Archive - 27 April 2009

updated 6.45pm Penang PKR deputy chief Mansor Othman is expected to be named as the party's candidate for the upcoming Penanti by-election.

Both the DPM and the health minister said that the government was already taking necessary steps to protect its citizens against the outbreak which started in Mexico.

Some 300 villagers in Marudi, northern Sarawak, are frustrated with the activities of a logging company that have allegedly damaged their resources and surroundings.

The MB says he has suffered much distress and anxiety over the anti-corruption chief's remarks concerning the car and cow controversy.

They will be fined between RM2,000 and RM10,000 if caught dumping rubbish and toxic waste into the already filthy river in Penang.

M Indira Ghandi was given custody of all her three children but her estranged husband, who has converted to Islam, has gone missing and so has the youngest child. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The ousted MB, in questioning the validity of a 1997 amendment to the Perak constitution, hopes to prevent his rival from obtaining interpretation of several constitutional matters.

Authorities to check on eatery outlets, pig farms and entry points to ensure that the deadly flu does not reach the state.

Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said the number of both suspected and confirmed fatalities from swine flu has reached 103.

In an interview with Malaysiakini last week, Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abd Kadir talks about various political issues affecting the state, and advises the parties involved not to be childish.

Opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat will have no problem in regaining the Penanti state seat as long as there is no internal sabotage, said an analyst.

The Election Commission will breathe down the necks of political parties and their supporters, to remove all sources of ‘tension’ on nomination and polling day - and it all begins in Penanti.

updated 3.50pm With immediate effect, international players will be allowed to open shop in the commercial banking, Islamic banking and insurance sectors.

exclusive Perak's new menteri besar calls on the state representatives from both sides of the fence not to turn the May 7 assembly sitting into a circus.

'We just present our findings to the state government and the final decision is in their hands, not ours,' says the Dept of Environment.

The Umno president will be chairing the party's political bureau meeting soon to decide if it should contest in the by-election to be held on May 31.

updated 4.40pm The functions of several senior council members have been reassigned, to strengthen the party machinery and make it more responsive to needs.

The attack came hours after Colombo rejected the Tamil Tigers' offer of a ceasefire, saying it was on the brink of totally defeating the separatists.

The outbreak of the swine flu in Mexico which had killed 81 people so far was the main news in almost all dailies.

updated 2.45pm The Penanti by-election will be held on May 31, the Election Commission announced this morning. The state seat in Penang was vacated by PKR Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin. [VIDEO INSIDE]

free ‘We should discard the mentality that there are unique Indian problems which other races do not face. This is the new politics of multi-racial parties which fight for all races.'

Asian health officials also went on alert as the flu strain appeared to have spread to New Zealand.