Archive - 14 October 2009

The minimum requirement to contest top Umno posts is to serve one term as committee members at the divisional level.

We no longer have Team 1, Team 2 or Team 3 ... today we are one," says Khairy as he wraps debate at the assembly.

A Gerakan Youth leader lauds Najib's statement that with the 1Malaysia concept BN will one day become a single party without components.

The High Court here today adjourned to Oct 28 the Roman Catholic church's application to set aside the court's order allowing eight parties to intervene in the matter relating the use of the word "Allah" in its weekly publications.

Umno Youth deputy chief Razali Ibrahim says the call by Khairy Jamaluddin to members to change their mindset is timely.

Perak BN and Pakatan elected reps are set for a collision course as both sides call for a state assembly sitting on Oct 28.

UPDATED 8.30PM If Umno does not stand by what is right then the people would desert us, warned Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

The former Selangor MB has filed a suit against the chairperson of Selcat and state assembly speaker Teng Chang Khim and two others.

One of seven proposed amendments to the Umno constitution to be tabled at the party's special general assembly here tomorrow raises to 146,500 the number of delegates eligible to elect Umno's top as well as divisional leaders.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department T Murugiah filed a RM10 million defamation suit against PPP president M Kayveas for defaming him.

An NGO leader claims that the ruling coalition has not engaged with NGOs, unlike Pakatan Rakyat.

Bird lovers are flocking to Borneo to catch a glimpse of some exotic and fine feathered friends.

Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud has remained non-committal as to whether partyless Pelagus state assemblyman Larry Sng will be dropped in the state cabinet reshuffle, scheduled to take place before the state assembly sitting early next month.

COMMENT Journalists and bloggers describe the PAS campaign in the Bagan Pinang by-election as one of boredom, blunders and absence of a strategy.

The PAS spiritual leader admits that PAS' defeat in the Bagan Pinang by-election was due to a wrong strategy in their campaign.

'Please don't sideline us when it comes to bigger things. We want to be on equal footing with Umno Youth and Wanita Umno.' This is Rosnah's appeal.

InvestPenang called upon the federal gov't to spare funds for Penang's transport system.

Wanita Umno head Shahrizat Abdul Jalil says political opponents have divided the race and that it is at a 'dangerous crossroads'.

The genesis of Malaysiakini is the story of its founders who saw that there was a vacuum in the media... and how they went on to fill it.

'There is no use to dwell in the past. All I want is that the Malaysian government honours the agreements we signed.'

The Dewan Rakyat has deferred the government's response to two oral questions on the Port Klang Free Zone scandal.

UPDATED 8.25PM TBH inquest A MACC senior officer claimed his meeting in Putrajaya was "more important", which was why...

It said the economy may need a third stimulus package worth RM8 billion next year to spur the recovery process.

Khairy vows that his Youth wing will stop the 'forked-tongue tale teller' called Anwar Ibrahim from realising his dream.

COMMENT Umno is forced to rethink its future as its coalition partners have lost all relevance

On the eve of a crucial MCA CC meeting which will determine Ong Tee Kiat's future, political analyst Stanley Koh discusses issues affecting the party

The villagers take on dam giant in a David vs Goliath battle in Sarawak in a matter touching on native customary land rights.

UMNO's AGM makes the headlines of most major newspapers today.

ANALYSIS The EGM was to put an end to the MCA’s problems, but it has only plunged the party deeper into the quagmire.

The following is an abstract of Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin's keynote speech at the Umno Youth general assembly today.

I saw the other day that R Nadeswaran's new book 'Some untold stories', is going on sale today, just in time for Deepavali.

Umno AGM The party should move away from the age-old concept of 'Malay dominance' to one which emphasises 'Malay leadership'.

free 'It was not bribery. Can you bottle 'change, reformasi' or the Teoh Beng Hock and Port Klang Free Zone issues and pass it on to them to live on?'

free 'The swing might not be as much as in Bagan Pinang, but in the 13 ^th general elections, a small swing back to the BN is all that is needed for another 'tsunami'...