Archive - 18 June 2008

updated 9.09pm MCA, MIC and Gerakan said that they were firmly behind Prime Minister Abdullah and the BN ruling coalition.

Inflation is set to soar 'substantially' in June due to high fuel prices, but it will not hit double digits.

The move by the Sabah party to call for a historical no-confidence vote against the PM is well received by most of Pakatan Rakyat leaders.

The excitement at Sapp’s press conference was palpable as hours before the event, there was much speculation as to what its 'important announcement' was going to be.

Sapp’s proposed no-confidence motion against the prime minister is likely to be ‘killed off’ by parliamentary rules even before it can be raised in the House.

updated 8.20pm Tenaga Nasional has refused to budge from a three percent hike in pay for unionised workers, but this has not gone down well with them.

MCA cannot be a multiracial political party unless Umno - the dominant member in the ruling BN coalition - does the same, says Yap Pian Hon.

The unprecedented move compounded Abdullah's problems after disastrous March elections and it could trigger a ripple effect of dissent within the 14-party ruling coalition.

The former premier also says he will write about Sabah and Sarawak High Court judge Ian Chin “so that the public will become more acquainted with him”.

However, the Perak menteri besar makes it clear that administration of the state comes before party ideology.

The menteri besar wants top priority for economic growth to draw investors to the ‘silver state’ - once among the richest in the country with vibrant tin and rubber industries.

Since its creation in 1974, Petronas has recorded a profit of RM570 billion of which RM336 billion has been paid to the government, said its CEO in a TV interview.

Where is the anarchy in the US, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and all the other nations whose citizens enjoy press freedom?

updated 4.46pm The Sanglang state seat in Perlis, which was won by Umno, has been declared vacant by the Election Court in Kangar, paving way for a possible by-election.

The government is probing into a possible Malaysian link in an unsuccessful LTTE suicide bomb attack in Wattala, Sri Lanka last Saturday.

If this is going to be so difficult, we might as well hold the annual football match in Singapore, said the sultan.

Barack Obama has an historic opportunity to give the American black community the self-respect it must have, to move toward responsibility and fulfillment.

Numerous calls have been made for national oil company Petronas to bare all, not just the basic revenue and profit figures found in its annual reports.

Reminiscing the years in prison as a prisoner of conscience, of the torments and tormentors, and the book that came from the experience.

updated 8.22pm Sabah Progressive Party will back a no-confidence motion against PM Abdullah when Parliament resumes on Monday. [Full statements inside]

free ‘Our hearts are wrenched. We have been made to live like poor peasants by these cruel creatures. How wonderful if Robin Hood was alive today’.