Archive - 23 February 2010

Najib Razak has announced a special allocation of RM35 million for three projects to improve living conditions in four resettlement schemes in the Rajang Security Command (Rascom) area.

MCA vice-president Liow Tiong Lai’s faction is attempting to force a vote during the upcoming national annual general meeting (AGM) on whether fresh polls should be held for the party’s central committee.

In relation to that, PAC chairman Azmi Khalid said he would not make any comment on the issue as investigations were ongoing.

The federal government has contended that Kelantan is not entitled to oil royalty under the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 1969 as it had been abolished in 1979.

Four Muslim groups lodged police reports over a newspaper article which criticised the syariah whipping sentence on three women. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Chief minister said the people of Penang used an average of 283 litres of water per person per day, exceeding Unesco's recommended daily usage of 160 litres.

Plus reported RM1.62 billion in higher pre-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31, 2009 - 7.1 percent higher from RM1.52 billion in 2008.

There is no point hawking the 1Malaysia concept when the people of Perak have been denied their government of choice, said ousted MB Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin.

An academician called on Pakatan to address contentious issues raised by disgruntled current and former reps, rather than keep sweeping them under the carpet.

"The question of gender is not important, of utmost importance is the output and achievement of the civil service," PM said.

Shahidan Kassim's camp claims there exists a 'deal' of rotating the state chief executive post now held by Md Isa Sabu.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has been told to contact the state police to fix a time and date for his statements to be recorded in relation to six reports against him.

The High Court has rejected an application by a former Sentul police chief to strike out the statement of defence filed by Kapar MP S Manikavasagam.

Its president R Sivarasa assures that it will have ‘real power' as decisions will be made jointly.

Ousted Pakatan MB calls on Ipoh residents to emulate the tiger and be ‘courageous’ and ‘fight against injustice’.

The cabinet will decide tomorrow on the new electricity tariff, says Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Peter Chin Fah Kui.

Muhyiddin Yassin today refuted Lim Kit Siang's allegation that the former does not fully support the 1Malaysia concept.

The Education Ministry's transformation of the school curriculum is aimed at sparking creative and innovative ideas among students.

Gerakan members need to redouble their efforts and work harder to prove that its national advisor's comment that the party has lost Penang for good is wrong. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The MIC is not against the BN proposal to allow membership for friendly individuals, political parties and non-governmental organisations.

PKR’s Jeffrey Kitingan sounds yet another warning about Sabah’s plague of illegal MyKad after the arrest of a syndicate head.

UPDATED 8.13 PM No reports were lodged on any injuries sustained by A Kugan throughout his detention, said Taipan USJ D9 chief Rodney Pasla Harris.

The National Union of Bank Employees intends to pressure the government to agree to 90 days’ maternity leave for working women.

T Murugiah will accept the High Court decision on his application to enforce a decision by the arbitral tribunal.

The Sarawak government was found guilty, but it is taxpayers who will pay the cost of ignoring native land rights.

EXCLUSIVE In a democracy, the ‘master’ must serve the ‘slaves’ as they hold more votes than him, says the pragmatic politician. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

Mahathir said Malaysia's formula one team, Lotus Racing, must perform well in Bahrain next month to maintain the Lotus image and brand.

Our DPM is promoting mixed messages.

Argentina rallied regional support at a summit in Mexico as a British oil rig began drilling in the disputed seas around the Falkland Islands.

COMMENT Adab inspired education seeems to clash with the scientific approach which requires the mind to be wide open, free from blocks and encumbrances and free from predetermined parameters.

Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen defended the war in Afghanistan after 27 civilians died , including women and a child, in an attack the Afghan government called "unjustifiable."

An Afghan immigrant and self-confessed Al-Qaeda agent, Najibullah Zazi, pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to blow up New York's subway system in protest against the war in Afghanistan.

A car bomb exploded outside a Northern Ireland court, police said, in an attack that one lawmaker attributed to republican dissidents.

free 'You are now caught between the real you and the need to show love and loyalty for your party.'

free 'Don't forget that those born in the 1980s will be eligible to vote in the next election. They are the basis of our hope for freedom from BN and Taib Mahmud's hegemony.'

Major Salou Djibo, the leader of a junta that toppled Niger's President Mamadou Tandja last week is now the west African nation's transitional head of state and government, a military decree said on Monday.

EU foreign ministers voiced outrage on Monday at the assassination of a Hamas chief and the use of fake European passports by the killers as they subjected their Israeli counterpart to a grilling.