Archive - 5 August 2009

Three groups of hawkers and petty traders in KL are on the warpath, claiming their members had suffered losses due to damage and disruption of business during the anti-ISA rally last Saturday.

While a Selangor exco member is frothing in anger over the beer sale issue, the MB wants everyone to hold a ceasefire until he brews up a solution. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Two stakeholders express disquiet over the Selangor PAS proposal, with one saying this is not the right way to address the issue at hand.

A controversial commentary published by Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia yesterday has kicked off a debate on race-baiting.

INQUEST Two security guards at Plaza Masalam where the Selangor MACC is located testified that 10 officers were in their office between 8pm and 8am on the day Teoh died.

It all comes down to how the Pakatan Rakyat parties handle the PAS call for a ban on alcohol sales in Muslim-majority areas, say observers.

The trade ministry said in a statement that shipments slumped to RM45.1 billion year-on-year while imports fell 20.8 percent to RM35.99 billion.

State governments have been urged to take over control of management corporations of low-cost flats as residents are not financially sound to operate them.

Australia today charged four more men with planning a suicide assault on a Sydney army barracks, prompting an angry outburst from one of them.

UPDATED 5.30PM They say Jeff Ooi, the chief of staff at the Penang Chief Minister’s office, cannot be allowed to keep his job after his unflattering remark about Jemaah Islah Malaysia.

Over 100,000 people took to the rain-soaked streets of Manila today to bid farewell to former president Corazon Aquino.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term today, vowing more defiance of the West at a ceremony boycotted by his rivals, as riot police broke up opposition protests.

UPDATED 7.11PM The anti-corruption commission was ready to raid Batu Tiga state representative Roziah Ismail's office as a follow up to a graft probe but pulled out after negotiations.

UPDATED 7.23PM The death toll due to influenza A(H1N1) in the country has gone up to 12 with four new fatalities reported today.

Nominations will be accepted on Aug 22, while polling will take place on Sept 12 to coincide with the opening of the party’s general assembly. [VIDEO INSIDE]

MTUC said people hit the streets to protest as the government was never interested in memorandums submitted by civil societies.

UPDATED 6.50PM with API readings at 5pm It suffered the worst haze levels recorded this year as smoke from forest fires caused 'unhealthy' levels of pollution in five areas.

A report alleging that 3,000 Penans are suffering from hunger seems to be ignored by the authorities.

Where neighbouring countries accept street protests without batting an eyelid, Malaysian authorities spout ancient rhetoric that has neither sense nor substance.

Ex-US president Bill Clinton flew home today with two jailed American journalists, hours after leader Kim Jong-Il pardoned them as part of his 'peace-loving' policy.

The vice-president says he wants to focus on state matters in Perak to strengthen the party which had taken a beating in the last general election.

MACC chief receives death threat over political aide Teoh Beng Hock's death.

INQUEST UPDATED 1.55PM The inquest on the death of Teoh Beng Hock kicked off today with 97 witnesses expected to be called. [VIDEO INSIDE]

A video clipping being widely circulated has nothing to do with the late Teoh Beng Huat who died recently after plunging to his death in Shah Alam

free 'One merely needs to look at Umno’s mouthpiece Utusan Malaysia to see what PM Najib means by 1Malaysia.'