Archive - 27 May 2010

PKR CONGRESS The PKR Youth wing annual meet kicked off with its leader casting aspersions on MPs and state reps who quit the party. [VIDEO INSIDE]

PKR CONGRESS Syed Husin calls for the creation of a leadership corps imbued with the highest ideals. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The PM today played down his own ministry’s estimates that Malaysia would be bankrupt by 2019. [VIDEO INSIDE]

MIC vice-president S Subramaniam also said that holding a rally to force a leadership change was an unhealthy political culture.

Idris Jala goes back to his corporate roots as he ‘sells’ subsidy cuts as an necessary evil.

Khazanah’s managing director calls the proposed land swap a ‘positive sum deal’ for both Malaysia and Singapore.

"If tolls are done away with, the amount of income tax will increase for the next 20 years," said Minister in PM Department, Idris Jala.

However, the Selangor government did not state when they would do so.

UPDATED 8.22PM Following allegations that there may have been wrongdoing, the anti-graft body swings into action and has a chat with its head honcho.

Kuala Nerang assemblyperson Syed Sobri Shahabuddin Syed Hashim says there is no truth in the rumours.

Idris Jala says implementation of the reduced subsidy plan will be up to the cabinet but future generations needs too will be kept in mind.

The Sabah Fishing Ship Owners and Fishery Association said that 17 of their vessels were seized by pirates during the last three months.

He is suing Saiful for malice in lodging a report that he was sodomised by the PKR leader.

A bank clerk was fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court for using an obscene application through the Internet for commercial purposes.

Foot dragging on the part of the MACC raises questions about its efficiency when seen in the light of the recent Federal Court ruling in its favour.

Malaysia’s top 40 richest are worth US$51 billion, up from US$36 billion a year ago, spurred by the country’s economic expansion.

CAP supports the government’s initiative to reduce its subsidy bill of RM74 billion in 2009, which is more than its development expenditure of RM51.2 billion in 2010.

Malaysia is likely to become an oil importer as early as next year at the current rate it is consuming petroleum, Idris Jala said today.

Khalid Yusoff walked out a free man after the court acquitted and discharge him on two counts of cheating and falsifying the results of the CLP examination.

Selangor local councils are putting the squeeze on gambling operators with special focus on sports betting for saving gamblers from themselves.

The two, detained for suspected involvement in the Nurin Jazlin Jazimin murder case, were awarded RM41,500 and RM31,500 in damages, respectively.

Khazanah is offering S$3.78 a share to increase its stake from the current 23.5 percent in Parkway to 51.5 percent.

UPDATED 3.45PM P Palaniappan said the party president had gone too far in unilaterally sacking two CWC members recently and he should step down.

COMMENT What Sarawak BN leaders say about their defeat in Sibu is enough to suggest that Umno is not alone in suffering from the denial syndrome.

State youth chief Abdul Yunus Jamahri today said there have been attempts to tempt six of them over with financial rewards.

The "sins" of the previous state government appear to haunt its successor as developer's quarry blasting activities stir fear in neigbourhood.

The MIC president's arbitrary appointment of his son to the party's CWC could just ignite a revolt to overthrow him.

UPDATED 8.11PM The organisers says the venue change is the result of politcal interference.

Malaysia needs to keep abreast of the global trend of less subsidies, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Idris Jala said today.

Most of today's dailies headlines the controversy revolving around MIC.

UPDATED 2.43PM Former PM Mahathir Mohamad says that Najib still has more to do before calling the recent negotiations with Singapore a success. [VIDEO INSIDE]

South Korea's navy Thursday staged a major anti-submarine exercise, its first show of strength since tensions with North Korea flared over the sinking of one of Seoul's warships.

UPDATED 8.48PM food prices included The government could hike petrol prices by 15 sen per litre later this year.

UPDATED 9.50PM Malaysia's debt would rise to 100 percent of GDP by 2019 from 54 percent at present if we don't slash government subsidies.

The administration is to unveil a new national security strategy today making the threat of homegrown extremism an integral part of security policy and stepping back from Bush era "war on terror" terminology.

It will sign a contract next month with Packet One Networks, Malaysia's leading provider of high-speed wireless broadband with about 139,000 subscribers.

The MIC boss said his deputy senator G Palanivel would replace him, before or after September 2011.

PKR Congress Trusting in the maturity of its members, the party has promised an 'anything goes' atmosphere for issues to be brought out into the open.

free 'The timing for the grant is not under the control of the churches. It is sad that they have been ‘dragged' into this...'

free 'No vote-buying during ‘buy-elections', no shameless ‘Let's make a deal' remarks. Just dogged, determined and real efforts to help those that were exploited.'

Apple manufacturer Foxconn Wednesday urged workers to sign contracts promising not to kill themselves to stem a spate of suicides - hours before the 11th worker this year fell to his death.

An early voting system may ease the voting procedures in the the next general election, says EC.