Archive - 30 September 2008

Step aside gentlemen - that mean's YOU

Step aside gentlemen - that mean's YOU

Najib still gets it wrong after two years

Najib still gets it wrong after two years

Ku Li not doing it because of Pak Lah

Ku Li not doing it because of Pak Lah

Hasta la vista, baby!

Hasta la vista, baby!

Second habeas corpus filed by RPK's lawyers

Second habeas corpus filed by RPK's lawyers

raja petra The controversial blogger’s legal team are not giving up their quest to seek his release from detention under the Internal Security Act. They filed the second habeas corpus today.
Najib assures economy solid after shares dive

Najib assures economy solid after shares dive

The government quickly offered investors reassurance today that the economy was strong despite turbulence in US and regional financial markets after the bourse dived 2.4 percent in early trade.
RPK - peerless patriot and prince

RPK - peerless patriot and prince

I lit a candle for Raja Petra

I lit a candle for Raja Petra

Don't use Islam to justify ISA detentions

Don't use Islam to justify ISA detentions

Indian students unable to enjoy Deepavalli

Indian students unable to enjoy Deepavalli

Our journey begins...

Our journey begins...

IPPs - Try carrot first rather than rotan

IPPs - Try carrot first rather than rotan

Waiting for Hari Raya Rakyat

Waiting for Hari Raya Rakyat

Chia Kwang Chye eyes no position in party polls

Chia Kwang Chye eyes no position in party polls

In a surprise move, Gerakan secretary-general Chia Kwang Chye today announced that he will not be contesting for any position in the party elections on Oct 11.
Scrap Sandakan coal power plant plan

Scrap Sandakan coal power plant plan

The Sabah CM previously cited public health, welfare and environmental concerns for scrapping an earlier coal-fired power plant project. He should do the same for Sandakan, says a local group against the project.
Hijacked  tankers released after ransom paid

Hijacked tankers released after ransom paid

Somali pirates have released two Malaysian oil tankers and their crews in exchange for ransom a month after hijacking the vessels.
Police report on 'teach Kok a lesson' SMS

Police report on 'teach Kok a lesson' SMS

teresa kok A DAP member lodges a police report after receiving text-messages containing ‘offensive remarks’ against Seputeh MP and Selangor exco Teresa Kok.
Zaid Ibrahim writes open letter to PM

Zaid Ibrahim writes open letter to PM

breaking news Zaid Ibrahim, who quit the cabinet two weeks ago, has urged the prime minister to ‘repeal the ISA once and for all’.
12 dead in boat accident in Port Klang

12 dead in boat accident in Port Klang

update 5.28pm The boat, believed to be carrying about 150 people, sank shortly after leaving Port Klang on the west coast en route to Indonesia's Sumatra island across the narrow Straits of Malacca.
Malaysia enters realpolitik era in days

Malaysia enters realpolitik era in days

Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, an Islamic Studies graduate who wooed the Muslim vote bank piously and impressed them on his way to the top, has in the past said quite a number of extraordinary things in public, indeed on national television, with a straight face and done exactly the very opposite almost the very next day amidst nationwide sniggers and "I told you sos".

Manikavasagam to stay on as PKR S'gor No 2

Manikavasagam to stay on as PKR S'gor No 2

His aide says the MP will remain in his post since the state government has slapped a one-week suspension on the MPAJ deputy chief over the temple demolition in Ampang.
Fong: Why I prefer to be a veep

Fong: Why I prefer to be a veep

fong chan onn exclusive The four-term MCA veep will defend his post in the Oct 18 poll. In an interview, he tackles thorny issues linked to economic policy and public perceptions of the party.
Taib family's CMS to benefit from new dam project

Taib family's CMS to benefit from new dam project

tutoh dam site sarawak 050708 Its key shareholders are the chief minister's sons, Sulaiman Abdul Rahman and Mahmud Abu Bekir, daughters, Jamilah Hamidah and Hanifah Hajar, wife Lejla, and son-in-law Syed Ahmad Alwee Alsree.
Transcending race relations

Transcending race relations

The incorrect problem definition often leads to the wrong solution. Therefore, in the course I teach at Universiti Malaya, we spend an inordinate amount of time talking about "problem definitions" for this very reason.

The ISA was a solution to a real problem: in the 1960s Malaya was faced with the genuine threat of an armed struggle to get rid of a newly formed and independent government.

JB Jeyaretnam dies of heart failure

JB Jeyaretnam dies of heart failure

jb jeyaretnam Singapore's celebrated former opposition leader JB Jeyaretnam died early this morning of heart failure. The former Workers' Party leader was 82.
'We came with love in our hearts'

'We came with love in our hearts'

vox populi small thumbnail free ‘It will not be appropriate if I never thank the police brothers for once for allowing us to hold this anti-ISA candlelight vigil. Thank you for being very understanding.'
Headlines online: Sept 30, 2008

Headlines online: Sept 30, 2008

Most dailies led with the release of 65 Malaysians held by Somali pirates.
Western navy close in on audacious Somali pirates

Western navy close in on audacious Somali pirates

The US navy was shadowing the ship while a Russian warship and two Malaysian vessels were heading to Somali waters.