Archive - 23 October 2009

Weaknesses are apparent in the Budget, says the opposition leader as Najib fails to explain how the government plans shrink deficit. [VIDEO INSIDE]

An economist, a representative of the disabled community, a curator and a small business association chief give their immediate reactions on the budget.

In announcing the decision, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says the embattled politician could still file an appeal to him.

Shah Alam Municipal Council deputy mayor clears the air over MIC's allegation that a temple was destroyed in Persiaran Kerjaya in Shah Alam

Describing Budget 2010 as a ‘people's budget, Muhyiddin says that the various measures will reduce the budget deficit.

The government will impose a lower goods and services tax (GST) rate rather than the current sales tax and service tax rates, if the GST materialises.

Perak state reps want Najib to assure their safety as they fear a repeat of the May debacle when their speaker was dragged out.

It's an education friendly budget with RM30bil in total allocated for all schools.

Budget 2010 A new retirement scheme for the self-employed has been proposed in the 2010 budget that will go a long way for those working without pension benefits.

Party youth chief says a careful look at what caused the party spiritual leader to call for an EGM to oust its president and two others must be discussed first.

Budget 2010 To further intensify the tourism industry, the government has set side RM899 million for various programmes

Budget 2010 Najib also said inflation remained low, between 1.5 percent and 2.5 percent, and unemployment at below four percent.

The government will enact a Whistle Blower Act - which provides informers immunity to civil or criminal action - in a bid to combat corruption.

UPDATED 6.10PM The PM seeks to lay down a firm foundation to drive the nation towards embracing a high-income economy in the 2010 budget.

Anwar failed to stop the Court of Appeal from hearing the prosecution's appeal against the High Court's order for the prosecution to supply documents to him.

10 families from a village demolished three years ago have been left out in the cold after the developer allegedly reneged on promised alternate homes.

All quarters, especially party supporters, have been warned not to create commotion during the Perak state assembly sitting, scheduled for Wednesday.

UPDATED 9.25PM Next year's allocation totalled RM191.5 billion - 11.2% lower than the revised allocation of RM215.7 billion for 2009.

Parliament It was done to assess if two videos it carried relating to the cow-head protest in Shah Alam had elements of racism, says deputy information minster

Ronnie Liu was quizzed pertaining the alleged misappropriation of funds by his special assistant.

On Jan 20, 2003, a team of 10 policemen arrived unannounced at our office and proceeded to confiscate 15 CPUs and four servers following a police report by Unmo Youth.

Interview The turning point in the MCA internecine war came with the announcement yesterday of a peace initiative. The question is will it last?

Villagers in Teluk Kemang, Seremban allege that they are being victimised by the authorities for backing the opposition in the last GE.

I have been reading all that has been written about the Bagan Pinang by-election results and the implications and thought I should say something. Let's look at what factors influenced the voters:

The Isa factor had a major influence on how the voters picked their candidate. Isa is immensely popular among the voters of all races. Whether it is rightly or wrongly placed it was very clear that he was popular.

Barack Obama and the Flying Circus is a perfect term to describe current President of the United States and his prominent cabinet.

For the past year and a half every single day was and still is about Barack Obama and his extravaganza. Days just does not go by without hearing about Obama.

The PKR political pot in the state is boiling over who is to be its next head, a wrong choice would likely prove fatal to its future there.

The former premier is disappointed that he has been robbed of the chance to take the stand in court and clear his name.

Forget the hi-tech computers and sensors, it appears that mother nature has provided us with a feathered friend who can warn of imminent earthquakes.

Penang PKR says it will allow the police to investigate an SMS alleging that its state rep S Raveentharan had sodomised his ex-wife.

Experts and industry players are questioning the government's commitment in handling the thorny issue of insufficient bandwidth capacity which continues to plague Malaysia.

UPDATED 5.09pm He has caught the 'EGM bug' and strongly hinted that the party president may have to go. [VIDEO INSIDE]

MB vows his budget will outdo that of last year's for it is directed at the well-being of ordinary folk.

MCA's 'unity' peace initiative which saw president Ong Tee Keat 'holding hands' with ex-deputy Chua Soi Lek and estranged supporter Liow Tiong Lai dominated major dailies.

The State Department report recounted allegations of government shelling of civilians during the early months of 2009 as well as charges that Tamil rebels recruited children to fight in the conflict.

British National Party head Nick Griffin appeared on the weekly 'Question Time' debate show as around 500 demonstrators joined in angry protests outside Television Centre in west London.

free "I thought that MCA wanted to resolve their crisis internally and that Umno had refrained from intervening. Now Najib suddenly brokered this deal? This shows MCA is spineless and under Umno's thumb."

free "When a politician was wrongly accused of complaining on the level of noise from a mosque, she was arrested under ISA. When it comes to investigating an RM2,400 discrepancy in an invoice, the person being investigated died in the MACC office. "