Archive - 10 November 2010

Zahid denies he had questioned the loyalty of non-Malays when replying to a question in Parliament yesterday.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 11.55PM Mohd Nazri also suggests that non-Muslim groups hold talks with the Conference of Rulers.

George Chan said people who 'distorted' issues like the Penan, the orang utan and oil palm are not welcome by the state.

The Mentri Besar orders auditors to probe allegations of cronyism in the management of the statutory body.

"But it is not been formally presented to the government," Miti  minister Mustapa Mohamed said.

In the 2008 general election, PBS lost the Kota Kinabalu parlimentary seat and Sri Tanjung state seat to DAP.

"While cost of building a nuclear plant on the rise, the cost for renewable energy is going down at the same time," he said.

The former Selangor MB is admitted to hospital at 10am after complaining of fever, headache and shivering.

The Chinese community had served the armed forces in large numbers before and the reasons for the current scarcity must be found.

Dr D Jeyakumar appeals for Health Minister to intervene and compensate Chow Chooi Mei accordingly.

Sekinchan assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim accuses BN leaders of taking up free computers meant for the needy in the 1Malaysia Computer programme.

UPDATED 7.55PM Shaari Desa says he did not inspect the crime scene in the shooting of teenager Aminulrasyid.

Anwar and Azmin are expected to be in Zaid’s crosshairs at a talk for his supporters in Kedah.

Zahid's suggestion that non-Malays lack patriotism has gone down badly with other MPs in the ruling coalition.

This, says the menteri besar, is fairer than the current deal which allows three increases within seven years.

UPDATED 5.50PM They may be reprimanded, if the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has its way.

Sungai Pelek rep Yap Ee Wah suggests satirically that eating canines is one way Selangor can overcome its burgeoning stray dog population.

'But we are not discouraged because we know what we have done and put in place to fight corruption.'

He also once worked with Komtar rep Ng Wei Aik and was not an 'Umno monkey'.

Nozula insists that Abdul Fatah retract his statement describing Umno as 'najis dalam tandas' (faeces in the toilet).

PM Najib, who suffered from chicken pox since last week, is expected to chair the cabinet meeting on Friday

The Kelantan government aims to connect all Kelantan residents with clean water by 2027.

Anwar Ibrahim is suing now deputy education minister Wee Ka Siong for allegedly insinuating that he is a homosexual.

Wildlife authorities rescued a rare Asian golden cat, which was caught in a snare and destined for the cooking pot.

Backbenchers’ whip Azmin Ali slams the project asking how can adding to KL's piling office space glut help the rakyat.

UPDATED 3.25PM Pinang Tunggal representative Roslan Saidin has been suspended for a day from the Penang state assembly.

PARLIAMENT updated 3.29pm Zul Noordin causes an uproar over the issue of a boy bringing 'haram' food to school. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Fireworks are expected as members vote for 15 state committee members from among 41 candidates this Sunday.

In holding out the lure of development to longhouse residents, did the Sarawak chief minister go a step too far in Sibu?

COMMENT However it's clear that the ‘special position' for bumiputeras doesn't necessarily translate into entitlements and supremacy.

UPDATED 1.30PM In two weeks, the cost of the tourism minister’s travel has mysteriously fallen by RM300,000.

UPDATED 4.50 However Chua Soi Lek has denied that MCA's investment arm plans to buy into a gaming company.

PKR hogged the headlines for the wrong reasons, as most dailies splashed comments by Zaid Ibrahim against the party’s top leaders.

The mother of Basil Beginda, who was caned for bringing non-halal food to school, will accept an apology if the authorities meet her conditions.

But Asean doesn’t appear to be too bothered.

Only a blind person would say that Umno had masterminded last week’s protest, retorts vice-president Huan Cheng Guan.

A 'deeply moved' Obama dodged volcanic ash and made a whirlwind return to his boyhood home of Indonesia.

Selangor PAS is concerned that with the increase in the number of Rela volunteers, the number of postal voters will go up.

COMMENT Unable to counteract BN's electoral machinery, Pakatan's steep path to Putrajaya rises to a cliff.

FREE 'Zaid, I was with you yesterday, but the salvo today in public is uncalled for.'

FREE 'Do you honestly believe that the Malays join the army out of sheer patriotism, not out of economic necessity or...'