Archive - 23 October 2010

Najib Razak said BN component parties have agreed that they will no longer question sensitive issues which have been enshrined in the constitution.

He is confident that the general election will not be held soon despite the call for immediate change by Najib.

Leaders should utilise computers and the new media to strengthen ties with society and to explain the party's struggle to the people.

UMNO AGM In what appears to be a bid to get Umno into shape for the GE, there will soon be a party leadership reshuffle.

All 20,342 Umno branch leaders nationwide will be send for courses to realise efforts to strengthen and transform the party.

It is understood that two of the applications are from Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak and Parti Peace.

UMNO AGM Scratching his head hard at what went wrong for Penang Umno, its chief Zahid Hamidi made the battle cry to ‘Save Penang’.

Police uncovered a drug processing ring following a raid at a luxury apartment at Lebuh Sungai Pinang 2, near the Jelutong Expressway yesterday.

UMNO AGM He sings the party tune on Malay rights and brands Umno as the ‘only party’ to bring development.

The government should restructure the existing national education system to make it more holistic and can be used for the next 20 to 30 years.

UMNO AGM Chinese and Tamil schools should allow more teachers from other races to teach in their schools, says a delegate.

And the incident adds to the growing mountain of police reports lodged in the country, seemingly spawning a new political culture.

Sungai Siput's D Jeyakumar says the opposition’s talk of meritocracy scares the lower classes, who can’t even afford basic necessities.

Perkasa also urged Umno to bar both news portals from covering its future AGMs if their reports are unfair to the party.

A language activist in Sabah says its very guardian is the cause for its decline and static state and urgently needs revamping.

Umno says they welcome the uninvited guests as they are practising a ‘new openness’ as proof they have matured in the 'fight for their race'.

COMMENT Much is said about the republic as a shining beacon for other less developed nations but there are other aspects that remain in the dark.

UPDATED 2.45PM 'I heard that several independents are interested in contesting,' said Musa Aman.

UMNO AGM It enters its last day continues this morning with tabling of the religion motion by Perak Umno delegate Datuk Rosli Husin.

Anwar and Khalid Samad round in on Najib’s overblown rhetoric of defending Putrajaya.

UMNO AGM A young Umno delegate, who is also an ulama, said an investigation should have been made first.

They do say the wheels justice turn slowly but in the end, everyone gets their just desserts. But in this case it seemed like forever.

This Sarawak village, once a land that lacked nothing, face a flood of woes after being resettled to make way for Bakun dam.

He has risen to take on the establishment on behalf of his community so they can enjoy what is rightfully theirs.

The controversial rapper also encouraged the crowd at his concert to curse him back and call him ‘babi’.

UPDATED 1.15PM The Sabah Progressive Party will be fielding its president and former Sabah CM Yong Teck Lee.

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