Archive - 18 May 2013

It said the treatment plants could no longer cater to increasing demand from consumers.

Sarawak BN has rejected the main reason behind it losses in urban areas in GE13 due dwindling support of Chinese communities toward BN.

The Independent Cartoonists Group kicks off a nationwide tour to educate people on the scourge for which we have earned fame.

Commenting on the action by the NGOs, Hasan said he respected the stand of the group because as a neutral body, it had freedom of expression.

Lim Kit Siang says Pakatan sites had been blocked in the period leading up to GE13 and is a violation of the MSC guarantee.

'Similar rallies held in several places around the country were intended to instil hatred among the participants against BN.'

The Selangor Gerakan chief says this is because the state has one of the largest Indian concentrations in terms of population.

The home minister says he was not being racist but practical and his remark was taken out of context by certain irresponsible parties.

Student activist Adam Adli has been arrested in Bangsar today and will be investigated under section 4 of the Sedition Act.

According to him a major hurdle is the security and safety of those who declare their assets which includes their family members. [VIDEO]

The former judge was in fact overruled by two other panellists and no one was charged as the key witness was inconsistent.

'There is no need for the Senate. It is an unnecessary expense required to be borne by the people. It does not serve a useful purpose.'

The new lineup of the state's executive council sees six new faces, while the other three are serving their second terms.

The tax impact on the low income group  will more than offset the amount in the promised cash handouts, the party charged.

The newly-minted deputy minister bashes Pakatan’s promise to solve the matter in 100 days, calling it ‘misleading’. [VIDEO]

Hardly into his new job, Paul Low has turned apologist for why corruption will be difficult to eradicate in the BN admin.

Anger at the new Home Minister Zahid Hamidi's statements feed the huge crowds that continue to throng the Black 505 rallies.

ANALYSIS Most believe that MCA will return to the cabinet when party chief Chua is ousted by his ambitious rivals.

FREE YOURSAY 'It's difficult for PAS to retake Kedah. The new MB, Mukhriz Mahathir, is an aristocrat. He knows the game well.'

To consider other possible voting systems is not to be disloyal, and is certainly not a reason to migrate from Malaysia.

COMMENT A royal pardon for Husam for unspecified grievances may see the PAS leader playing a role in the Kelantan cabinet.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Umno-BN thinks that through harassment and selective prosecution, the people will be cowed. They are wrong.'

FREE YOURSAY 'How on earth can you say it was Zahid's own opinion when he was writing in Utusan as the home minister?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Home Minister Zahid, the ‘first past the post' is not the fault here. It is the way BN has implemented it.'

FREE YOURSAY 'What a stupid home minister, even telling the Malays/bumis to 'migrate elsewhere' for not supporting Umno.'

FREE YOURSAY 'To Zahid, the priority of the home minister is to ask more than half of M'sians to get a new home in other countries.'

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim attacked the new home minister at the Negri Sembilan leg of the Black 505 rally in Seremban last night.