Archive - 2 December 2008

Umno sacks Zaid

updated 12.45am The Umno Supreme Council today sacked Zaid Ibrahim from the party for attending opposition events. He is not allowed to appeal.

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'Wanita bout won't affect KT by-election'

Rafidah Aziz says the upcoming tussle between her and her deputy is the ‘last thing’ on her mind and would not hamper BN preparations for Kuala Terengganu. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Mukhriz clarifies his stand on vernacular schools

Jerlun MP Mukhriz Mahathir, under fire from all quarters for proposing the closing down of vernacular schools, said that he only asked for the education system to be integrated.

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Loke wins DAP Youth chief uncontested

DAP Socialist Youth members will elect 19 others to be their new leaders for the 2008-2010 term.

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Anwar: No post offered to entice Arif Shah

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim denied claims that he had offered the Umno strongman to be Penang's deputy chief minister 1.

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RM5.9 million spent monthly on maintenance

Parliament The d eputy works minister today revealed that RM5.9 million is spent monthly on the maintenance of 60 government buildings. This, among other snippets today.

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Monsoon Cup to remain in T'ganu

Prime Minister Abdullah dismissed a suggestion by Tourism Minister Azalina to hold the race in Sabah next year as Terengganu was bound by a contract with race organiser to host the international race until 2012.

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Petrol prices: Another 10 sen cut to RM1.90

breaking news The government has cut petrol prices by another 5 percent, bringing pump prices down by 10 sen per litre as global crude prices continued to ease.

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Must Sarawakians beg to be let into the banquet hall?

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Change is happening, Change is coming

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Sarawakians can be our agent of change

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Let Makkal Shakti umbrella unite all Indians

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Wait a minute, can S'gor enact minimum wage law?

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Private sector jobs, too, mustn't be race-based

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Time for power purchase agreements to be made public

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PAS to let locals pick Kuala Terengganu candidate

KT by-election updated 6.30pm Pakatan will field a PAS candidate to contest the upcoming by-election following the death of two-term BN parliamentarian Razali Ismail last Friday.

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But what about the Muslim's prayer beads...

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Nowadays, academic qualifications alone not enough

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Yoga - don't throw baby out with bath water

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Recession is HERE, measures needed now

The government should not wait until the economy fulfills all the technical requirements of a recession before taking emergency measures.

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Wanita Umno: A mismanaged agreement?

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Dapsy lodges police report against Mukhriz

DAP Socialist Youth wing leaders say the Jerlun MP is politicising the issue of vernacular schools to further his career in Umno.

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Don't twist my speech, Chua tells detractors

The MCA deputy president claimed that his speech last Thursday on ‘Ketuanan Melayu' was being deliberately misinterpreted and twisted by certain quarters.

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Proton to spend RM7 mil to retrofit rear seatbelts

A total of 225,930 Proton Saga and Gen2 models will be involved in the exercise which will continue for the next 13 months although the new regulation starts next January.

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Growing opposition to demolition of KK's general hospital

Engineers, architects, the medical community and the Health Ministry are at loggerheads over the uncertain fate of the largely abandoned 27-year-old hospital.

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RTM to undergo major revamp?

Sources tell Malaysiakini that all news programmes, regardless of language, will be moved to RTM1, while RTM2 will focus on entertainment programmes.

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Thai PM banned from politics for 5 years: court

breaking news updated 3.20pm The constitutional court has banned PM Somchai Wongsawat and 36 leaders from politics for five years over voting fraud against PPP.

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Mukhriz 'committed sedition' over vernacular schools

updated 3.40pm Similarly, no one can question the special provision for the Malays and natives in Sabah and Sarawak, the sovereignty of Malay Rulers and the citizenship rights of non-Malay Malaysians.

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Rival group gains strategic victory in Sarawak Club

Although the incumbent office-bearers of the Sarawak Club retained their posts, a strong motion passed by a rival group severely limited the incumbents' powers and tenure.

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Obama names Clinton as secretary of state, retains Gates in defence

He nominated Hillary Clinton to be a 'tough' secretary of state and persuaded Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay on with a new mission - ending the war in Iraq.

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Act decisively to avert layoffs, ministry told

The Human Resources Ministry has come under fire from Penang's investment agency for not taking pro-active measures to combat potential retrenchments in the wake of the global downturn.

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Nude squad to stalk S'gor MB over rent hike

Activists are threatening to strip naked and 'stalk' Khalid Ibrahim in protest against a hike in public housing rental rates, drawing criticism from Muslim leaders.

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Sri Lankan gov't is 'mad about winning the war'

‘It has been the tradition and policy that the Sri Lankan government and the Singhalese top brass have been giving promises, which have never been fulfilled,' says a Singhala politician.

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Syed Alwi - a tribute to the tokoh seni

syed alwi syed hassan 1930-2008 Local newspapers are known to hail neophyte dramatists and third-rate artistes instead of legitimate icons of theatre like Syed Alwi Syed Hassan.

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Headlines online: Dec 2, 2008

Most newspapers led with Jerlun MP Mukhriz Mahathir's suggestion for a single stream education system that would see the closure of vernacular schools.

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'Why do rulers need immunity anyway?'

free ‘The first question is, why do they need immunity at all, if in the first place they have not committed, and are not going to commit, any wrongdoing under the nation's laws?'

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Change perception of police, not crime

free ‘What we want to change is the perception of the effectiveness of our police to convince us that we indeed do have a lower crime rate than other countries.'

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