Archive - 12 April 2010

The state mufti says that the proposed committee would only invite misunderstandings and negative implications.

This follows the granting of an ex-parte order by the Court of Appeal pending the hearing of an appeal against the High Court's refusal to issue a discharge order.

The leader of the ‘No Adulterous President’ (NAP) campaign in the run-up to the recent MCA polls was today appointed to the party Wanita wing central committee.

The two former PKR reps who jumped ship and caused the Pakatan Perak government to fall will know then whether they will have their defence called on a corruption charge.

PARLIAMENT Road users may soon have to pay an additional charge for 'congested traffic zones' under a new proposed law.

PKR's decision will be heavily based on information that BN will field MIC deputy president G Palanivel.

The Gerakan secretary-general says like the MCA, the DAP is free to invite Chinese associations to their meetings to give their views and opinions.

The MIC, which will field its candidate for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election under  BN banner, is moving full steam ahead to win the hearts and minds of the people.

The Home Ministry guarantees that Dr Pornthip Rajanasunand can testify at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest in peace and promised to probe her allegations.

A decision would be made soon on which party will contest subject to agreement from Pakatan Rakyat's top leadership.

Hulu Selangor voters have this warning for politicians who don’t keep their election promises.

A whopping RM27.5 mil on women's shoes for civil servants, prompting a MP to ask: 'How many Pradas is that?' [VIDEO INSIDE]

The government is set to lure home more Malaysian doctors and specialists with more than 10 years experience abroad by exempting them for the compulsory three years service in public hospitals.

State minister for religion Malik Kassim confirms that controversial Islamic preacher Asri is free to speak in Penang.

The Health Ministry will strenghten its public survelliance system and awareness campaign in efforts to contain the re-surfacing of the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak.

The opposition leader sees a fourth wave of democratisation sweeping through large swaths of the Asian continent.

WHO is forming a panel of 29 external experts following accusations that the agency-led international reaction to A(H1N1) influenza was overblown and may have been tainted by commercial interests.

The BN candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election on April 25 would be someone from the area, said Muhyiddin Yassin.

The Selangor MB dismisses the fuss over Pakatan’s use of state government machinery ahead of the Hulu Selangor by-election.

The Sibu SUPP branch has recommended Robert Lau Hui Yew as the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Sibu by-election.

The language council MBIM has introduced about a million Bahasa Melayu words that can be used in the education system since 1972.

'They are just small fry, (with) a small role played within the Prime Minister's Department,' said Muhyiddin.

UPDATED 4.50PM Teoh’s family is considering action after Nazri called Thai pathologist Pornthip a liar. [VIDEO INSIDE]

If the Thai pathologist is afraid to attend the inquest, she can testify via video-conferencing, suggests Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim.

Old tombstones found in a garbage site in Butterworth have been traced to a ‘mistake' by a contractor hired to clean up the grounds of a mosque.

The deputy youth chief may have withdrawn from a suit against his sacking as vice-president of Tamil Youth Bell Club but ill feelings remain.

He says they should put aside their personal sentiments and serve the public in a professional manner.

Voters were so disillusioned with BN that they were not voting so much for Pakatan as against the ruling party.

Newspapers today focused on upgrades in public transportation and the protests in Thailand.

Former MCA secretary-general today announced that today would be his last day of office as the Dewan Negara president.

UPDATED 1.30PM The duo have already been questioned over their alleged roles in private eye P Balasubramaniam's controversial statutory declarations.

Its head Ibrahim Ali deems it inappropriate that the committee has been placed under a department overseeing inter-ethnic relations.

Malaysia has urged a peaceful solution to the crisis in neighbouring Thailand, which left 21 dead and over 800 injured in the country's worst political violence in nearly two decades.

COMMENT SUPP’s stranglehold in Sibu could wilt in the face of changes elsewhere in the country that have stopped short of Sarawakian shores.

free 'It looks like Alice (Desmond Jerukan) has been invited to tea by the Mad Hatter (Najib Razak) and the Red Queen (Rosmah Mansor) in Wonderland (Putrajaya).'

free 'I am a strong believer that the truth will eventually be out. Those guilty will have to pay the price, and it can come in many forms.'

President Barack Obama warned that Al-Qaeda would not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon against the United States, before hosting a global summit aimed at thwarting such a nightmare scenario.

Tensions remained high on the bloodstained streets of Bangkok on Monday after the country's worst political violence in almost two decades left 21 dead and over 800 injured.

The body of Poland's president Lech Kaczynski arrived back home Sunday as his stunned nation mourned the elite victims of a jet crash in Russia that has left intense focus on the pilots' last actions.