Archive - 25 May 2011

Proton's full-year revenue increased to RM8.98 billion from RM8.23 billion previously, says the group.

TEOH RCI The MACC, similarly assigned, applied for a postponement to Friday to complete their submission.

The Health Ministry now holds the unenviable position of being the government agency deluged with the most crank calls over the past 15 months.

Thirty-three sub-contractors under Alam Flora urged the Selangor government to help them by settling outstanding arrears of RM18 million.

Azizan made the decision as he wanted to concentrate on his duties as menteri besar.

Flag-carrier Malaysia Airlines said Wednesday it posted a first quarter net loss due to rising fuel prices and a strengthening ringgit.

Village headmen in Hulu Bernam and Kuala Kubu Baru receive by post copies of the sex VCD allegedly involving Anwar Ibrahim.

UPDATED 8.20PM UMMC staff refuse to place the body in the morgue before a letter of undertaking is given to free the hospital of blame.

Its chief Nasrudin Hasan defends protesters, saying they are peaceful while accusing the government of being the agent provocateur.

COMMENT A visit to determine election issues was cut short and without any plausible reason being provided.

He's back online. The article titled 'Planting Trees' was posted on his blogsite on Monday at about 2pm.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng describes this as another form of BN’s ‘self-delusion and mass deception’.

Selangor recorded RM1.01 billion in FDI for its manufacturing sector in Q1 and is ranked third in total capital investments.

The Australian federal government will finalise the asylum-seeker swap deal with Malaysia in coming weeks, says Immigration Minister Chris Bowen.

'I had a 90-day stay, but they detained and deported me without reason or formal notice,' says the polls watch chief.

The Malaysian Indian Students Association regrets the ‘unfair treatment’ of students with ‘excellent achievements’.

UPDATED 4.26PM Make Lynas review panel meetings public to ensure everything is above board, says Kuantan MP.

UPDATED 6PM Despite weeks of warnings, the cabinet now appears to be delaying subsidy cuts that will cause a price hike for fuel.

Umno/BN top leaders have been two-faced in their statements.

UPDATED 4.50PM It wants review of the Registrar of Societies' refusal to register it as a NGO and names the PM and home minister as respondents. [VIDEO INSIDE]

But the Movement of Change Sarawak counters that the Sarawak BN Backbenchers Club is a similarly unregistered group.

UPDATED 2.55PM The judicial commissioner fixes June 3 for case management and orders Hishammuddin to file his reply.

Petronas Dagangan Bhd, which had RM1 billion in net cash as at end March 2011, is expected to remain generous in its dividend payout.

The four were arrested for celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad's daughter, Fatimah Zahra.

HEADLINES If the cabinet goes for another round of cuts, it will push up the electricity tariff and petrol prices.

Growing discontent over land acquisition in the state has transformed the traditional deference to figures of authority.

COMMENT The right thing to do will be to strive for a society that is whole and is able to integrate with one another.

Forestry Department acting deputy director Sapuan Ahmad says Sarawak does not neglect nature conservation in its quest for development.

FREE VOXPOP 'What would happen if tomorrow I screen a pornographic tape in public - will I be charged?'

FREE YOURSAY 'If sodomy is such a heinous crime as made out by Umno, I wonder, how many people have our authorities convicted of sodomy over the past 10 years?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Nazri, you totally missed the point. Irrespective of whether that person is a clown or idiot, he is a MP.'

Net profit for the quarter ending March 31 was RM171.9 million, compared with RM224.1 million a year earlier.

INTERVIEW The PKR de facto leader weighs in on a number of thorny issues kicked up by the Sarawak election. [VIDEO INSIDE]