Archive - 7 December 2011

However he also says the decision to use the ink was actually not required because every voter is registered and holds an IC.

The RM9.5 million mosque, built in 2005, was inspired by Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat after his visit to Beijing.

Umno and BN have no problem if the Election Commission (EC) wants to use indelible ink or retain the present system for next election.

The firm expects to finalise the sale of the vessels next month. Each corvette costs more than 100 million euros or RM418 million.

A man or a woman, who is the head of a family whose household monthly income is RM3,000 and below, can apply for the RM500 one-off cash aid from the government to be paid next month, the Finance Ministry said today.

Loss-making national carrier Malaysia Airlines expects to return to the black by 2013 with a ‘base case’ group target loss of RM165 million or a stretched target profit of RM238 million next year.

If deputy head P Ramasamy does not retract his ‘godfather’ remark, 'all hell will break loose' at the party convention on Sunday, warns a member.

Among the accusations made by the party were that part of the loan was used to benefit a minister and her kin.

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the government to formulate a new act to withdraw products which are risky and could lead to death to the consumer.

AirAsia is offering travel fares as low as 10 sen in conjunction with its 10th anniversary, as of midnight today.

PARLIAMENT The government has adopted a transparent and open process in drafting the bill, says Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin.

The annual trips are a waste of public funds, we do not know what they are learning over there, says assemblyperson Goh Leong San.

FREE The nation’s oldest surviving English-language daily and the 12-year-old political news portal have inked a deal to swap content.

The pro-Umno blogger threatens to release a clip of Chegubard making damning remarks while watching the controversial Anwar sex tape.

Justice Sulaiman Daud says it is the court’s view that the sum of RM100,000 in damages awarded by the High Court was excessive.

Lim Kit Siang says the speeches aired truly make nonsense of PM Najib’s proposal of a ‘Global Movement of Moderates’.

However, the decision would be made only after the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on electoral reform submits its full report next year.

Tan Lian Hoe says the special monitoring unit and the Health Ministry would make random tests on food products sold in KR1M shops.

The Terengganu football team may have to play in the afternoon as the brightness of the floodlights is not up to the level required.

Minister will accompany Penang CM on a trip on board the submarine to disprove allegations that it is unable to submerge.

While police are mum about their probe, it is likely to be about his remark on 'prison break' at the party congress in Johor.

A Penang DAP leader is upset over being unintentionally caught at a press conference to criticise DCM II P Ramasamy.

COMMENT What we must have is non-discriminatory public disclosure of all government debtors, and not just that of student loan defaulters.

The Penang Hill railway service will be suspended for seven days starting Jan 9 next year for inspection and maintenance.

UPDATED 4.50PM The department is prepared to test the ink for ‘haram’ ingredients, but is yet to be instructed to do so.

It's Kelantan secretary Tan Ken Ten describes as ‘ridiculous' the fine imposed on a coffee shop worker who wore a short-sleeved T-shirt at work.

PARLIAMENT The 13 products were taken off the shelves for ‘technical reasons’, according to a deputy minister.

Khalid's lawyer Firdaus Husni informs reporters that the parties have reached an agreement to settle the matter.

TI-Malaysia wants the MACC to leave no stone unturned in the investigations into Alstom's business dealings in Malaysia.

Umno coordinating chairperson for Malacca’s Bachang state seat, Saat Abu, and PBB vice-president Lihan Jok, today took their oath as senators.

State Umno liaison committee deputy chief Musa Sheik Fadzir accuses the two dailies of publishing ‘lies and false news’.

The evils they have to face in Bolehland.

A senior editor says Hasan is the only person feared by the Pakatan and who enjoys the sultan's favour as well.

Jakarta has approved a proposal by the central bank, Bank Indonesia, to omit three zeros off the Indonesian currency.

An ‘oversight' is said to have caused Mandeep Singh to be detained by immigration officials and prevented from flying to China for a holiday.

The chief minister's family must not place much hope on being able to silence all their growing critics throughout the world.

Gerakan is of the view that the commission should only answer to Parliament and not to the PM's Department as done presently.

UPDATED 1.35PM Deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar says the Election Commission has agreed to accept the PSC's recommendation.

FREE VOXPOP Startling increases in voter figures indicate, yet again, that all is not well with the polls roll.

FREE YOURSAY ‘The sheer desperation. Where is the intellectual honesty? Saying different things to different people, all for votes.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘We, including the Malays, have to be very wary of this man. He is trying to make himself omnipotent.'