Archive - 15 May 2010

Sarawak Minister of Land Development Dr James Jemut Masing retained the post of Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president for a three-year term (2010-2013) when the top post was not contested at the 2nd PRS Triennial Delegates Conference in Bintulu today.

Are the fans asking too much if they also demand that the time has come for a massive shake-up?

BN should not recapture states won by the opposition in the last general election through enticing their assemblymen to jump party.

'In politics, there is a puberty stage, too. Those who like to hop parties are those who have yet to reach political puberty.'

The health of Kerdau state rep Zaharuddin Abu Kassim, who is still in the National Heart Institute, is better and his condition stable.

Sibu Election Watchers' study shows that main news outlets heavily favour the ruling party due to ownership affiliations.

'I don’t need to apologise to anybody. Even if the guy puts a gun to my head, I would not do so,' he tells MCA.

Tomorrow Sibu voters will have to stand up to the tough decision whether to vote for money or vote for change.

The MP seems to have earned the unenviable reputation of running away from problems with ex-colleagues now spurning him. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It has nabbed four well-known wheeler-dealers in Sabah in three separate arrests this week.

In the 2008 general election, the turnout was 68 percent out of 53,679 registered voters, notes EC chief Abdul Aziz Yusof.

'In BN, they agreed from the beginning on power sharing. In Pakatan, they want to share power only after getting elected.'

COMMENT Though elected to the HRC, the country has nothing to be proud of where what's happening in its backyard is concerned.

Australian schoolgirl sailor Jessica Watson sailed into history Saturday, becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop and without help.

If PAS was sincere about raising the status of its non-Muslim members' wing, it should also allow non-Muslims to hold any post in the party, including party president, says one Gerakan leader.

COMMENT His quit decision appears calculated to do damage to the chances of his old nemesis, DAP, pulling off an upset win in Sibu.

The future belongs to them, but the youth are more concerned with the off-putting long queues to cast their vote.

Last night's turnout showed a different side of Sibu - one that appeared to have understood the power of the vote.

The quest for material wealth and social status is murdering age-old family values as many aged parents have found out to their misery.

LIVE REPORTS UPDATED 12.03AM Najib makes last-minute appearance.

US President Barack Obama lashed oil companies for trying to divert blame for the Gulf of Mexico slick and vowed to sever the "cozy" ties between the industry and government regulators.

Shots and an explosion were heard in Bangkok today as the death toll from the latest clashes between the Thai army and anti-government "Red Shirt" protesters hit 16.

PREDICTION Kian Ming sticks his neck out again and predicts a narrow DAP victory. But what’s his prognosis based on?

ANALYSIS For Sibu, the national question of what will be the engine of growth and how will the country get there is especially pertinent as it now stands at a crossroads. It remains unclear how Sibu will continue to thrive financially.

free 'Few governments in this world have the machinery and capability to consistently perform this kind of systematic elimination of its political foes, save those governments with communist ideologies.'

free 'I travelled 35km to Wangsa Maju to cast my vote for PKR on March 8, 2008. Wee Choo Keong's action is a betrayal of my vote.'

Thai authorities were today set to step up security measures in the capital after fierce clashes between troops and "Red Shirt" anti-government protestors left 10 people dead and 125 injured.