Archive - 17 November 2009

Karpal said he was slightly surprised by Nazri's offer but nonetheless he was willing to take up the challenge.

Both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat declared that they were ready to contest in Kota Siputeh in the event a by-election is called pending court appeals.

The Election Commission (EC) will take the necessary action pending the decision of the Kuala Lumpur High Court on its application for a stay of execution of the order to call for a by-election for the Kota Siputeh state seat in Kedah.

He mocks her ability to regain a government post despite losing in the general election with a huge majority.

UPDATED 7.45PM The Transparency International's corruption perception index for this year placed Malaysia at a lowly 56th slot, down nine places from last year, and our worst ever ranking.

UPDATED 8PM Renewed allegations of millions in share ownership work of my political enemies, says PKR veep

MCA will likely adopt direct election for all the central committee (CC) positions instead of just the president and deputy president posts, said party deputy president Dr Chua.

The state legislative assembly approves a motion to call for a new royal commission to look into Teoh's death after an impassioned plea by DAP assemblyperson Hannah Yeoh.

Green lobbyists in Sabah are increasingly demanding a public forum on the coal option for the state and winning support. This follows growing fears that the state might be slowly inching towards the coal option.

He decries the government’s bravado in acting as if the economy is home free in spite of the global recession.

The building of a new Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) will be completed by the end of 2011 although its construction faced some delay.

While the former Perlis mufti may emerge unblemished in his reputation, future applications for authorisation may be affected.

But there is more to their apparent concession that the BN head is regaining public confidence.

The Federal Court ruled that a lawyer holding political posts cannot contest for a post in the Bar Council.

Biro Tata Negara programmes are a tool to spread Umno/BN political ideology and fans racial politics, say several Pakatan reps

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detained 605 people last year on suspicion of being involved in various forms of corruption.

The Tourism Ministry and Home Ministry will identify factors that draw Africans here in an effort to curb social problems involving this group of visitors.

The fight against HIV transmission in Peninsular Malaysia has largely been a fight against intravenous drug use, and rightly so. However, this approach will not aid Sarawak in keeping the number of transmissions low.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's political secretary Ng Wei Aik said Umno is running scared of Lim's decision to declassify minutes to expose the truth.

EXCLUSIVE Otherwise, party leaders will only implement resolutions favourable to them and ignore those that go against them, says leader Wong Nai Chee. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Risda chief and ex-Malacca MB says Mahathir should be harnessed by the government to help the progress of Malaysia and other Islamic countries.

In the second installment of a 'mystery interview' with private investigator P Balasubramaniam which appeared on Malaysia Today, he purportedly tells of how he was made to sign a second statutory declaration and bundled out of the country.

Sri Serdang legislator Satim Diman is referred to committee of rights and privileges for disparaging Selangor MB Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

BN-friendly independent rep Badrul resurfaces at the Selangor assembly sitting after disappearing from the public eye following his defection from PKR.

More than a decade has passed since Anwar Ibrahim was sacked but it appears that time has stood still for Dr Mahathir Mohamad at least in terms of his dislike for his former deputy.

PM Najib says the centre, to be known as MyNIC, will focus on biotechnology, ICT and intellectual capital among others.

UPDATED 5.25PM PM Najib says BN accepts the declaration that the Kota Siputeh state seat is vacant for now.

UPDATED 3.36PM The Selangor state assembly today nominated PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali and MPPJ councillor Ramakrishnan to the Senate as representatives from the state.

There is an intense interest in Germany to save the highly endangered species from extinction.

A potential by-election for the Kota Siputeh state seat in Kedah dominates the headlines.

These are grown-up decisions, so let these babies grow up and make the decision for themselves.

It may hurt but, as has been written, the truth will set us free if we are honest enough to face facts.

The production of the new H1N1 vaccine could cover 10 percent of the country's population and will be given out for free.

Financial stocks remained in the limelight, especially CIMB Group, which saw its share price increase by six sen to RM13.34 after 15 minutes of trading.

On Chinese state television's evening news, Obama's visit was not even mentioned until 25 minutes into the broadcast. Xinhua's main dispatch on the Shanghai event did not include Obama's comments on Internet freedoms.

free 'It was you, Dr Mahathir, who made Anwar Ibrahim the finance minister in your cabinet and he was sacked for reasons other than failing as finance minister if my memory serves me correctly.'

free 'If we are not ready now, we will never be ready. The two-party system is less about the people than the maturity of politicians. The incumbent parties in BN have to accept that.'

A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, insisted the energy ministry.