Archive - 1 January 2011

The body of a newborn baby girl was found at the Beris Lalang waste disposal site by a garbage collectors with the Kota Bharu Municipal Council.

Actor Faizal Yusof died at 1.45pm today at Pusat Rawatan Islam (Pusrawi) due to heart failure.

A nursing student plans to raise the baby boy, who was left in her custody, at the KL Sentral yesterday after getting approval from her parents.

'Every time a plant or factory is opened, local people are not able to fill the posts available and in the end, foreigners have to employed.'

Youths in Sabah had objected to the use of ‘Harimau Malaya’ since it did not include Sabah and Sarawak.

A group of young 'mat rempit' were detained while performing dangerous stunts on the North-South Expressway near Seremban.

COMMENT An online blog has named the minister. He must now sue for defamation or be damned.

The Public Service Department (PSD) today called on civil servants to give their feedback on a suitable format and criteria for a new competency assessment system.

Shoppers will have to bring their own tote bags as the Penang's 'No Free Plastic Bags Every Day of the Week' campaign comes into force.

It has reduce the usage of plastic bags since the launch of its ‘No Plastic Bag’ campaign in 2008.

Lower fertility among women and possibilities of escalating political violence in Southeast Asia will be some low points of 2011.

Former Sabah state assembly speaker Juhar Mahiruddin was today sworn in as the 10th Sabah governor.

COMMENT He would want to push the parameters of church-state dichotomy as new president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

Chief sec to the gov't Mohd Sidek's action was 'irresponsible and unprofessional', says Khalid.

The problem of untitled native land - considered as state land - in Sabah as a never-ending one.

Utusan’s tirade against Teo Nie Ching’s attire is clear evidence of gender discrimination against female reps, say NGOs.

FREE YOURSAY 'Will the authority discuss with the complainants as to what are offensive in the textbook and take the fair and necessary action?'

FREE VOXPOP 'Muniandy has not really lost his identity to someone. Instead he has been given a new one that he does not need nor want, nor did he ask for.'

KL saw its skies lit up with fireworks displays in a multitude of colours with 70,000 people in Dataran Merdeka.

Let's hope that 2011 will see more progress in our struggle for press freedom, better protection of human rights and greater transparency in governance, among others.