Archive - 12 February 2011

Sikh temples will be allowed to send their religious teachers to National Service training camps which has Sikh trainees.

Upko president Bernard Dompok wants an urgent royal commission to investigate immigration problems in Sabah.

Malaysia hopes that the transition of power in Egypt will run smoothly following the resignation of president Mubarak.

Malays now face a dilemma in that they can no longer talk about their own race lest they be labeled racist.

DPM Muhyiddin expressed confidence that the public transport system in Kuala Lumpur can be integrated within a year. 

We accept and celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day, but not Valentine's Day, says Jakim.

Bernard Dompok said he hoped that the decision would enable the students concerned to sit for the Bible Knowledge elective SPM subject.

The federal government has agreed to provide a RM60-million allocation to enhance the institution of the Sabah native court.

The former premier in his usual stiletto-tongued style tears into some self-generated myths prevailing within his community.

Pua will not file a report to MACC over the Defence Ministry's purchase of six offshore petrol vessels.

The premier adds that it is the BN’s ‘People First’ policies that will ultimately be the main difference.

Egyptians still singing and waving flags as dawn broke over a nation reborn.

The 74-year-old Sarawak DCM is upset that reporters are probing into his relationship with his 'women'.

The state convention will discuss the upcoming election as the Sarawak assembly will expire in July.

UPDATED 3.40PM Revoking NEP would mean all Malays lose out, including those who need help. [VIDEOS INSIDE]

COMMENT Who was responsible for arrests in Ops Lalang may not be as important as whether it could be invoked again to frighten the nation.

UPDATED 3.10PM He doesn’t expect them to be grateful of what the gov't has done, especially if it came from him. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.35PM He urges SEA Muslims to prefer intellectual amplitude to obscurantism to lift them from the fringes to the forefront of the ummah.

COMMENT The popularity of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is credited to its network of social and medical services for poorer sectors in the society.

It's a rare show of dissent by PBB members, who are dismayed by the takeover of their land by a company linked to Taib's family.

The party’s information chief S Jayathas says that they expect raids at their offices until the march, which is in two weeks time.

ANALYSIS Already facing an uphill battle, Pakatan's task would be made nearly impossible if this person was picked.

COMMENT ‘Love’ in the absence of evidence of good behaviour and performance of duties cannot be said to be relevant to our Judgment Day.

He starts his meet with the Umno division leaders in KL this morning with the Kedah contingent kicking off the proceedings.

It has delayed the scheduled delivery of 10 of its aircraft by three years to 2015, in a bid to switch its order to more fuel-efficient planes.

FREE YOURSAY 'I eagerly wait for the day when a real preacher who can really deliver a talk about how wonderful their religion is without throwing bricks at others faith.'

FREE YOURSAY 'When something has not worked, and especially something that hasn't shown results for 53 years, entrepreneurs know it's time to change.'

In Tahrir Square, several protesters fainted with the emotion of the moment following two weeks of protest.

Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak stepped down today and asked the army to run the country.