Archive - 27 June 2009

The Kelantan palace says it again - the row between teen model Manohara and her royal husband Tengku Muhammad Fakhry is a personal matter.

Indian Malaysians are being given a raw deal in the state civil service as they hold only 3.2% of available posts, of which 95% are low-ranking jobs.

UPDATED 7.10PM In yet another blow to the ousted Perak menteri besar, his request for a full 11-member bench hearing his appeal has been denied.

After six years of unofficial banishment from Umno, the former strongman is back with this message - the party’s No 1 enemy is not the opposition, but corruption. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Stopping short of calling Subramaniam a 'coward', the incumbent deputy chief Palanivel gives his predecessor a tongue lashing over his remark.

The prime minister however said that Umno still has a chance to win if it fields a candidate who has the capability to serve the people.

Except for the ideological bent of the Socialist Front, of which the Labour Party was the backbone, political parties here have always been formed along religious and racial lines.

The opposition leader plumbs for the pluralism that comes through trade in a speech to a conference in Washington DC to promote greater ties between western and Islamic entrepreneurs.

UPDATED 3.02PM We need to send a very clear signal that we are serious in looking after the interests and welfare of Indonesian domestic helpers.

Raub MP Ng Yen Yen said today that there is no cause for concern for the villagers of Bukit Koman adding that she had already looked into the matter three years ago.

On Thursday, the villagers lost their appeal in the Federal Court and it looks like the demolition team from the developer will be moving in soon.

After hours of bitter debate, lawmakers voted 219-212 to put the US economy under a "cap-and-trade" system for managing carbon emissions.

free The authorities should put all quarantine-breakers in jail for seven days. This will ensure that everyone will abide by the call to quarantine themselves.

Two of the three Court of Appeal’s written judgments on who is the rightful Perak MB were released yesterday while the final one will only be ready on Monday.

But a search will continue for the aircraft's black boxes that are set to continue emitting homing signals until July 2.

As the world mourns Michael Jackson, attention is increasingly turned to the possible involvement of drugs in his tragic death.

UPDATED 3.45PM But they did not discuss Malaysia's claim that Washington had meted out unfair treatment over its decision to put the country on a human trafficking blacklist.