatment.

World economic management and price inflations are real and Malaysia needs to be more practical but prudent in its policies in order to protect all its people.

The chief minister says the official post of 'opposition leader' will be created through a legal amendment when the Penang state assembly sits next month.

An undisclosed number of Sabah's elected reps from BN component parties are expected to announce in the next two weeks that they are quitting the ruling coalition.

free ‘I am really put of to see that the judiciary of Malaysia has reached this extent - 'which judge to believe'.

The PKR de facto leader has issued yet another claim - the clearest yet - of an impending crossover to the Pakatan Rakyat, this time involving MCA reps.

free ‘It will put both businessmen and politicians in their place. For too long, both of them have been shortchanging the Malaysian public.’