Archive - 23 June 2009

Bill passed amid furore and allegations of bulldozing through an unfair Act.

Domestic Trade, Cooperative And Consumerism Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said there is no intention to deny co-operatives their right as the 25 per cent contribution brings returns just like fixed deposit.

New Terengganu Umno head Hishamuddin Hussein tells an a Malay daily about chairing his maiden state Umno liason committee meeting.

It was surrendered to the KL Sessions Court in 2007 when he was charged with sedition. The court will deliver its decision on July 10.

The landowners who are against an oil palm planting and re-afforestation project in the Long Terawan area of Mulu will continue to oppose it even though the pact has been signed.

Visitors to the Kinabalu National Park, Poring hot springs and Sabah tea garden are giving nearby Ranau town and Kundasang a skip because of its deplorable facilities and filthy conditions.

The Sri Cempaka International School in Cheras was not informed by the Health Ministry to cease operations in view of the A(H1N1) influenza outbreak.

A 30-year-old temple was vandalised by unknown persons but to devotees, its seems too much of a coincidence after the committee received an eviction notice from the local authorities.

free ‘One moment they talk of Malaysia, another time they talk of Malay rights etc. Both the No 1 and No 2 of PAS are fast losing their reputations with the non-Malays’

The three-year suspension of Gerakan's outspoken vice-president Huan Cheng Guan is unconstitutional, say three branches.

A French miniature submarine has been launched after a 'very weak' signal was detected from the flight recorders of the Air France jetliner that crashed in the Atlantic.

comment That Anwar Ibrahim is the principal adhesive in what had seemed a fissiparous Pakatan Rakyat was demonstrated by his success at forestalling a split in the opposition coalition and also in PAS.

The Bar Council submits a memorandum to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz pertaining to the arrest of five lawyers on May 7.

UPDATED 3.24PM Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government will make a full announcement by the beginning of July on the controversial issue.

Neng Dara's memoir documents her personal and professional struggle to bring together the seemingly incompatible traditions of Islam and feminism.

The soul of a nation is said to be vested in its poets, artistes, writers, intellects and musicians. The nation lost part of its soul with the passing of activist Toni Kasim a year ago.

UPDATED 4.35PM The warrant was issued after the coroner was satisfied that Manikavasagam has refused to accept a subpoena to appear at the inquest into the sudden death of local actress K Sujatha. [VIDEO INSIDE]

comment We do not need unity among political parties but politicians need to be united in thinking about the common good of Malaysia.

UPDATED 4.40PM The Health Ministry has ordered Sri Cempaka International School at Cheras and SRK Assunta 1 to be closed for a week as a result of the influenza A(H1N1) virus.

Its declaration that the three Perak ‘turncoats’ are still members of the state assembly is tantamount to not administering justice according to the law.

The Malay dailies led with PM Najib Abdul Razak who insisted that the BN will remain strong even if the idea of unity government was rejected by Pakatan Rakyat.

Kedah Gerakan Youth claims that growing dissatisfaction with the PAS state government and its policies should encourage the PKR and DAP to align themselves with the BN coalition.

Newly-appointed Sabah PKR chief Azmin Ali has upset some by calling for big personalities to be recruited as part of a restructuring exercise at the divisional and state level.

Rescue workers searched through a mangled mess into the night after a Washington metro train rammed into another one during the evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring 76.

Conservative party's John Bercow was elected by a majority of 51 to be the lower house of Parliament's public face, a position with a 600-year history rich in tradition and pageantry.