Archive - 13 November 2008

The party which kicked off the latest round of debate on the 30-percent bumiputera equity in public-listed companies is quick to welcome the easing of the quota restriction.

An activist is enraged that his video camera was seized by the police during a candlelight vigil on Sunday and is demanding its immediate return.

Mystery surrounds the decision not to arrest the mysterious spiritual leader Ayah Pin, who reportedly returned home recently after going into exile.

The Home Ministry is contesting the decision of the Shah Alam High Court, which released the blogger last Friday from detention under the Internal Security Act.

The MCA president advices his estranged deputy Chua Soi Lek not to twist and turn the facts.

The Umno rep who is expected to become Penang's first officially recognised opposition leader is not fit for the job, says a backbencher.

The veteran opposition lawmaker wants the police to probe Chief Justice Zaki Azmi for allegedly admitting to corrupt practices while serving as a lawyer.

updated 6.20pm Selangor exco Ronnie Liu has asked the Shah Alam High Court to review and set aside a warrant of arrest under which police had picked him up yesterday.

The panel was intended to be an independent authority on species loss, bringing together experts who can guide governments on the issue.

The minister advises the former premier to rely on proof not hearsay when accusing any Umno deputy presidency candidate of ‘hanky-panky’

Calling on the 82-year-old statesman to keep abreast with changing times, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng also believes that an Obama wave will crush racial and religious politics around the world.

DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang reminds Tourism Minister Azalina Othman to keep her pledge to table the independent audit findings on financial scandals involving Pempena Sdn Bhd.

Media rights group CIJ believes that the controversial National Media Council cannot be effective if oppressive laws like the PPPA are not repealed.

The opposition says choosing a new Election Commission chief is a momentous task and it should have been included in the process.

There were fireworks in the Penang state legislative assembly sitting this morning when a deputy chief minister shared his findings on why the civil service is predominantly Malay.

exclusive Sidelined MCA No 2 Dr Chua Soi Lek predicts that new party boss Ong Tee Keat will not submit his name for a cabinet post but will instead claim the PM has rejected him.

updated 4.45pm Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz reveals this and concedes his error in suggesting earlier that the six might not have been sacked since they received their pensions.

exclusive Independent state rep Gabriel Adit’s decision to join PKR is expected to give the opposition party in Sarawak a huge boost for the state polls which must be held within two years.

free Voize.my is changing its tagline and motto to coincide with its proclamation of 2009 as the year for independent music.

On Tuesday November 4th, 2008, America became, in the words of comedian Jon Stewart, more of a "show" nation and less of a "tell" one. In electing Barack Obama, America shows the world that it is now closer to being that "more perfect Union," to quote the preamble to its constitution.

Nations are like people; it matters not where you have been, more important is where you are headed.

The arrest of Selangor state exco Ronnie Liu and the Rafidah-Shahrizat saga of Umno wanita made the frontpages, in a crowded field of headlines today.

free 'Umno and Mahathir who still behave like political dinosaurs and are in a state of denial. Like ostriches, they continue to bury their heads in the sand.'

Meat of bears, snakes, owls and porcupines were also found in a refrigerator by officials from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks