Archive - 13 March 2011

The untrained attachment teachers (GSTT) in Sabah are grateful to the government for giving back their job.    

The Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) is poised to become a major contributor to the realisation of an Asean economic community soon.    

The federal government has provided an additional RM60 million for surveying native customary lands (NCR) in Sarawak, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dougles Uggah Embas said today.    

Selangor Umno Youth chief Ungku Md Salleh denies the state government’s claim that it has unpaid arrears of RM236,000.

Ng Wei Aik wants the cops to investigate KMA’s Mohamed Ghani’s attempt to send a coffin to his house yesterday.

A number of Malaysians who were visiting Japan when the country was hit by twin earthquake and tsunami disasters on Friday, including Bernama editor-in-chief Yong Soo Heong, were glad that they have been able to return home.  

UPDATED 8.41PM Its president calls on the Home Ministry decide on the matter soon so that the Bibles can be released back to their owners.

After a week’s proceedings that raised eyebrows over the existence of Rosmah’s statement, the prosecution pin its hopes on Anwar’s DNA.

The Human Rights Party is confident it can get their followers off a charge of taking part in the activity of an illegal organisation.

About 200,000 people have been evacuated from around the Fukushima nuclear plant, 250km north of Tokyo.

This was revealed by a survey conducted among 230 expatriate families from 32 different countries published in the March issue of Expat magazine.

'This is a long-term plan, if we specify that we will construct a nuclear power plant by 2021, then we have another 10 years.'

No contact could be established with about 10,000 residents of the town of Minamisanriku.

More than 1,000 farmers in Pasir Puteh protest against Padi Beras Nasional Berhad for its high deduction on their padi sales.

'We're recognised not only by computing giant Microsoft now but also by the International Telecommunication Union,' says Joseph Salang.

Berita Harian's unfathomable sense of humour in the face of the Japanese tragedy draws fire.

Its leader Francis Siah has lodged a police report against S'wak CM Taib Mahmud for corruption, money laundering and abuse of power.

The 30,000 Bibles held by the Home Ministry are not meant for distribution to Muslims or Muslim areas in Sarawak.

UPDATED 3.09PM About 50 protestors gathered in front of PKR HQ to protest Anwar's refusal to give his DNA sample to the police. [VIDEO INSIDE]

He says he won't walk like the Egyptians since 'we will do it through the ballot boxes'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 12.07PM The amendment allows the postponement of the party's elections for up to six months after the general election.

FREE VOXPOP 'As usual, whenever non-Malays are insulted and bullied, it is a ‘misunderstanding'. Had it been the other way around, all hell would have had to be paid.'

BREAKING NEWS UPDATED 11.59PM Japan battles a feared meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant.

FREE VOXPOP 'If the Japanese cannot contain this disaster, just imagine if this were to happen to Malaysia.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Where in the world would an elected politician be ‘deported' from within his own country?'