Archive - 24 June 2008

breaking news Mahathir for what he had done and for what he is trying to do is a devil incarnate but to those who had suffered under his hands, even that description my be rather complimentary, said Ian Chin.

According to it, the make up and high-heel shoes ‘ban’ was actually an awareness campaign rather than a law.

Contrary to Khairy Jamaluddin's claims, Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim did not speak on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Agency to clear his special officer.

However the blogger says that he has not been called in by the police yet over his statutory declaration that implicated Najib's wife in the Altantuya murder.

parliament snippets Its lips are sealed over the intended sale of indelible ink, but the premier has let the EC chief's off the hook for his remarks.

The controversial 74-year-old Perwaja Steel tycoon died at about 9am at a hospital in Sungai Petani, Kedah, after having developed breathing difficulties.

Residents of a Malay fishing village in Sarawak lack the essentials of life, a Suhakam study has found.

This is in light of fresh explosive allegations made by prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin which implicated Najib's wife. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Morgan Stanley had in 2004 estimated that as much as RM380 billion had been squandered through corruption over the past two decades.

First 100 days While the jury is still out after 100 days of governance by Pakatan Rakyat state governments, how has the Barisan Nasional performed at federal level?

updated version The motion by opposition MP Lim Kit Siang who sought to debate the latest allegations by blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin was rejected on the ground of subjudice.

The bubbling euphoria of change in the country should not discount particular trends that may lead Malaysia down the track to a fascist state.

updated 5.20pm Harakah was forced to cut its frequency from twice a week to twice monthly in 2000 - three months after the 1999 general election.

The splash on all dailies is that the BN government has passed the test of confidence as it ‘won' a parliamentary motion on price increase with a ‘convincing' majority.

The government of today has only the right and privilege of representing a 51 percent of public views. The opposition, civil society actors and other marginalised sectors define the rest.

updated 7.42pm More than 100 angry journalists are staging a boycott after the Parliament administration cut media access to the building’s lobby and barricaded the area.

free 'Pak Lah should employ the best investigators to look into the matter. Never mind if we have to employ Scotland Yard or FBI for this is not small matter. '