Archive - 20 March 2011

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president VK Liew wants fairness and reasonableness on the part of Chief Minister Musa Aman in handling the matter surrounding the retention of Peter Pang En Yin as a state cabinet minister and the vacancy of the deputy chief minister's post.  

The federal government has allocated RM2.4 billion to implement development projects in Kelantan, under the first phase of the 10th Malaysia Plan (RMK10).

Several Malaysian electrical appliance, electronics and automotive companies have started to experience the effects of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit Japan recently.  

The S'gor and the Penang gov'ts contribute some money to pay for a Mitsubishi Triton for the schoolchildren.

Sarawak DAP says despite assurances, it's still is not recognised for local scholarships and entry into local universities.

Chong Chieng Jen says Taib said as much 20 years ago, and wonders if he will repeat it 20 years on, unless voters take action.

Workers continue their struggle to restore power to a nuclear plant's overheating reactors as the toll of dead or missing continues to rise.

Karpal Singh razzes the Parti Kita president’s report as 'frivolous' and a waste of the police’s ‘precious time’.

The Penang CM stressed that the facility was for all Penangites, irrespective of their party preference.

 

Panicked shoppers had set off a run on iodised salt despite government reassurances that China faced no danger from radiation.

It springs into action to challenge Taib’s hold on the state, saying he is not likely to step down 'anytime soon'.

The Sarawak Report ‘dumps’ its entire database of the state’s land and survey department on rural lands on its website.

Analyst Dr Sivamurugan Pandian believed that Taib would relinquish his position in the next one or two years.

The UN can now take military action against Libya, while Japan's nuclear reactor crisis is deepening.

COMMENT His lease extended, Taib wastes no time shifting into polls gear by exploiting opposition disarray.

FREE VOXPOP 'Remember what they told us: when it comes to matters of Islamic law, only the Muslims will be affected, not the non-Muslims.'

FREE YOURSAY 'At the rate Umno is pursuing its agenda, I'll not be surprised of another May 13 incident.'

FREE YOURSAY 'If the head of PBB is corrupt and the lieutenants did nothing in the 30 years in which he is in power, they are equally complicit in the corruption.'

UPDATED 2.01PM The first missile struck at 3am M'sian time following air strikes carried out earlier by French warplanes.