Archive - 31 August 2012

The 7.9 Richter scale quke hits Surigao City, 1,145km northeast of Kinabatangan, Sabah, at 8.48 tonight.

UPDATED 11.45PM Maintaining unity in defending independence will propel country to greater heights, the PM says at tonight’s Merdeka event at Bukit Jalil.

This is how Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim responds to criticism Selangor Sultan was not invited to state Independence Day celebration.

The opposition in Penang continues to ‘expose' and cast doubts over the sale of several plots of allegedly state-owned land by the local council.

Doctor found Azizan to be exhausted because of too many programmes during the fasting month, says PAS sec-gen Mustafa Ali.

Swiss AG opens criminal case against the Swiss banking group for money laundering in corruption involving Sabah CM.

Both victims of the system and its instruments.

'Janji Demokrasi' organisers condemn the act of a youth caught mooning the PM's picture, as well as that of his wife and the EC chief.

The DAP parliamentary leader slams New Straits Times for ‘lies and falsehoods' in its article criticising Penang's proposed anti-party hopping law.

COMMENT Pakatan Rakyat has plenty of questions to answer on how it will manage and rule the country better than the BN.

'Merdeka March for Jalan Sultan' organiser declares the rally a success as thousands had marched along and gathered at the historic area last night. [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT 'The courts are sending a very unfortunate message to women and children - that their rights cannot be protected by our judiciary.'

Deals like the refugee relocation to Malaysia expose assylum seekers to rights violations, says rights groups.

PM Najib Abdul Razak's plan to take over Eastern Dispersal Link based on the proposal mooted in Buku Jingga, says PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli.

UPDATED 3.11PM PKR's N Surendran says probing Pak Samad for reading poetry is a 'gross abuse of police powers'.

Both bodies cite Anwar, who is to speak during the event, as the cause for their decision to pull out of the National Day procession.

Selangor MB foots the bill for lease of a double-decker bus-com-mobile stage to ease the burden of PKR leaders' nationwide tours.

This will be a key issue in the coming election to be resolved by de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in his visit to the PAS-ruled state today.

Malaysians are becoming politically more vocal, as the fight for power intensifies ahead of the 13th general election.

Catherine, the former Kate Middleton will address staff and patients at a Malaysian hospice during the royal pair’s visit next month.

The Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister pours cold water on Selangor’s attempt to regain control of the state’s water supply.

UPDATED 4.58PM More than 10,000 descend upon the historic Dataran Merdeka for 'Janji Demokrasi'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE YOURSAY ‘If Indians don't realise that the person who can best help is already there - themselves - then they can dream on.'

Beaufort MP Lajim Ukin will register his new party shortly and may contest under Pakatan if it cannot be formed in time for GE13.

FREE YOURSAY 'If nothing else, this development merely proves we have a cabinet led by an utterly weak and befuddled PM.'

Netizens react with disgust and disbelief after a man was spared jail for statutory rape of a 12-year-old girl.

COMMENT Massaging statistics and reclassifying crimes is hardly new when it comes to law enforcement agencies worldwide.

FREE YOURSAY ' Kudos to all the courageous and right-minded people who showed up for ‘Janji Demokrasi' last night in Dataran Merdeka.'