Archive - 8 August 2009

One of the most popular bloggers in the country, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, believes that the government should not follow China’s style of Internet censorship.

Section 11 Kota Damansara residents plan to lobby Carrefour's parent company in their bid to stop the construction of a hypermarket at their doorsteps.

In a rare move, the Attorney-General’s Chambers has posted video recordings of the first three days of the Teoh inquest on its website.

Malaysia today suffered the worst haze levels recorded this year with seven areas declared ‘unhealthy’ - four in Sarawak, two in Malacca and one in Johor.

COMMENT The difference between a truly developed nation and a developing third world country is that the people make a difference.

Jittery over PKR making solid inroads in Sabah, PBS goes into overdrive to dislodge Jeffrey Kitingan from his comfortable perch in the opposition politics of the state

The PTA of a school is upset that authorities will not allow them to hold an EGM to voice opposition to the scrapping of teaching science and mathematics in English. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Despite the postponement of China's 'Green Dam' Internet filtering project, a Beijing lawyer vows to take the government to court. This came as Malaysia mulls a similar project.

COMMENT Umno's descent to drivel in the battles against their looming ouster reflects their desperation and fear of Pakatan Rakyat, and especially Anwar Ibrahim.

Reducing talk-time from three to two minutes for a 10 sen local call is unfair to those in the lower income group, says Perak Consumers Association chief

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Douglas Uggah Embas was unable to carry out aerial hot spots surveillance in Sarawak due to the poor visibility.

We need to cleanse and detoxify ourselves so as to stop looking at every issue from the perspective of race and religion, imagined or otherwise.

free The issue of controlling drinking (even smoking) is in the enforcement, not accessibility. It’s the lack of enforcement that allows Muslims and minors to get their hands on these items.

UPDATED 11.15PM Malaysian-born Noordin Mohammed Top was reportedly killed today in a hail of gunfire at his Indonesian hideout after a 17-hour siege by police special forces.