Archive - 16 July 2011

Education Ministry is in the midst of preparing a report on the proposed total review on the national education system.

'They may be allowed to operate as usual, but certain conditions will be imposed, like imposing a ban on Muslims.'

The decision was made because the National Day on Aug 31 falls towards the end of the Ramadan month.

Information Ministry is conducting a survey to find out the motive of people who took part in the illegal rally on July 9.

DAP sec-gen Lim Guan Eng asked if Bank Negara also planned to freeze Umno Youth’s assets for their ‘illegal assembly’.

Liverpool beat Malaysia 6-3 in an international friendly match at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil tonight.

Rosmah, who is patron of IIF, said Islamic fashion had indeed become a lucrative commercial field of enterprise.

He said that he was treated well by police while in custody for participating in the July 9 illegal rally.

He said street demonstrations are not the answer to grouses against the government as they may well spiral out of control.

UPDATED 6.43PM While elsewhere the crackdown continues, 50 protestors march unhindered in KLCC. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'The rally is not merely to call for a clean and fair election but to topple the government through a popular uprising on the streets.'

Tenaga is mulling the idea again, especially with plans for nuclear power plants as alternative power source remain uncertain.

EYEWITNESS ' I know now that that I am not alone somehow; I can count on my Malaysian brothers and sisters in the worst of times.'

 

 

Kuching police saw red this morning over a lawyer in a yellow Bersih 2.0 T-shirt and arrested him on the spot.

UPDATED 3.25PM July 9 was a day Malaysians from literally all walks of life rose up against BN’s intimidation, says PAS exco Hanipa Maidin.

One team will investigate claims by the doctors while another team will investigate the whole incident.

The Air Pollutant Index shows better readings today compared to yesterday's in KL and Perak.

COMMENT Isn't 'bersih' after all the precondition to enter any sacred space, including our nation...together? Don't underestimate its power.

Kedah PAS will brief the party’s CC tomorrow concerning its decision to ban entertainment outlets during the month of Ramadan.

She has an invitation to become one of the patrons of the Asian University of Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

National laureate A Samad Said's arduous final lap to the Istana amidst the police assault on KL Sentral. [VIDEO INSIDE]

They added their names to the growing list of natives who have successfully defended their native customary rights in recent years.

PM Najib's constituency of Pekan in Pahang recorded a 28.9 percent jump in in new voters since the 2008 GE.

FREE YOURSAY 'With his frail frame, old age, struggling health, he weathered Bersih 2.0 and to me, he is the real hero to Malaysians.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Someone out there must be trying to get you. Just ask Liow Tiong Lai, he will explain what I mean.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Keep it up, PDRM. I need to be reminded when I cast my vote during GE13. As you know, Malaysians ‘mudah lupa'.'

At a memorial function last night, Beng Hock's younger sister made an emotional plea for the RCI report to be released.

It says new evidence points to the issuing of a third commission, which is even ‘bigger' than the earlier ones.

COMMENT That's the least Murphy Pakiam can do after accepting to be part of Najib's team to visit Pope Benedict.

When asked if she had talked to her father about the Bersih campaign for electoral reforms, she categorically said, 'No'.