Archive - 22 March 2013

The Malacca International Airport (MIA) is set to become the aviation hub for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for small and medium-sized aircraft, with the construction of a maintenance building costing RM50 million.

Political parties will be given 10 minutes airtime each on national station RTM to present their manifestos after Parliament is dissolved.

The defence in the murder case involving cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three other individuals closed its case after calling the last of its 30 witnesses today.

The Higher Education Ministry tells parents and students not to be deceived and to visit the ministry’s website for accurate information.

A normally cool Ismail Omar gets upset over Harris Salleh's claim that cops have been destroying the ICs of Sabah Suluks.

Huang is seen answering questions on how to purchase Billion Venture, owned by a close associate of the CM. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Two such banners mysteriously appear in a residential area where Anwar attracted thousands of local people at a ceramah.

KINIBIZ Analysts and observers have been puzzled with the move of Shahrol Halmi, and the haste with which it happened.

UPDATED 10.55PM The three students had been trying to meet an RTM director inside, over their demand for a platform to debate with the PM. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Protesters claim that the bank adopts unfair appraisal when awarding bonus and sacks staff who question the management’s use of employee fund.

COMMENT Spending on making the lives of the people at the bottom end of society becomes only a passing priority for the political elite.

KINIBIZ The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) link has been said to be a business and an investment opportunity.

Its president says if a developer opted for Green Real Estate (GreenRE) platinum rating, 15pct would be the average initial cost increase.

The blame is clearly ours.

COMMENT Was Pemandu merely incompetent in providing the wrong figures to the PM, or was it hoping the public would not notice?

UPDATED 5.20PM A short video was put up to counter DAP speaker Hew Kuan Yau’s use of crude language during a ceramah.

Praising Ong's courage in exposing the PKFZ scandal, the PKR strategist tells the ex-MCA chief to take another brave step for change.

The Lembah Pantai MP wants NST to apologise or face legal action for portraying her as bashing the security forces over Lahad Datu.

Carex - the brand name of Karex condoms - holds about 15 percent of the global condom market, according to sector analysts.

'To be radical today in Umno is to be centrist because that is the radical position,' the Umno Youth leader says in an interview. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'Certain groups' have been condemned for resorting to such 'despicable and irresponsible acts' to scare away voters.

UPDATED 3.10PM The former PM muses that Anwar is mulling Perak because he is not confident of winning his home seat.

'Existence of large numbers of IC numbers deemed problematic by the NRD in electoral roll a cause for concern.'

UPDATED 4PM Rafizi wants the EC to explain how the pro-Umno blogger could possess both police and civilian ICs. [VIDEO INSIDE]

When BN aligns itself with some of these NGOs, they become very dangerous. They talk the BN talk, claims the Penang chief minister.

COMMENT Can the latest exposes by Global Witness on corrupt land deals in Sarawak end the 50-plus years of Umno's hegemony?

GE13 WATCH Pakatan will announce a ‘heavyweight’ candidate, possibly Gen (Rtd) Md Hashim Hussein.

An engagement plan is needed.

COMMENT Malaysians may have to take a gamble in the coming general election and BN is telling us, ‘better the devil you know’.

FREE YOURSAY 'Only businesses that depend on BN's cronyism as their life support fear a change of government. Which one of these is CIMB, Nazir?'

FREE YOURSAY 'This will kill two birds with one stone, no need for Chua Soi Lek to threaten resigning like a small kid...'

A surprise discovery is that even young voters cannot resist this goodie - which can ambush the opposition's Putrajaya ambition.

UPDATED 12.40PM An ex-Kota Kinabalu OCPD says political interference in the force has hindered the proper execution of duties.

UPDATED 5.20PM The High Court allows a judicial review of Jawi’s prosecution against a bookstore manager over the sale of Irshad Manji’s book.

Penang BN says its list of candidates for the 13th general election has been only partially approved by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

COMMENT He may leave his Ipoh Barat seat to take on S Subramaniam in Segamat, thereby joining the DAP thrust into Johor.

The 13-day campaign period Abdullah opted for in 2008 brought the political tsunami, making BN lose its two-thirds grip, says an academician.

INTERVIEW He says it is a long-standing tradition that the Umno president has the final say on candidates. [VIDEO INSIDE]

But the DAP secretary-general has yet to name the candidate to replace Liew Chin Tong in the Bukit Bendera parliamentary seat.

ANTIDOTE Young Dayaks, with smartphone access to websites like Malaysiakini and Sarawak Report, have brought dissent home to the longhouses.

'Contrary to what was claimed in the video, Singapore has, to date, provided fully the information requested...'

FREE YOURSAY 'It is a sting operation and the culprits fell for it. In the West, this is how elusive evidence is procured...'

FREE YOURSAY 'Try and salvage whatever shred of dignity you have by doing what's best for nation, not for your political masters.'