Archive - 21 November 2011

Malaysia beat Indonesia 5-4 on penalties after a nail-biting football finals to clinch gold at the 26th SEA Games in Jakarta.

This follows a tumultuous few weeks after reports that the PM's son had come on board the company.

Improving the lives of the people is the BN government's main priority, says MB Zambry Abdul Kadir when tabling the state budget.

The MCA central committee to resolve to give RM100 cash to its 300,000 senior members as a token of appreciation for their contribution.

Officials from the government, Khazanah Nasional Bhd and MAS brief the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament.

The National Students Consultative Council told the gov't that it hopes KR1M and Menu Rakyat 1Malaysia would be available on campuses.

The new law to replace the Internal Security Act 1960, which will be repealed, will still provide for detention without trial.

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament will start an internal hearing on the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) on Wednesday.

Public Accounts Committee wants answers on discrepancies in its dealings with PetroSaudi International raised by Anwar Ibrahim five months ago.

Information, Communications and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim today obtained leave from the High Court to commence committal proceedings against a blogger.

Najib Abdul Razak says the country will move swiftly to realise its full potential to maximise the benefits of a vibrant bio-economy.

He says though Kita wanted to bring change for the people, it would only field candidates in constituencies where it had a chance of winning. 

Utusan Malaysia gets 103 media accreditation tags while Malaysiakini gets only two, making it difficult to cover the five-day event.

UPDATED 6.15PM This is to steer them away from sensitive issues, says party secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin arrived in Scott Base, Antarctica today for a special working visit to Antarctica.

Pro-BN online activists have proven they spread falsehood, Guan Eng says, linking this to his son's bitter experience.

Indonesian sports fans hate Malaysia because opposition figures are poisoning their thoughts, says Razali.

Deputy Higher Education Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said the government will try to help jobless PTPTN borrowers to land jobs.

The state BN secretary says whoever is the new state BN chief, he has to improve the coalition’s strength in the legislative assembly.

Homosexuality goes against Islam, the religion of the federation and thus it is therefore unconstitutional, says the minister.

DPM Muhyiddin Yassin today instructed school teachers to hand over the one-off RM100 schooling aid in full to the parents of all students. 

'After this, it will be the stage for local and international experts to look at what can be improved,' says Muhyiddin.

With millions paying premiums each month, Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa says the NHFA stands to be a windfall for the ruling party.

State Public Utilities Minister Awang Tengah Ali Hasan says Sarawak is not located in the earthquake prone zone.

The Save Malaysia Stop Lynas group will make yet another bid to stop the rare earth metal plant from taking off at Gebeng, at the Lynas AGM.

UPDATED 4.40PM PKR now alleges that the NFC spent RM31,580 for the umrah expenses of a cabinet minister's husband.

UPDATED 4.20PM DAP’s national publicity chief says the deafening silence from the health minister smacks of a cover-up and collusion with the supplier.

Terengganu has been hit by floods following heavy rain overnight, with two districts affected and more than 20 people evacuated this morning.

UPDATED 2.02PM Muhyiddin agrees with Mahathir on the internal strife in Umno, but says the matter is being addressed.

Nazri Aziz says the PM will propose the Peaceful Assembly Bill to replace one of a slew of old draconian laws.

UPDATED 1.30PM The four filed a suit to demand the disclosure of agreement on the sPICE subterranean exhibition centre.

Sarawak Welfare, Women and Family Development Minister Fatimah Abdullah says all teachers in Kemas pre-schools are locals.

As at 10.56am, the counter jumped 23 sen to RM1.56 with 1.1 million shares transacted and was one of the top gainers.

Selangor hopes to hold a pilot election of local government councillors beginning with MBPJ before the GE.

The party’s central committee member D Jeyakumar tells a forum production should be for the people, not for profit.

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has resorted to the micro-blogging site to seek a suitable name for his first-born, reported PTI.

FREE VOXPOP 'A few years ago, the former head of China's State Food and Drug Administration was executed for corruption.'

COMMENT Denials and counter-claims by Ezam and Zul Nordin following Syed Husin's disclosures are integral to building up the historical record.

FREE YOURSAY ‘IGP, you just have to enforce discipline among your police force so that the rakyat can trust them.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘IGP, you seek ideas? I'll give you one - rule of law, plain and simple. Do your job professionally.'

FREE VOXPOP 'There is indeed abuse of power to grant a loan to a project undertaken by people who have no skills to do it.'