Archive - 23 December 2012

Sri Maha Mariamman Temple's committee chief R Vellasamy is upset with the state government's indifferent to the temple's predicament.    

The deputy information, communications and culture minister likens rejecting BN candidates to  burning bridged with government.

According to one US observer, Najib Abdul Razak hit all the right notes during the Asean-India summit.

Selangor BN coordinator Mohd Zin Mohamed says they would join BN through direct membership during the Karnival Sayangi S'gor.

Other than corrupt practices, Puad wants candidates to also be vetted for bankruptcy and moral misconduct.

Gobind Singh Deo reminds Najib that MACC is not at the ruling party’s beck and call, and calls his bluff on the BN candidate dilemma.

This is related to the recent allegations that Perak DAP was offered an inducement after the 2008 GE to install a PAS leader as menteri besar.

Sungai Pimpin also overflowed its banks and caused flooding at the Bukit Gendut PPRT, says Dungun MP Matulidi Jusoh.

Karpal Singh has asked the DAP’s ex-vice-chairperson to withdraw his statement, which has been described as obnoxious.

Some 300 superbikers brought the smell of burning rubber to Sri Pentas to show that they don’t like being called ‘road pests’.

Himpunan Hijau's Dr Phua Kia Yaw says the two containers were set up on a three-acre plot of land in Balok.

Sodomy I trial star witness Ummi Hafilda Ali, 45, is set to marry Dr Zaman Khan, 33, whom she describes as a religious family man.

The late Dr Lim Keng Yaik’s body will be cremated in accordance with a full state funeral on Wednesday, says his son Lim Si Pin.

Danish Chai, a field manager in Gombak, says the robberies continue despite assurances from Setapak police.

A group protesting the Penang bridge toll was joined by another, which wants the state to fulfil several pledges before starting on a new campaign.

UPDATED 2.35PM A small group of students protesting the jailing of a fellow student for last April’s anti-PTPTN protest camp have returned to the square.

FREE VOXPOP ‘Hishammuddin, if you are reading this, there is one robbery in every KK convenience store in the country every three and a half months.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The hardest thing: to be, or even try to be, an honourable man where there are no honourable men. He tried.'

Kelantan Umno chief Mustapa Mohamed said the probe was vital to enable the people to know the truth.

FREE YOURSAY 'Zam, stop treating the Indonesians as fools. They are far smarter than you in ways you don't even realise.'

FREE VOXPOP 'They are asked to lodge a report on their complaint so that the ministry can investigate the matter.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Zeti, the illicit outflow of funds from RM90 billion in 2009 to RM196 billion in 2010 is too big a hole to cover.'

COMMENT His rant against former Indonesian president BJ Habibie has all the hallmarks of Umno public relations ineptitude.