Archive - 7 August 2013

Guests will be served an array of local dishes at the Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house beginning 10.30am tomorrow at Seri Perdana Complex.

In adherence to the command of the Agong, Keeper of the Rulers' Seal announces that Hari Raya Puasa has been set for Thursday, Aug 8, 2013.

Four of BN's election petitions will be go on to a full trial while 20 filed by Pakatan Rakyat didn't even get past the first stage.

In his time as premier, he said he was quick to chide the Malay daily when he felt it had crossed the line when it came to racism and sedition.

‘The gov't should organise road shows and discussions, including in parliament, to gather feedback from law makers, industries and public’.

Penang International Indian Shopping Festival organiser says the protests by local traders even helped to publicise the five-day event.

Lim Kit Siang says this should be a time for reflection by Malaysians who love this country and who have no intention to migrate.

Ex-Maika CEO Vell Paari vows to quit MIC if MIC's Jaspal Singh can prove his allegations, failing which, Jaspal must instead resign as senator.

The DAP secretary-general wants a face-to-face meeting with ROS chief Abdul Rahman Othman over the latter's demands.

'I have no time to respond to inconsequential demands and comments from inconsequential personalities,' says the veteran lawyer.

UPDATED 4.07PM ‘Umno is at crossroads and must immediately reform,' says former prime minister Pak Lah in his book, soon to be launched.

UPDATED 3.45PM Ku Chin Wah and his boss jokingly brush aside the likeness between the CID chief and the highly wanted suspect.

UPDATED 3.52PM Pak Lah says KJ and other ‘fourth-floor boys’ were, however, 'demonised by those resistant to change'.

UPDATED 3.44PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 'was not happy' with the MIC president's way of handling issues.

Why so little patience, respect and forgiveness?

At least seven cars were damaged by the lightning rod that fell off the building during a freak storm in June.

Suhakam's report also criticises the Department of Orang Asli Development, saying the department has failed in its task.

COMMENT Critical views of Dr M by Pak Lah in a new book is bound to be well received and raise political temperatures.

UPDATED 1.35PM The DAP’s Teresa Kok also says the content of the article defames her and that the police must investigate the matter.

COMMENT Focus on the Domestic Violence Act, the government is told, instead of drafting new laws to protect men from domestic abuse.

Brother Albinus preached by example, and practised before the eyes of the young what he wished them to accept.

Taman Permata residents living in tents outside their cracked flats for 57 days are told to lobby Selangor gov't for new houses.

Jais has identified four hotspots where Shiite teaching is being spread and its activities openly organised.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Booklet writer Father Augustus Chen is as real as the Red Bean Army. Both are figments of Umno's imagination.'

FREE VOXPOP ‘Their looks are similar... one a policeman, the other a suspect. We can't judge a book by its cover.'