Archive - 2 March 2009

breaking news The assembly secretary is suspended for being supportive of the BN government and the post is now assumed by the political secretary of Nizar.

'When they had 31 and we had 28, why didn't they dissolve the state assembly? Now we have 31 and they have 28, they want a fresh election. No way!'

Raging row between MIC president S Samy Vellu and Maju Institute for Education Development (MIED) chief executive officer P Chithirakala Vasu is unlikely to subside any time soon.

The Perak BN government is taking a tough stand against Pakatan Rakyat's bid to hold an emergency sitting of the state assembly at 10am tomorrow.

parliament Finance Minister II Nor Mohamed Yakcop is convinced that Malaysia is not in a technical recession despite the nation feeling the impact of the global economic crisis.

An Umno-linked NGO wants Abdul Gani Patail to reconsider his decision to classify the death of police detainee Kugan Ananthan as murder.

Drama studies graduate Lim Ken Zhi, who has pleaded guilty to assaulting the New Era College senate chairperson, will be sentenced on April 24.

UUM's last-minute decision with no reasons given draws flak from a students’ group, which also calls on the university to drop the charges against three students.

A professional administrator who disdains career politics, Salehuddin has been chafing at the bit because of the runs made round him by PKR minions.

Umno vice-president Mohd Ali Rustam says the Malays in the two parties had shown the way to their non-Malay counterparts in DAP to criticise the sultans.

The police should avoid being ‘misused’ by the government and the Umno elite, said the Penang-based human rights activist.

Justice Lau Bee Lan will replace Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof to hear the suit filed by Pakatan's ousted menteri besar against BN's menteri besar.

A forum on constitutional monarchy attempted to shed light on the role of the royalty and their powers in relation to state governments.

M Muthupalaniappan claims that his opponents are using underhand tactics to ensure that he does not obtain the 50 nominations needed to contest the MIC top post.

There are five possible scenarios. Regardless, it appears that both sides are preparing for a long-drawn but pointless stalemate.

Security checks were tighter than usual today, following last week’s ruckus by Selangor Umno Youth members who ambushed Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh.

Opposition MP and former academic P Ramasamy stirred heated responses as he accused the government of appointing only bumiputera vice-chancellors.

LIVE REPORTS The Ipoh High Court will hear two applications against assembly speaker tomorrow. The Perak BN will also lock up the state secretariat building to prevent the emergency assembly meeting.

He calls for a new financial system to replace the Wall Street model as he spoke at the opening of the World Islamic Economic Forum in Jakarta.

What actions should the embattled MCA leadership take in response to the crucial issues confronting the party as it celebrates its 60th anniversary?

The newly-set up Foreign Workers Health Assessment Centre has discovered that 21% of foreign workers entering Sabah from Indonesia alone had communicable diseases.

Most newspapers led with reports on the legality of the move to convene an emergency sitting of the Perak state legislative assembly tomorrow.

free ‘Had my son been a party to that incident where Umno Youth members caused a ruckus in Parliament, he would have got a tight slap from me.'

free ‘Giving warnings against the very people they are sworn to protect suggests that the police are now awaiting clearance to join BN as the latest component party.'

George Paul Overee, a sprightly 78-year-old museum guide, greets newcomers with a cheerful "Bom dia" and listens to Portuguese folk music as he sits in his village square.

The government is trying hard to stimulate the once burgeoning industry by making it compulsory to use biofuel in diesel vehicles.