Archive - 25 October 2010

Yesterday a falling stone killed a taxi driver and today, a screwdriver came flying down damaging a car's windscreen at the flats in Sungai Pinang.

UPDATED 12.15AM Students association said all the 120 Malaysian students in Padang were safe and accounted for.

Tuanku Ismail Petra had named his eldest son as the first respondent and the state government as second respondent.

TV-Al Hijrah is scheduled to start transmission to five areas initially, namely Klang Valley, Terengganu, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak.

Manmohan Singh is to visit Malaysia to strengthen relations between the Asian neighbours, officials said today.

AUDIT REPORT Debt reaches RM362.9 billion, for the first time surpassing more than half of GDP.

AUDIT REPORT Among others, the Auditor-General's report shows that luxury goods were purchased for a military facility without justification.

Despite persistent character attacks against their candidate for Galas, Dr Zulkefli Mohamad, PAS has no second thoughts over him.

BN’s bent on gaining sympathy from Batu Sapi voters as candidate appeals for support.

Sekinchan assemblyperson instructs striking-out application as there had been no further action by former mentri besar.

Federal Court rules that V Sivakumar has no grounds to appeal assault and battery claims against Barisan Nasional Speaker R Ganesan.

AUDIT REPORT Its management by Home Ministry is found wanting with many of its facilities broken beyond repair.

 

The Pemandu chief says this is provided a thorough study is done and benchmark prices are known.

The party feels there is a danger that racial superiority could be emphasised while negating the contributions of other races.

The webmaster's lawyer was told MCMC officers would take her statement as well if she insisted on being with her client during the interview over Najib's speech in the recent Umno AGM.

UPDATED 7.10PM The Prime Minister launches ETP roadmap, warning that critics are ‘embroiled in empty discussions’.

AUDIT REPORT Although its scope was decreased, the original costing was maintained without informing the Finance Ministry.

UPDATED 6PM A winding-up petition against the company has been withdrawn in an out-of-court settlement.

Why did bumiputera supporters stage a walkout yesterday when Linda Tsen was announced as the BN candidate for Batu Sapi?

Barisan man accepts challenge from Pakatan's Ngeh Koo Ham and says conditions are not set for political debates in foreign countries.

AUDIT REPORT UPDATED 6.14PM Parliament's PAC notes that the number of government departments given the 4-star rating had more than doubled.

But DAP parliamentarian Liew Chin Tong who spotted the blooper now finds something amiss with Budget 2011.

AUDIT REPORT Five scanners were unused or not used at an optimum level, due to a lack of trained staff or malfunctions.

If these are all filed tomorrow, the contest for the parliamentary seat promises to be an crowded affair.

The written reply in Parliament mirrors that issued in July this year by the home minister.

AUDIT REPORT Ceiling-high student loan application forms among administrative delays for debt collection and deepening cash flow deficit woes of PTPTN.

According to the government, a number of projects will evolve, some will change quite radically while others will be discontinued.

Testimony of Dr Mohd Razali Ibrahim shows there is an initial report made before the July 13 full report on Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua raises concerns that this could be a move to indoctrinate students with a narrow interpretation of the federal constitution.

There is no provision in law for mere disciplinary action against civil servants accused of corruption, says a Gerakan leader.

AUDIT REPORT Schoolchildren are being fed with unhealthy food under the government's Additional Food Programme, says the auditor-general.

UPDATED 3.30PM A Hospital KL doctor reveals that the report - not tendered in court - has more details on the complainant's medical history.

Chinese independent schools and non-Muslim religious bodies in Sandakan received financial aid from the state government.

It was expected that the impoundment would bring down the water level of the Rajang River, but a 'totally unexpected' dry spell brought the river water down further than anticipated.

UPDATED 2.42PM The gap between supporters of opposing candidates at the venue of nominations for the Galas by-election will be enforced by police at 180m.

The coming by-elections in Batu Sapi and Galas, and that history will be made a compulsory subject in primary schools, were highlighted today.

See the two faces of Najib.

DBP study finds 80 percent of the Dusuns, along with the Kadazans (urban Dusun) and the Muruts, no longer speak their native tongues.

UPDATED 12.15PM The cause of death of R Gunasegaran, who died while in police custody, cannot be conclusively proven.

LIVE REPORTS updated 12.32pm Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial resumes with defence lawyer Karpal Singh quizzing a Hospital Kuala Lumpur doctor who examined complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

FREE 'Return the oil money to Kelantan and let the state build those houses, according to the wishes of the rakyat.'

FREE 'I personally wish to see that voters put the sympathy aside and send the strongest possible signal to Umno.'

Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today will see the three doctors from Hospital Kuala Lumpur cross-examined by lead defence lawyer Karpal Singh.