Archive - 17 December 2011

Mahathir said on the contrary he was the one who had refused the World Bank funds and asked its rep to leave.

The former PKR leader has to comply with Gerakan admission requirements as provided under the party constitution, says Koh Tsu Koon.

An investigation will be made over the claim of a same-sex marriage abroad allegedly involving a Malay man, says Jamil Khir Baharom. 

The lively student protest marching from Masjid Jamek to PWTC says the UUCA has ‘killed student activism’.

As such, says PM Najib Razak, the opposition pact is fragile and its cooperation cannot be sustained.

Political discord and not Islam is the root cause of Muslims disunity in the country, said former PM Mahathir.

Up to last Thursday, the Inland Revenue Board had received two million BR1M application forms.

Felda Vision Generation Alliance (GWGF) chairman Rozali Ismail is not against the listing of Felda Global Ventures Holding (FGVH) on Bursa Malaysia.

Mipas sec-gen S Barathidasan calls on the rightful minister to make the announcement lest it be another ‘political sandiwara’.

'You will get to see the draft before it goes to Parliament,' the deputy minister says about amending the UUCA.

The fourth consecutive week of protest was held amidst a backdrop of deafening leave blowers and water sprinklers. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It says 99 percent of the people wanted freedom of access to information, especially through satellite services.

'What has MACC done towards seeking out the culprits and restoring some semblance of rule of law to this country?'

It says it has won a RM9 billion deal from Putrajaya for six naval vessels developed by French manufacturer DCNS.

'If and when the opposition takes over power in the country, it must be answerable to a strong and fearless and true press.'

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Yakcop’s Tasek Gelugor constituency gets a boon in farming assistance.

According to parliamentarian Teresa Kok, raising the retirement age in the public sector to 60 years will eventually do more harm than good.

FREE VOXPOP 'It's time to re-open the Balkis accounts and we'll see how many ‘cows' are dipping their filthy hands into the funds.'

DAP's parliamentary leader claims that BN-controlled media have failed to report several developments unfavourable to the ruling coalition.

There is no political will at all to address the problem, according to  DAP Member of Parliament for Klang, Charles Santiago.

FREE VOXPOP 'Is such a system being created by the gov't so that their party leaders can demonstrate their 'importance'?'

COMMENT The now mended Karpal-Rama spat was over trifles, but PAS' intra-party wrangle is of graver import.

FREE YOURSAY 'Members in the house who suddenly become big headed must be nipped in the bud and flushed out before they turn the house into a circus.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The purchase from the French? Or the payment of ‘fees', or what ever you choose to call it in Perimeker?'

FREE YOURSAY 'TBH died for a paltry sum of RM2,500. How many people should die in this multi-billion ringgit graft case?'

COMMENT With the 13th general election approaching, it is time to take stock and count the cost of BN rule since 1957.