Archive - 9 September 2010

Long-haul budget airline AirAsia X said it has no plans to begin flights to Paris this year, according to a top official, after French reports it had been given a slot at Orly Airport.

Purportedly written by PKR vice-president Azmin Ali it gives 32 reasons why Zaid Ibrahim cannot contest in Hulu Selangor'.

Desperation is probably the mother of invention, going by what some inmates had resorted to, for protection against fellow convicts.

Siti and Namewee are both victims of racist politics .

Balik kampung will lessen due to urbanisation.

He disassociates Christians from a plan of evangelicals in US which he denounces as ‘immoral’.

The heavy downpour over the past few days in the upper stretches of Belaga and Kapit has left Sibu Division residents, like Sim Kok Kee, in jitters.

The country's rank has been on a declining trend for three consecutive years from 21st to 26th position.

A group claiming to represent all 22 PKR divisions in Selangor has expressed its wish to see de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim as party president.

Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said the Dove World Outreach Center's intention to torch the religion's holy book this Saturday was unacceptable.

The MCA leader says sacked 988FM deejay Jamaluddin Ibrahim and chief executive Wong Lai Ngo, should know why they were removed.

 

Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali says he doesn't need Umno's support.

Work to clear the highway was completed at 8.30am and it took another hour for the traffic to clear up because of the balik kampung rush.

Noisy Hungry Ghost Festival events are distressing mosque goers in Georgetown and the king has been urged to intervene.

This augurs well for Sabah as far as journalism is concerned, says Upko deputy president Wilfred Bumburing.

This comes in the wake of concerns that the opposition is making strong political capital out of the issue and also a wakup call to police.

The youth was killed in a police shooting incident and his family and lawyers feel the government's handling of the matter is lamentable.

 

COMMENT Why did Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman spurn a generous donation to build hostels in its Kampar campus?

Its secretary-general Syed Hassan Ali said it was the actions of Umno and the BN coalition themselves which were repulsing voters.

Tunku’s legacy for inclusiveness whithers.

Malay papers honed in on the disappearance of cosmetics mogul Sosilawati Lawiya while PKR polls and Umno's stand on Perkasa were highlighted elsewhere.

COMMENT Permitting development here is dangerous due to its steep slopes and soil composition which makes erosion highly likely.

Religious officials said today they had detained and fined nine members of an Islamic sect for celebrating the Aidilfitri holiday two days early.

UPDATED 1.55PM Perkasa had accused MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek of questioning bumiputra rights during a speech last month. [VIDEO INSIDE]

HRP pro-tem sec-gen P Uthayakumar wants the home minister to free all ISA detainees and abrogate that law.

INTERVIEW Nurul Izzah says the time has arrived for the party to stop focusing on specific personalities. [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT 'For 12 years of my life, I stopped myself from falling in love with men. I tried to go straight.'

FREE 'Why didn't StarFM challenge MCMC's findings in court? Why did it simply accept MCMC's findings and sack the duo?'

COMMENT ‘Who owns Malaysia?’ is a campaign trope of Anwar’s. The same question with an ironic twist is being asked of PKR.

FREE 'Now is the best time since you are no more under pressure from your boss to reveal everything.'