Archive - 1 March 2013

Customs director-general Khazali Ahmad today denied claims that a lack of enforcement led to firecrackers being smuggled and sold widely during every festive season.

The stand-off between the security forces and the rebel group continues and the cordon remains intact, says Hamza Taib.

Sarawak’s Golden Jubilee celebrations which falls this year will be launched on March 31, said Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu in Kuching today.

Selangor Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) today lodged seven police reports to stop private investigator P Balasubramaniam from making a series of speeches which they
claimed were defaming Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

The government has taken various preventive measures to check illegal financial outflows and the measures will be further intensified to reduce unlawful financial outflows.

'Do not test our patience, our patience has reached the limit,' he was quoted as saying earlier.

Speaker Razak Mansor says the mandate given by the people to BN to rule the state for a five-year term would also end on the said date.

The commission will ensure that ticket prices for the proposed rail link between KL and Singapore will remain affordable for the public.

The persistence of Mohd Ali Rustam who has been Malacca CM for 14 years is best described in the book titled 'Aura & Umph Ali Rustam'.

The suit was brought by several veteran artistes who claimed that Seniman's 14th annual general meeting (AGM) was invalid. 

UPDATED 5.59PM In a radio station interview, he says he is happily married with a brood of children, and the allegations are unture.

UPDATED 5.10PM Najib Abdul Razak says the gov't will explain to the people that the opposition manifesto is something that cannot be fulfilled.

Muhyiddin says PM Najib was looking into the details of the manifesto before it is ready for final discussions with BN component parties.

CM Lim Guan Eng says Beijing Urban Construction Group would be allowed to collect toll from only the third link.

The two were killed when a mortar shell hit Kampung Tanduo, which had been turned into a fortress by armed Filipino intruders.

Doesn’t this announcement directly violate all of Pakatan’s and DAP’s general election manifestos, asks state MCA advisor Koay Kar Huah.

Its director-general Abdul Rahman Othman says the documents did not explain the error which occurred during the vote-counting process.

The opposition has to wait until the national BN announces its manifesto, says Selangor BN coordinator Mohd Zin Mohamed.

KINIBIZ Lumut Maritime Terminal plans to sue the state, claiming that the jetty being built by a mining giant breaches the terms of LMT's concession pact.

KINIBIZ Four years after Selangor made its offer for water industry consolidation, the situation could very well move back to square one.

Start with public universities.

UPDATED 2.45PM Ostensibly, the ban was to avoid problems, but the students are curious about the real reasons behind it.

Following the breakdown in talks, a group representing Chinese businesses will now only talk to the 'real decision makers'.

DAP continues to rubbish PM Najib Abdul Razak's statement that a vote for the party will see Islam being oppressed, says its vice-chairperson.

Five Pakistanis have confessed that they obtained citizenship from agents in Sabah during their first visit to Malaysia.

Rosmah Mansor's entourage made sure she did not come across about 40 female students who held placards poking fun of her at UKM.

This, says PKR's Rafizi Ramli,, is the view expressed by a senior PAS leader whom he declined to name. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'I replied and defended the EC, it is not that I am inclined to any political party, but as a voter, I have rights.'

'My Record' features economic progress, 1Malaysia initiatives, political transformation and leadership. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The word in legal circles is that should the final decision favour the government, it would go badly for the BN in the coming polls.

UPDATED 5.20PM 'In remaking the nation beyond racial lines, Pakatan cannot write its manifesto along those lines.' [VIDEO INSIDE]

KINIBIZ They applaud the manifesto as a thoughtful review of the problems affecting the economy despite doubts on a few of its more populist measures.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Smart- phones would not have caused problems for the gov't had the mainstream media done its job.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Waythamoorthy has openly said they want to contest in all MIC seats. So naturally, they should join BN...'

FREE YOURSAY 'Hindraf can sway substantial numbers of Indians to vote for BN or tell them to abstain. Either way, it's Pakatan's loss.'

FREE YOURSAY 'We hope those involved in Project IC would come out and tell their side of the story. All of you can be forgiven...'

Transparency International-Malaysia concedes the integrity pledge signed by PM Najib last week is not legally binding.