Archive - 2 January 2013

School authorities are issued a circular reminding them not to make any deductions for any Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) or other payments.

Federal Territory Fire and Rescue officers are on a 24-hour alert to assist the affected residents who had been directed to vacate their houses.

While the breakdown in two pump houses will be addressed soon, but water distribution process to affected areas will take a week.

Selangor was to build additional pumping system as the pump house in Wangsa Maju was overloaded, says Syabas.

UPDATED 10.01PM While he says he never handed any documents to Rafizi Ramli, Deepak declines to say if the latter's claims were true.

UPDATED 10.29PM Carpet merchant Deepak Jaikishan's book The Black Rose will be released as a free ebook beginning tomorrow.

Following criticism, the cabinet has agreed that the RM200 rebate will apply to smartphones from all price ranges.

UPDATED 8PM A Media Prima senior editor concedes this in the hearing of a RM50mil defamation suit by Mohammad Nizar.

The Court of Appeal allowed two lieutenant-colonels to amend their statement of claim in a defamation suit filed against blogger RPK.

Its CEO Aireen Omar says the airline was awaiting the nod from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd to occupy the new airport.

Ikram COO Mohd Taufik Harun says the bungalow owned by Rompin MP Jamaludin Jarjis had to be demolished as there were signs of earth movement.

The gov't will have to appoint lawyers for them as the 2,500 advocates registered at the court are to ‘stay away’ to ensure ‘speedy justice’.  

The victim was pulled to safety just in time by her boyfriend, police are set to allege in a 1,000-page charge sheet.

‘We are confident that the PM will ‘tepati janji’,’ says PAS Mat Sabu, head of the rally’s organising panel. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.25PM Cheras police district chief Mohan Singh says this will be done when the autopsy report is in hand.

UPDATED 4.35PM Pakatan Rakyat sees the guidelines for election observers as setting unfair restrictions on them.

About 49,000 stateless children never got to experience 'first day blues' at school because they don't have ID papers.

DAP urges the Internal Revenue Board to be fair instead by probing those who made illegal donations to BN or possesses extraordinary wealth.

PAS says the live telecast for its president Abdul Hadi Awang was necessary to prevent his speech from being edited.

It warns Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng against ‘exploiting’ festive occasions to ‘raise political and religious issues’.

UPDATED 7.05PM The ex-MB says that he had never referred in his tweet that he accused the sultan of using public funds.

Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee says recent enquiries into custodial deaths in law enforcement premises have resulted in ‘open’ verdicts.

Zunar wants to protest the use of the Printing Presses and Publications Act to restrict freedom of speech, after his previous printers were raided.

UPDATED 3.40PM Deepak allegedly paid RM13mil for 19 pieces of jewellery supplied by two companies, PKR claims. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The PAS spiritual leader wants to talk about the party’s struggle and ‘spread the truth’ to all viewers, regardless of faith.

Syabas estimates more areas in Kuala Lumpur will be affected, causing inconvenience to half a million households.

‘Datin B’, who mimicks the premier’s wife in the footage, stole the show during the official launch of the video ahead of the polls.

The dawn of a happy New Era?

BOOK REVIEW The leftist and workers’ struggle in pre-Independent Malaya is a story not so often told, least so in the form of a novel.

A group of NGOs' treasurer Chua Peng Sian claims the husband said he wanted to commit suicide after receiving a relocation notice.

‘Sayangi BN’ videos are being screened on the six-car train sets in the Klang Valley, seeking trust in the coalition ahead of GE13. 

COMMENT Just about a year ago aspirant Anwar and incumbent PM Najib faced situations markedly different to their present ones.

FREE YOURSAY 'The Ali Tinju butt dancers are missing in action when the Armed Forces' retirement funds are being used to bail out Umno.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Much work will need to be done to fix the road before the rakyat can travel towards their rightful destination.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘It is well within the Bar council's jurisdiction to do so. But will it have what it takes to take up the challenge?'