Archive - 2 May 2009

Unlike DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh, both father and son have failed to make clear their stand on the cabinet decision.

A 45-year-old foreigner has been put under intensive medical observation at the Penang Hospital this afternoon after he sought treatment complaining of fever and backaches.

After its humiliating defeat in the Batang Ai by-election, PKR has made changes to its poll strategy.

The following is the statement from ISA detainee and Kota Alam Shah state rep M Manoharan, which was issued from Kamunting prison.

At first, it was the deadly prospects of a large amount of cyanide being used nearby, but now Bukit Koman folks are having to live with strong chemical fumes. [VIDEO INSIDE]

updated 6.30pm Manoharan, who is under ISA detention, has today confirmed that he is considering quitting his Selangor state seat of Kota Alam Shah.

Raymond Tan will now actively seek membership in a 'friendly' BN party ... his options are limited since 'almost nobody loves Raymond'.

updated 6.16pm Egypt is to step up a controversial slaughter of the nation's 250,000 pigs, despite WHO saying there was no evidence the animals were transmitting swine flu to humans.

Golkar party leader Jusuf Kalla and ex-military chief Wiranto have declared their bid to run as presidential and VP candidates in the upcoming elections.

Former CM Harris Salleh, who handed the island to the federal government in 1984, decried that the Federal Territory of Labuan has now become a white elephant.

James Barker, now serving a 90-year-term in a military prison, was testifying at the civil trial of the atrocity's alleged ringleader.

analysis For outsiders, the Penanti by-election may be a forgone conclusion. But for Penang PKR party insiders, it is the beginning of a new chapter in the power struggle within the party.

The Chinese minority, known for their pragmatic skills at survival steeped in the Confucian teaching of the Middle Way, will exercise their new power rationally.

Labour Day rallies attended by hundreds of thousands of people angered or worried by recession turned ugly in a host of affected countries.

updated 6.21pm South Korea today reported its first case of swine flu after Hong Kong said a man who flew from Mexico had the disease.

free 'You can’t do the right thing by doing the wrong thing first – that is simple logic that every man of integrity can understand. Now’s the chance to prove that you’re indeed a man of integrity.'