Archive - 22 December 2009

PM Najib is expected to announce a new economic model for Malaysia by the end of February next year.

Kelantan PAS Youth information head Dr Rosli Allani Abdull Kadir, today announced his decision to resign from all party posts with immediate effect.

UPDATED 10PM He has 'reserved the right' to sue author Barry Wain, opposition leader Lim Kit Siang and Malaysiakini.

Women should not turn their backs on the Barisan Nasional government because the ruling coalition has provided them with the best.

Relief and vindication aside, they question aspects of the judgment that have not gone their way.

The Education Ministry will be given time to review the decision and arrive at an amicable solution, failing which Indian support for BN will erode, warn the organisers.

Kota Kinabalu division head Christina Liew becomes the sole deputy head - the first woman to hold the post.

A Terengganu-based NGO says cosy ties between politicians and contractors have led to shoddy work on several new buildings in the state.

Eighteen of 86 infrastructure projects under the Health Ministry were not completed and regarded as "sick projects", said Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai.

The ink, bought for the use in the last general election but not used over security and legal reasons, has been disposed of by a burning process.

Almost 99 per cent of the 2,587 deaths of prison inmates recorded between 2000 and Nov 23 this year occurred in hospitals and were due to health problems.

UPDATED 7.40PM Besides the two Royal Malaysian Air Force F-5E fighter jet engines reported missing, other related equipment are also gone.

An academician called on Pakatan Rakyat allies to adopt the coalition's recently unveiled common policy framework as their respective party agenda.

MTUC says it is an affront to the dignity and rights of workers to be placed in temporary service schemes after three decades of employment.

SPECIAL REPORT Researchers explore religious tenets to understand why some people are more likely to commit suicide than others.

Low demand for electricity and difficult land terrain are cited as reasons for the Bakun dam in Sarawak not to supply power to Sabah.

UPDATED 6.40PM An attempt to quiz the First Lady on allegations against her brought her PC to an abrupt halt. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The matter will now be heard on Dec 28 and 29 after his counsel Muhammad Shafee was unable to attend today.

PAS is perplexed how the jet engines could have been whisked away with such ease while a DAP stalwart says the entire episode reeks of poor performance.

UPDATED 3.30PM They will get RM30,000 each after being wrongfully detained following Umno Youth's disruption of the Apcet II conference more than a decade ago.

UPDATED 2.30PM Tan Boon Wah's lawyer Karpal Singh files the application to appeal against the decision to allow MACC to grill witnesses after office hours.

Reports emerge of the 'loss' of a second jet fighter engine from an air force base.

COMMENT The struggle for truth and justice must never cease if we want to bring about change.

In any large system, change involves many parties and stakeholders but most of all clear political will from the highest level.

The Malaysian Medical Association does not form part of the Malaysian Medical Council and does not have any influence on it, or vice-versa.

Major shifts in the political-economic and socio-cultural climate are inevitable when the condition is ripe.

free 'Do we honestly think that Najib would dare to convene a royal commission of inquiry to investigate his own mentor? Umno is Mahathir and Mahathir is Umno.'

Evidence is emerging that the British army used waterboarding during interrogations on prisoners in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, according to a report Tuesday.

free 'Back in 1995, PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad was quoted as saying 'lama-lama kapalterbang pun hilang juga' when asked about a gold heist at the Subang airport.'

Legislation to enact President Barack Obama's top domestic goal, remaking US health care, was expected to clear a new Senate procedural hurdle Tuesday and stay on track for Christmas passage.

Iranian police clashed with stone-throwing protesters after the funeral of dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, attended by vast crowds of mourners in the holy city of Qom, websites said.

Top Israeli ministers on Tuesday ended a fifth round of talks in two days declining to commit to a prisoner swap with Hamas that would see hundreds of Palestinians exchanged for a captured soldier.

Serbia took a step towards European integration Monday as it prepared to apply for EU membership, but authorities are braced for a painful journey a decade after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic.

The death toll from winter storms across Europe rose to at least 80 on Monday as transport chaos spread amid mounting anger over the three-day failure of Eurostar high-speed trains.