Archive - 18 November 2008

The blogger was questioned by the police over two articles on Islam posted on his 'Malaysia Today' website but hits back by lodging a police report over his ISA detention. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Penang government is demanding answers over the insolvency of the once-wealthy Seberang Perai Municipal Council.

The opposition leader claims that there is an audio recording which can prove that the chief justice allegedly admitted bribing court staff while in private pratice.

A report by an independent audit company reveals that a shocking lack of policies and procedures led to the multi-million ringgit losses suffered by government-linked company Pempena.

The Malaysian Press Institute’s new proposal for the setting up of a media council is a carbon-copy of the 1999 proposal which was rejected by journalists.

'Malaysia will not compromise on requests and unreasonable US demands which touch on our country's sovereignty or go against national policies.'

They are prepared to strip off outside Selangor MB's office after the state government more than doubled the rental of low-income houses.

Jasmin Mohamed ticked off Phee Boon Poh for not compelling the state government to include BN elected representatives in the various district development councils in the state.

Parliament Rising operating costs make it a big possibility that express bus fares will go up next year despite the drop in fuel price, says the minister.

Rafiah Salim said she had to put up with all sorts of political interference and one was the decision to ban a Nobel peace laureate from speaking at UM early this month.

An opposition leader is peeved that Sabah, one of the country’s poorest states, is piping its natural gas to Bintulu in Sarawak.

This will be in addition to the RM7 billion economic programme announced earlier this month, says DPM Najib.

Why were the former state governments of the ruling federal government so ungraceful in their exit from governance in the four new states they lost after the last general elections?

updated 5.45pm Malaysians will finally get a chance to scrutinise the government's highway concession agreements with highway operators beginning next year. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is set to play the role of a mediator to solve the ongoing leadership crisis in the Wanita Umno wing.

opinion The answer is simply ‘no’. The truth will eventually be told - Soi Lek's future role in government couldn't be more remote in Ong Tee Keat’s mind.

Whenever one brings up the ‘Uniquely Singapore’ campaign, (s)he can be assured of howls of derision. It is not so much that it is bad, for that would be a matter of taste (and hence surely you would find someone who actually likes it), but more because it is an absurd campaign.

The most telling sign would be the fact that the city state is branded a ‘global city’. Whilst there is nothing intrinsically problematic about calling oneself ‘global’, it would suggest that there is nothing unique about Singapore.

updated 5pm Passenger cars will enjoy a 10-percent discount for traveling between midnight and 7am along the Plus and Elite highways.

Last Thursday’s controversial reply in the state assembly has now led to Umno Youth demanding an apology from the Penang deputy chief minister.

The government is hopeful that two of its citizens being held at the Guantanamo Bay camp will be released and sent home after Barack Obama is sworn in as US president.

'All fatwa are based on the Quran and Sunnah and to protest against them is like going against the teachings of Allah,' says PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat.

Petrol price reduction - the fifth one since the drastic hike in June - stole the limelight in most of the newspapers.

Petronas is already working on several energy development projects in Uzbekistan and it will continue to develop new oil and gas deposits in the central Asian country.