Archive - 13 January 2011

Other than her nemesis Anwar Ibrahim, Ummi Hafilda Ali also has harsh words for her elder brother Azmin Ali and his wife.

Umno Information chief Ahmad Maslan said today a wind of change was drawing Chinese voters in the Tenang state constituency to BN, and would ensure victory for the coalition in the by-election on Jan 30.

The opposition leader said the challenge was to Najib, who said the Pakatan 100-days plan could lead the nation into bankruptcy.

The list of names has been submitted to the national Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin.

Hindus in Malaysia will celebrate Ponggal, an auspicious thanksgiving festival for a bountiful harvest, on Saturday.

KL police chief says investigations have been completed and relevant documents forwarded, but victim is shocked to learn this.

'We will defend the writer and the novel's content and intentions,' Gapena chief Ismail Hussein says.

Premier says he has recorded a video reply to selected questions from the Twitter session.

EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Yusof said there were no indicators that a general election was to be held in the near future.

MACC quizzed key personalities on the award of fare collection system tender to underqualified firm.

Price hikes and the move to construct the mega-tower are among the issues to be played up by Pakatan.

Domestic trade minister says the audit will also cover 21 major factories and 221 licensed cooking oil packers.

The wife and two daughters of the late Syed Kechik Syed Mohamed Al-Bukhary failed to stop his son from his first marriage to be joint administrator.  

The duo were found guilty of accepting a RM3,000 bribe from a food outlet operator who had allegedly hired foreign workers without permit.

The special one-hour show to start at 9am will be aired live from the Dataran Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh.

UPDATED 6.35PM She has vowed to sue Anwar in order to 'save the country' from the PKR leader and her brother, Azmin. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It will urge the federal government to undertake the deepening of the area around the Penang Port at the soonest.

The government plans to accord PR status to foreign spouses of Malaysian citizens who are abroad, to return to serve Malaysia.

'Although we are seven months late, the state government's latest decision means that we can proceed,' water minister says.

Kelantan has fully recovered from the third wave of floods which hit the state last week with the last relief centre closed yesterday.

Selangor state exco orders retraction of ban on Muslims working in establishments serving alcohol.

Despite ongoing MACC investigations on KTM Komuter's new ticketing system, its implementation will go on said the transport minister.

Police said today they were investigating allegations that children were raped and sodomised at a children’s home in Penang.

All eyes will be on MCA's Chua Soi Lek and PKR's Chua Jui Meng on the opposite side to pull in the votes.

To my knowledge, there is no information about MCA buying over Da Ma Cai, says Lim.

These stadiums have been deemed unacceptable to host league matches as the FAM gets tough on venue guidelines.

Calling Shuhaimi ‘disrespectful’, they stomp and spit on his effigy. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Komtar assemblyperson vows not to participate in any MPPP enforcement activity again to avoid any more slanderous claim against him.

PKA will not be able to service its Treasury loan of RM4.6b if the gov't does not provide a solution. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.34PM The palace clarifies that Khir's 'Dato Seri' title was 'suspended', not 'surrendered temporarily'.

Broadband penetration rate has surpassed the original target of 50 percent to 55.6 percent, says Najib.

Need to reform the international food trade architecture.

UPDATED 1.11PM Umno Youth reps delivered Khairy Jamaluddin's challenge to PKR.

The RM65,000 bonus for the Malaysian football team following their AFF Suzuki Cup win, hogged the front pages today.

He says something is seriously wrong as the national rail operator has been mired in irregularities time and again.

COMMENT Having once condescended to debate a middling pol in Shabery Cheek, Anwar will find it difficult to decline Khairy.

FREE YOURSAY 'If he, an executive councillor, cannot agree with the state gov't, then he should quit.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Najib, if you are so confident of your plans that would make Malaysia a developed nation, why are you afraid to debate with Anwar?'

The ministry and and Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad will cooperate to ensure the MACC probe into the 'Automatic Fare Collection System' tender could be resolved.

Raja Nong Chik says he has a win-win situation for both parties but it all depended on whether the developer was willing to accept it or not.

The United States increased its lead at the top spot, and continues to be responsible for nearly one in five junk emails.

This call was contained in a resolution of the Bumiputera Socio-Economic Development Seminar in Sarawak chapter.