Archive - 12 June 2010

PAS is targeting to increase its Malay support by between 15 and 20 percent and the party will soon finalise its strategies. 

Rubbishing speculations as "BN propaganda", PAS says it looks set to become the party with the most Malay-majority seats.

UPDATED 9.18PM The government must act now that the BN leaders have submitted their views on the issue to the PM, says Khairy.

Letters to more than 60,000 Maika shareholders have been returned to the Maika headquarters as Pos Malaysia was unable to trace the addresses given.

The government has spent RM10 billion to produce MyKads since its introduction in 2000.

'We find it odd that Israeli merchant vessels can still dock at our ports despite strong government opposition to Israeli atrocities.'

The federal government seems to have suffered from an inexplicable sudden attack of cataract where Penang is concerned in the Plan.

DAP Klang deputy chairperson vows to continue his war against illegal cybercafes that plague the town.

PAS MUKTAMAR After prolonged airing of the PAS dirty laundry in the media and online, delegates say that enough is enough and call for control.

'They know they are poor and in difficulty. So they place high hopes in the government to help them out.'

The government will go ahead with the licensing of retailers selling sugar, cooking oil and wheat flour on July 1 but has relaxed another condition following protests from the traders.

Jannie Lasimbang has a wealth of experience and expertise to offer to the human rights commission, says an NGO.

PAS MUKTAMAR 100,000 members of the Islamic party will march through the streets of KL on July 3 to press their point.

The obsession with statistics has grave implications with too many medical colleges for a population less than that of the UK or Canada.

Some 60,000 Siamese in the peninsular, who are categorised as bumiputeras, enjoy special rights like the Malays.

The five-year plan sets sights on Malaysia to be in the top ranks of global tourism receipts by 2015.

COMMENT Perhaps if we had been ruled by the French, we might not be so fixated with titles, medals and abbreviations. 

UPDATED 7.35PM K Vasanthakumar was arrested while trying to hand over a memo on the plight of Indians to the PM.

COMMENT And will the new commissioners step up, or will Suhakam be used suka-suka by the government to dodge accountability?

COMMENT A twist to the old saying, "people in glass houses should not undress," is appropriate to the humanitarian crisis on home ground.

Sources say a top lawyer in Kota Kinabalu has been taken into custody by commission officers from Putrajaya.

PAS MUKTAMAR A non-Muslim finally stands before the Islamic party's muktamar as a delegate.

There is one big fly in the ointment of reform and clean government promised by the soon-to-be installed administration of Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III: his vice-president Jejomar (JesusJosephMary) Binay.

Berjaya Corp has attempted to stitch the lips of its critics, insisting that it has approval to operate legalised sports betting.

The foreign media in Thailand have demanded that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva launch an independent probe into attacks on reporters and a condemnation of violence against them during the weeks of confrontation that wracked Bangkok throughout May.

No one admits to providing them with support, but hundreds of Argentine football hooligans known as 'barras bravas' flew to South Africa for the World Cup.

free 'There is no worldly title that is good enough for respect gained in your years of servitude to the nation.'

free 'Chua Jui Meng, you may have lost the datukship from one sultan, but you have gained the respect of the whole nation.'