Archive - 17 September 2011

Three more Mara Skills Institutes (MSIs) will be built under the 10th Malaysia Plan to enable more youths to obtain technical and vocational skills.

DAP disciplinary committee is to investigate a Bakri division leader in Johor over alleged misappropriation of funds amounting to RM45,000.

The meeting will streamline the legislation amendments and proposed new bills encompassing five laws.

BN had to relook the actual needs of the people in the state to formulate a special manifesto.  

The trio, including a three-year-old boy, died in explosions near two hotels and a Chinese-Thai cultural centre in a coordinated attack in Sungai Golok.

It seeks to sue Lim over the accusation that Umno was allegedly behind the arson of DAP HQ.

The Selangor exco denies blog allegations that he has met with Hishammuddin Hussein.

Scores attend the first public appearance of a new movement aiming to nurture youth involvement in elections.

The Kota Shah Alam state rep was chided for his refusal to fly the M'sian flag because it 'looks more BN than M'sian'.

PM Gillard's plans to deport asylum seekers to Malaysia looked set to fail after the opposition in parliament baulked at the enabling legislation.

Raja Muda of Perlis Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail is confident that this country would be able to produce Nobel Prize laureate.

UPDATED 3.27PM Blogger Papa Gomo posts footage aimed at placing Anwar at the scene, plus a teaser of a new video.

Rapper-cum-filmmaker Namewee fears that his Nasi Lemak 2.0 film may be banned because of a demonstration against it in Perak.

What are seemingly dramatic changes may not be very dramatic but very political.

BREAKING NEWS Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has heaped praises on his boss for his 'surprising' Merdeka Day announcements.

UPDATED 3.50PM Muhyiddin has heaped praises on his boss for his 'surprising' Merdeka Day announcements.

Prime Minister Najib Razak today reminded leaders of BN component parties to transcend race in serving the people. 

State-owned power producer Tenaga Nasional is contemplating raising funds from the bond market soon.

BREAKING NEWS At a Merdeka-raya event in Nibong Tebal today, Muhyiddin described Najib Razak speech as 'bold and courageous'.

As Malaysia Day was toasted at Dataran Merdeka, a different group  gathered to celebrate a national heritage in existence before independence.

'Don't anyone try to claim credit, saying that my announcement is due to their efforts.'

UPDATED 12.54PM He laments misleading reports of glowing support for BN and in-fighting within coalition parties.

PM's announcement on abolishing the annual renewal permit for newspapers  has come 27 years too late, says a Penang journalists group.

FREE VOXPOP 'People cannot just ‘clean up the database' anytime they like. We're talking about the electoral database.'

FREE VOXPOP 'The granting of the publishing licence should be a right if specified criteria are met. After all, there are laws...'

FREE YOURSAY The PM announces a 'surprise'. Perkasa starts making noise. The DPM keeps silent. Same script...'

FREE YOURSAY 'Even if BN wins the next election, it is likely that he will be a one-term PM - like his predecessor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.'

'This will give time to Najib to make as assessment on who should be the candidates,' he says.