Archive - 15 January 2010

A total of 269 employers were charged for offences related to foreign workers under the Immigration Act 1959/63 from 2007 to 2009, said Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

About 60 percent of seven million respondents understand the 1Malaysia concept introduced by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Assistant medical officers (AMO) manning the 1Malaysia Clinics should not be dismissed as greenhorns.

DAP will vote to amend its constitution at a national convention this weekend in an attempt to manage a membership boom.

The United States embassy in Malaysia issued a warning today that criminal and terrorist groups are planning attacks against foreigners in Sabah.

The BN Youth plans to go on a roadshow in Sabah and Sarawak to explain the issue on the use of the word 'Allah'.

Catholic bishops adhere strictly to the 'render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's' dictum at their meeting.

The recent church bombings which brought such negative publicity is the culmination of a calculated attempt by morally bankrupt and ignorant politicians to shore up support from the Malay community.

Unfortunately in Malaysia, Islam has always been a political football to be kicked around unethically by unscrupulous and opportunistic leaders on both sides of the political divide to score points.

Raub is my home town and I was born and bred there. During the early 70s as an army officer (Captain) I was involved in many jungle operations against the communist terrorists (CT's) in and around Raub and Bukit Koman where we eliminated several (CT's)

This gives me some right to comment when the lives of those I helped protect then are now being threatened by Raub Australian Gold Mining Co (RAGM) by the use of cyanide in its operations and for not complying with the international mining standards.

An NGO for the disabled has given the Selayang Municipal Council a month to heed their demands, failing which they will hold protests.

The DAP is all worked up over who actually championed the cause of the people against development of a popular plot of land.

The majority of central committee members want 'Ohms' P Thiagarajan to helm the crisis-rocked fledgling party.

 

We are waiting for the EIA report, which according to Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, will come out some time in March, said chief minister Musa Aman.

A new system where a student rep for UIA's education faculty is to be picked by the university instead of through elections is causing anxiety.

UPDATED 7.40PM Two students and a journalist have been detained at a protest against e-voting in campus elections. [VIDEO INSIDE]

He says bloggers should be disseminating useful knowledge to net surfers rather than being preoccupied with gossips.

The rates will remain the same until the power supply situation stabilises and power failures are reduced.

Christians in the two Malaysian Borneo states can continue to use the term 'Allah' for God in Malay print as they have done for the last 300 years.

UPDATED 6.30PM 'Ke nak aku baling bom petrol di sana plak? ... harga boleh runding...' (Do you want me to throw a petrol bomb there?...

 

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein Onn is losing his plot.

COMMENT Penang DCM II Prof P Ramasamy should have taken the opportunity to represent Indian Malaysians at the international conference.

Urban pioneers of Kampung Banggali given the runaround in struggle to solve their 50-year misery.

The number of those sent home has dropped over the last three years, according to the Immigration Department.

Bulls say the rally still has legs and valuations not outrageous, while bears say stocks run ahead of fundamentals and a correction is due.

Raja Nazrin's call for a swift end to controversies affecting national unity, and fake US currencies seized from a 'billionaire' made the headlines.

He urges Muslims thinkers at an international meeting in Lebanon to regard their religion not as a closed book but as starting point of inquiry.

UPDATED 5PM Teoh's inquest was told today the Thai expert was not facing any risk of being prosecuted.

Japan's defence minister on Friday ordered the end of a naval refuelling mission in the Indian Ocean that has supported the US-led war in Afghanistan since 2001, his ministry said.

The case involves only Anwar Ibrahim and his former assistant, not the government, says Home Ministry's chief secretary.

News of a cabinet reshuffle is in the air again, this time prompted by the impending MCA fresh polls in March.

Anger and despair has mounted in quake-hit Haiti with scores facing a third night trapped beneath the ruins, food and water running out, and little sign of international aid.

A Chicago businessman was charged on Thursday with helping an old friend from military school in Pakistan plot the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, officials said.

The World Council of Churches has called on the Malaysian government to take immediate action to end attacks on churches.

Currently the number of non-Malay students in the prestigious college is less than five percent.

free 'Many languages/dialects native to the region had to adapt Malay words to support their vocabulary...'

free 'The easiest way to nab the culprits is to offer a RM500,000 reward to anyone who can come forward with information leading to the arrest of the assailants.'

China declared its Internet "open" on Thursday but defended censorship that has prompted web giant Google to threaten to pull out of the country, adding a potential new irritant in China-US relations.

A roadside bomb exploded near an Israeli embassy convoy headed to the Jewish state from the Jordanian capital on Thursday, causing no casualties, officials from the two countries said.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday "Zionist" methods were used in the bombing of a top atomic scientist, as angry mourners chanting anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans buried the slain professor.