Archive - 28 February 2010

After considerable turbulence earlier this month culminating in the exit from PKR of Bayan Baru MP Zahrain Mohd Hashim, another possible spate of defections seems on the cards.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said the media have a social responsibility to work with the government towards nation-building despite having differing policies.

Perak BN deputy chairperson Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah today denied rumours of a snap election to be held in the state in September.

The MACC has given an assurance that there will be no exception in the corruption probe on Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat involving the sponsorship for pilgrimage and other issues of irregularities raised.

Kelantan should generate income and open up job opportunities for the locals instead of exporting its people to the other states to look for work.

A motion pertaining to the oil royalty is expected to be tabled at the Kelantan state assembly sitting tomorrow to enable the issue to be taken to court, state exco Husam Musa said today.

Some 36,000 Malaysians, 3.6 per cent of the total population, were unemployed between Oct 2008 and Dec 2009, Deputy Human Resources Minister Maznah Mazlan said today.

ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan on Sunday defended the bloc's efforts towards economic integration by 2015, saying progress is "on track" despite concerns aired at ministerial talks.

A Hamas leader who was killed in his Dubai hotel room, allegedly by Mossad agents, was drugged and then suffocated to death, police said on Sunday.

Huge waves surged across the Pacific on Sunday forcing hundreds of thousands to scramble for safety after Chile's earthquake killed more than 300 people, razed buildings and tore up bridges and roads.

The presumed military chief of the armed Basque separatist organisation ETA was arrested on Sunday in northwest France, the Spanish interior ministry announced.

The defence minister was commenting on reports about a raid in Aceh last week in which Indonesian police were said to have confiscated bayonets, money, DVDs as well as “Malaysian military uniforms”. 

Four months into his tenure as chief executive officer of Sarawak Energy Bhd, Torstein Sjotveitthe has already come under scrutiny in his native Norway for the Murum dam project and its impact on the Penans.

Foreign minister Anifah Aman also today conveyed Malaysia's condolences and deep sympathy to the victims of the massive earthquake that hit Chile yesterday.

Umno needs to take action on Razaleigh for working together with opposition parties on the Kelantan oil royalty issue.
   

Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Fadillah Yusof and senator Empiang Jabu returned unopposed as PBB Youth and Wanita chiefs respectively.

Japan evacuated 320,000 people Sunday as a tsunami triggered by Chile's earthquake hit its Pacific coast, but fears of destructive waves ebbed across the rest of the Pacific's vast "Ring of Fire".

A bunch of tech-savvy law students are using Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools on the Internet to raise awareness about the Federal Constitution. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Thailand tightened security on Sunday after two grenades exploded outside branches of the country's biggest bank in a suspected reaction to a court verdict against deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

The MIC president said while the party was not against the BN’s proposed open membership system, he would still have to gauge the feelings of party members on the proposal.

Japan and Russia went on alert Sunday, clearing tens of thousands of people out of vulnerable coastal areas as a tsunami triggered by Chile's massive killer quake powered across the Pacific.

The Information Communication and Culture Ministry plans to draw up a policy that will enhance or commercialise the country's arts and culture.

But Chile, reeling from the deaths of at least 300 people and a trail of destruction caused by Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake, appealed for foreign donors to wait until the scale of the task is clear.

Tony Blair was so depressed after the Iraq war that the then British premier told Gordon Brown he would quit the following summer, only to renege on his pledge, a newspaper reported Sunday.

free 'Everyone who claims to bring greatness to Sarawak is only going to feather his nest and that of his relatives and cronies.'

free 'As much as Perkasa is being made use of by Ibrahim to remain in public eye, Umno is also making use of Ibrahim to sub-contract their Ketuanan Melayu agenda.'

UPDATED 8PM Waves hit Chile, Hawaii, French Polynesia and the South Pacific as the tsunami moved at jetspeed around the 'Ring of Fire'.