Archive - 8 December 2008

Rescuers were today searching through the aftermath of a landslide that killed four people after discovering a Sri Lankan maid was still missing.

An irked Kota Damansara state rep Dr Nasir Hashim condemns police ‘harassment’ of cyclists taking part in Jerit’s 16-day ‘Ride for Change’ campaign.

Protect and reinforce all hill slopes projects or be blacklisted, Selangor state assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong warns developers and land owners.

Thailand's opposition party today requested a parliament session to nominate its leader as the new premier, but the former ruling party refused to give up the fight as political turmoil dragged on.

DAP head Karpal Singh queries the premier in an open letter: Do you intend to defend Chief Justice Zaki Asmi at the expense of (sacrificing) the image of the judiciary and your government?

Influential Chinese education movement Dong Jiao Zong has given the government an ultimatum - discontinue the teaching of Science and Maths in English or face a massive nationwide protest.

Veteran MP Lim Kit Siang slams the government’s complacence in relation to the landslide in Bukit Antarabangsa and failure to learn from the collapse of Highland Towers 15 years ago.

The independent team, commissioned by the state government to carry out a comprehensive study on hillside development, plans to outline a new set of standard operating procedures (SOP) to govern such projects.

Hanafi Hamat denies rumours of being slapped with a six-month suspension and insists that he is still president of the party.

comment Critics in the blogsphere are not interested in why some of us in MIC have taken the trouble to come up with something new or why such measures are put in place.

Should a police report be made and the Jerlun MP is then convicted of sedition over his statement on the vernacular-school system, he would be banned from politics for five years.

Information Minister Shabery Cheek tells the media to be fast and accurate in their reporting, especially on tragedies, for the good of all quarters.

Political pundits view the upcoming Kuala Terengganu by-election as crucial in determining the current and future support for both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat.