Archive - 21 March 2012

PARLIAMENT The opposition plan to boycott the PSC on Lynas project was made because they fear the truth, says a BN backbencher.

PARLIAMENT A BN rep calls on the government to establish a centre to prevent same-sex relationships from getting rampant.

Operators of eateries are not compelled to apply for the ‘halal’ certification so as to display the halal logo at their premises, according to Hakimah Mohd Yusoff, director of the Halal Hub Division in the Department of Islamic Development (Jakim).

Pengerang residents chief claims a survey in seven affected villages shows almost all the families there are against the Petronas project.

PARLIAMENT Najib Abdul Razak, who is also Finance Minister, says IJM Corporation Berhad had the biggest interest in West Coast Expressways.

Two coaches of a 26-coach cargo train transporting sugar went off the tracks between Renggam and Layang-Layang in Johor early this morning, resulting in several KTM southern sector Intercity services  to be disrupted.

PARLIAMENT The Pokok Sena PAS MP urges the PM to disclose the date several months earlier, taking into consideration the hardship to the public.

Central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz cited 'a moderation of global growth' in issuing the forecast target.

S’GOR ASSEMBLY Batang Kali rep is ordered out for not complying with the speaker’s order of disallowing supplementary questions.

They were jailed a day and fined RM2,000 each for participating in a rally demanding repeal of ISA three years ago.

PARLIAMENT Pandikar Amin Mulia says the PSC on Lamp would be made up of five Barisan Nasional MPs and an Independent MP.

Nurul Izzah Anwar’s political secretary Fahmi Fadzil says the duo was held at a mosque, taken to Jalan Pantai police station and grilled for six hours.

Najib Abdul Razak today launched the 1Malaysia LPG Cylinder or SL1M - a composite LPG cylinder developed by Faidhi Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Hashim Karim, Berjasa’s executive director for the 13th GE, says the party is confident of winning at least 20 parliamentary seats.

The court sentenced her to one year for each of the eight counts and three years each for another 10 counts of abetting.

They want Election Commission to allow automatic voter registration and give full voting rights to all Malaysians residing overseas.

PARLIAMENT PJ Utara MP submits a question on the relocation of KLIA2 from KLIA North to KLIA West, and is unsatisfied with the brief reply.

PARLIAMENT DAP’s Fong Po Kuan says the debate is of public importance as it involves 10,000 residents in Perak.

COMMENT No PM, Malaysia did not rise in the RSF press freedom rankings. Other countries in the region fell.

S'GOR ASSEMBLY UPDATED 6.55PM He marks his first appearance ias an Independent by telling Abdul Rani Othman to see a pyschologist.

Najib says the Lynas issue requires a bipartisan approach because it is a matter of public interest.

For 2009 and 2010, the group of companies earned profit before tax of RM203 million and RM366 million, respectively, says the deputy minister.

The Foreign Ministry says he would be accompanied by his wife, Ban Soo-taek, and a delegation comprising UN senior officials and staff.

The Umno supreme council member, who is to sign the document tomorrow, will become the first GE candidate to do so.

UPDATED 3.50PM It also wants the home minister and the IGP to produce the 1,700 police reports made against Bersih.

UPDATED 6.43PM While the speaker forbids discussion of court cases, the committee can continue by avoiding specifics of the NFC charge.

PARLIAMENT The decision was made after taking into account the expenses borne by those with a monthly income of RM2,500 and below.

Our worth is in the goodness of our deeds.

Three of six top-grossing films are fright flicks, and the genre made up more than a third of domestic movies in 2011.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 3.20PM Just as in Europe, Malaysians will soon abandon both, once their interest hits a plateau.

Religious scholar Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin says this holds true so long as there is no hostility to Islam by those of other faiths.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 2.50PM The national debt limit is 55% of GDP, and we are now at 53%, says deputy minister.

DAP leaders, especially the warring factions of Karpal Singh and P Ramasamy, have been urged to close ranks and focus on the coming election.

UPDATED 1.05PM The overall SPM achievement for 2011 improved, with the National Average Grade at 5.04 compared to 5.19 in 2010.

COMMENT A 13-year-old Sri Lankan refugee was arrested for fraudulently attempting to obtain a Malaysian passport.

The George Town deputy OCPD had helped defuse tensions during the anti-Lynas rally in Penang, notes Suaram in a tribute. [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT The PM’s support for Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council will earn him the ridicule of the international community.

FREE VOXPOP 'With the PM having said the PSC's task is to explain that Lynas is safe, it all becomes a pointless exercise.'

FREE YOURSAY 'When it comes to resigning from the state assembly on account of being sacked from PAS, his self-righteousness disappears...'.

FREE YOURSAY 'I saw it coming as early as last year - that there are a few Umno members who are good people.'

FREE YOURSAY 'More freedom does not equal a free media. If the media is still subject to the scrutiny of the Home Ministry...'

INTERVIEW UPDATED 3.35PM He asks why conversions to Islam are rising if the suicide bombers are wrong.

COMMENT 'A first step is not treating him like a pariah, but either exposing his lies or dealing with his truths.'