Archive - 6 June 2011

These include Islamic banking, a hotel, oil and gas and cattle farming, Prime Minister Najib Razak says after meeting with that nation's leaders.

The opposition coalition wants to address what it sees as a ‘rising clamour' on religious issues by racists trying to peddle fear.

Rais Yatim says no decision has been made on 14 reports of alleged insult of Islam and Malays sent to the  AG's Chambers.

Najib claims the latest call by PAS is nothing new saying Umno and the BN have always pushed for it all this while.

A joint panel opposing room-sharing forced on women tourist guides is upset details of an inquiry into the issue were made public ahead of time.

An human rights NGO questions the number of fees that the migrant needs to pay during the Home Ministry’s 6P amnesty programme.

The No 2 LNG exporter expects first LNG imports in 2013 as power generation demand rises in tandem with economic growth.

It is not legalising them to be citizens but legalising them to stay and work legally, says Hishammuddin Hussein.

Utusan Malaysia's front page report that Penang government decides on the election of mosque committees threatens another religious controversy in the state.

The Transport Ministry has launched yet another Bus Expressway Transit (BET) route, slashing the bus travel time from Bukit Beruntung to Kuala Lumpur by 70 minutes.

UPDATED 10.46PM A post mortem reveals that the woman had both recent bruises and old scars on her back, forehead, and limbs.

UPDATED 5.30PM The authorities will not make any exception to the law against public assembly, the home minister warns protestors.

'We are very encouraged by the numbers obtained. Public participation and feedback is very important to us.'

UPDATED 5.35PM The home minister denies claims that his brother had lobbied for a lucrative contract for an Australian currency printer.

UPDATED 10.41PM The state President Cup coach Yusarman Yusof was charged with 21 counts of match-fixing by the Session Court.

COMMENT A narrow religious and ethno-nationalistic approach has come to dominate history education.

Bernard Dompok says that's the reason why he hasn't received many complaints over the matter.

Malaysians live just for today.

UPDATED 3.21PM The Umno supreme council member claims the PAS president is propping himself up as the next Pakatan Rakyat chief and prime minister-in-waiting.

SODOMY II UPDATED 4.46PM Police hampered interviewing potential witnesses and the judge ruled on Saiful’s credibility without hearing his defence, he says.

Failure to do so would be a slap in PM Najib Razak's face, and a burden on the people as water concessionaires will continue to profit, says DAP's Tony Pua.

The DAP’s Lim Guan Eng says there is no justification for the 7 percent hike in power tariff, based on allegations revealed in 2006.

'There are elements of worship, so we will not erect them,' says Islamic affairs minister Jamil Khir Baharom.

Kit Siang asked if BN leaders are prepared to face the wrath of the law if a Tahrir-like uprising occured in Malaysia.

SODOMY II UPDATED 4PM The judge throws out bid for his recusal with a two-liner after 40 minutes of pondering.

Malaysia Airlines is to join international airline network Oneworld alliance and start flying as a new member late next year.

UPDATED 1.45PM Top scorers who did not qualify for Public Services Department scholarships to get another chance from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.

Energy firm Petronas says today that the crude oil market's current fundamentals call for lower oil prices.

HEADLINES Berita Harian sees the Islamic party as abandoning its founding principles, based on polls results over the weekend.

Judge makes the ruling after deputy public prosecutor withdraws the charge against Shamsuddin Hayroni.

UPDATED 5PM It raises RM3,200 to buy a painting donated by journalist Susan Loone to raise funds for the news portal.

COMMENT These analyses share an obsession with terms, despite the party's insistence that such labels are created by detractors.

World heritage city of Malacca will be smoke-free from June 15, a first for the country, the health minister says.

The incident in Klang follows in the wake of direct mailing of copies to village chiefs in Selangor recently.

UPDATED 12.15PM The defence team wants time to study ‘last-minute’ documents submitted in the corruption trial against the former Selangor MB. [VIDEO INSIDE]

LIVE REPORTS UPDATED 11.47AM Justice Mohd Zabidin Diah dismisses the recusal application, but allows a stay for an appeal.

 

FREE   YOURSAY 'Anwar Ibrahim is working round the clock, giving ceramah sessions. Penang under Lim Guan Eng is under control. Kelantan is a fortress.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Congratulations, PDRM for putting Malaysia on the sexist map. You have achieved more than Tourism Malaysia has in putting Penang on that map, and at very little cost!'