Archive - 21 October 2010

In a statutory declaration, a former Lipis Umno leader had claimed that Padang Tengku assemblyperson liked to flirt around.

He said it was only right for him to do so as stipulated by the law after his name was tarnished following a report published in the blog.

The appearance of T-shirts with a pro-Ku Li slogan hints at the separate agenda of Razaleigh Hamzah.

Since the API index has dropped this afternoon, classes that were disrupted due to the haze will resume as usual tomorrow.

Building it may affect PNB's financial strength, with a possibility of lower payouts from its unit trust schemes.

'If there is no concerted effort to practise an inclusive and moderate leadership, Umno's Malay leadership will disappear come the next election.'

PAS plans to kick up nationwide fuss against Rosmah for being patron of a Islamic fashion show that did not respect the religion.

UMNO AGM The Umno Youth chief believes he and the party’s top two all want to push for change.

UPDATED 7.30PM Despite moves to iron out a deal, PKR and SAPP fail to find common ground and will field their own candidates in the by-election.

There is still a long way to reach a property bubble in Malaysia, says housing minister Chor Chee Heung.

The tourism minister flashes figures to justify her claim her efforts have revitalised the country's tourism industry.

BN already has an understanding on power-sharing and we’ll let PBS run in the by-election, says Muhyiddin Yassin.

He is joined by Gerakan top gun Koh Tsu Koon who points out that others too have their rights enshrined in the charter.

In a tit-for-tat move, several Pakatan MPs erected banners of their respective political parties on the road to Parliament. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UMNO AGM UPDATED 3.27PM He says Najib's call for progressive Malays echoes his when he was Umno president.

The wife of the cockerel’s owner, John Gitang, noticed it was still alive when she was about to prepare it for dinner.

For the first time ever, Umno has issued official accreditation cards for Malaysiakini journalists.

The Special Court is sitting today to hear on the former Sultan of Kelantan, Tengku Ismail Petra Sultan Yahya Petra's habeas corpus application.

 

They say that the deal rewards the government, both UEM and EPF as well as the people.

DAP selling product without revealing price and T&C.

UPDATED 5.40PM The teenager, gunned down after a police chase was active in sports and academically bright.

UMNO AGM He says Malays made the ultimate sacrifice when they allowed then Malaya to be shared with other races.

He projects the image of tying himself into knots as his claims keep flipping and flopping, making for a very confused situation.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 1.23PM The commercial aired by the TV station was taken off-air.

The politically linked will benefit but not the poor.

The Umno wings leaders’ contrasting styles and PNB’s assurance it would not use public funds for the 100-storey tower made the headlines.

COMMENT If service problems usually originate from human errors, then more than half the workforce of the country would require retraining in customer relations.

COMMENT There are those who condemn homosexuality as immoral by imposing their religious beliefs, without scientific evidence or tangible facts.

Chinese exporters are using Malaysia as an illegal transhipment hub to evade EU import duties on steel screws and bolts.

UMNO AGM UPDATED 1.49PM Umno president Najib Abdul Razak today issued a rallying cry for party members to defend Putrajaya at all costs.

Inter-Parliamentary Union says prosecution in Anwar case has been compromised and should be discontinued.

UPDATED 6.47PM The opposition coalition will announce its candidate in a meet-the-people session in Gua Musang.

COMMENT He based his campaign around Anwar's control of PKR but he can't see the wood for the trees...

FREE 'It is shameful for Umno's 60 years of existence that they are not allowing a news portal the chance to report independently.'

FREE 'After 53 years of Umno's policy of affirmative action, 60 percent of the rural Malays are as poor as they were five decades ago.'