Archive - 15 December 2008

Vice-president Mathiyalagan is claiming that Jayashree, the widow of founding president MG Pandithan, was not legitimately elected to helm the Indian-based party.

roundup While the opposition MPs were asking for more powers for the commission and pointing out several areas that needed to be refined, the backbenchers argued that the current proposal was good enough.

Parliament snippets Controversial BN backbencher Tajuddin Abdul Rahmah said he hated himself for his past antics while the Transport Minister conceded that the national train company has been sustaining multi-million loses since 2003.

A group of MCA members, comprising mainly of professionals, have formed the MCA Integrity Watch Group to oversee integrity issues in the party.

breaking news updated 7.15pm The Shah Alam High Court has allowed the prosecution's application to amend the sedition charge against blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin.

BREAKING NEWS! updated 6.05pm Petrol and diesel prices will be reduced by another 10 sen per litre effective tomorrow, the government announced today.

De facto law minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz says the proposed anti-graft body will have wider powers to act, while coming under scrutiny itself.

Zimbabwean authorities vowed to block any efforts by Britain and the United States to put the country on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council.

A Penang councillor rebukes the federal government for depriving the state government of funds to protect and preserve George Town’s heritage status.

The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has fixed Feb 6 for the re-mention of blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin's criminal defamation case.

The direct links ended the tedious and costly delays of having to go via a third party's air space or territorial waters.

The CM is fuming that the federal government's development funds and annual grants allotted to Penang were disproportionate to the various forms of taxes collected from the state.

updated 12.30am A team of 50 cyclists in the ‘Ride for Change' campaign from Kedah was stopped by the police in Rawang, while another team of teenage riders from Johor was allowed to continue their journey.

The PKR de facto leader claims that several Sarawak Barisan Nasional elected representatives are committed to joining the opposition party.

The charter sets out rules of membership, transforms Asean into a legal entity and envisages a single free trade area by 2015 for the region of some 500 million people.

Recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand, as the country holding the chairmanship of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), came up with the campaign calling the recently ratified Charter of the Asean - Asean Charter for Asean Peoples.

updated 6.25pm The de facto law minister tables the Bill for first reading under which the proposed committee will be tasked with dealing with the conduct and discipline of judges.

updated 4.45pm The Pakatan Rakyat leader has given conditional support to the proposed Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Bill, expressing reservations to several provisions.

free A song featuring the former PM is one of the six nominated for ‘Best Song of the Year’ in next month's independent music awards, the VIMAs.

The party is in danger of disintegrating and pulling down the Barisan Nasional government which it heads, warns former Sabah head Harris Mohd Salleh.

The Malaysian Indian Business Association (Miba) sees red with a bank officer for using an insensitive term during a seminar in Kuala Lumpur.

Educational issues provided most of the headlines, but there was also the cheery news that Mandarin oranges will be priced lower next year.

Although the government has undertaken various initiatives to uplift their social and economic status, there is still an impression within the Indian community that more must be done.

Utility companies said it may take days to restore power after the ice storm entombed the region in a rock-hard glaze late Thursday.

updated 2.10pm Thailand's lawmakers this morning gave enough votes to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to be the nation's new premier.