Archive - 6 October 2013

No order to keep three VPs, says Hisham

No order to keep three VPs, says Hisham

NONEHishammuddin Hussein says that claims there are orders to keep the three VPs were absurd, because there are so many voters.
NUJ tells Zahid to shed 'uncivilised' attitude

NUJ tells Zahid to shed 'uncivilised' attitude

The NUJ advises the home minister that there are better remedies than threats if his statements were misconstrued.
Bantah TPPA: Help cabinet by joining our protest

Bantah TPPA: Help cabinet by joining our protest

It believes there are those in the gov't who want out of the TPPA and are looking for a surge of public protest to jumpstart the process.
Habitat Day sees M'sians in KL street protest

Habitat Day sees M'sians in KL street protest

About a hundred came out to protest forced evictions, the lack of affordable housing. hazardrous industries near homes, and more.
Snubbed by welfare dept, disabled man crawls up stairs

Snubbed by welfare dept, disabled man crawls up stairs

NONEThe Kulim Welfare Dept refused to accept a memo from his group and Gnana Pragasan hauled himself up with the memo in his mouth.

Kit Siang: PM must answer House on audit report

Kit Siang: PM must answer House on audit report

NONEThis is necessary to end the annual tale of horrors on graft, wastage of public funds and abuses of power said DAP veteran.

NGO: Abuse of domestic workers increasingly brutal

NGO: Abuse of domestic workers increasingly brutal

NONETenaganita says the physical and sexual abuse, and malnutrition they suffer, can sometimes reach life-threatening levels.
PM: TPPA talks may not conclude this year

PM: TPPA talks may not conclude this year

NONEThe prime minister describes the year-end deadline for TPPA talks as 'very tight' and that it just may not be feasible.
Petronas is now biggest foreign investor in Canada

Petronas is now biggest foreign investor in Canada

Petronas is now the biggest foreign investor in Canada after investing C$36 billion in the country's liquefied natural gas industry.
'Bullying due to being struck dumb and helpless'

'Bullying due to being struck dumb and helpless'

The home minister turned on a Malaysiakini writer as BN was stumped by irregularities shown in Auditor-General's Report, says Lim Guan Eng.
Anwar debunks 'DAP promotes Christianity' charge

Anwar debunks 'DAP promotes Christianity' charge

The opposition leader asserts that there is no truth in such allegations and in the first place, PAS and PKR would never allow it.
Khairy: I got results while others spewed Malay rhetoric

Khairy: I got results while others spewed Malay rhetoric

The incumbent Umno Youth chief defends his tenure from claims he had failed to trumpet Malay rights sentiments, saying he got work done.
Musa tries to revive 'Umno liberal' concept

Musa tries to revive 'Umno liberal' concept

NONECOMMENT Is the 'Umno liberal' a real or straw figure? A party stalwart persists in affirming the liberal’s existence.
Getting real on bumiputera industrial development

Getting real on bumiputera industrial development

COMMENT Keeping bumiputera industrial development and social development as distinct policy objectives helps in critically examining the PEB agenda.
Zahid now trains guns on dailies, threatens closure

Zahid now trains guns on dailies, threatens closure

NONEThe home minister now threatens to gun down any media that reports his 'sensitive' remarks at a closed forum in Malacca.
'Chinese tsunami shouldn't end my Umno career'

'Chinese tsunami shouldn't end my Umno career'

NONEEx-Malacca CM Ali Rustam says though he lost in the GE, he can champion the Malay cause by being one of Umno's VPs.

Al-Azhar grad in the running as PAS' Sg Limau candidate

Al-Azhar grad in the running as PAS' Sg Limau candidate

Azam Samad, who is the Jerai PAS Youth chief, has emerged as among the potential candidates for coming by-election.
Blazing saddles Zahid and land of Endless Denials

Blazing saddles Zahid and land of Endless Denials

FREE VOXPOP 'Get used to Umno's culture of endless denial, denial, denial. This is the core behaviour from the PM, ministers to anyone related to Umno.'
PKR: Suhakam must probe gunshot at Penan protest

PKR: Suhakam must probe gunshot at Penan protest

police fire shot during Penan protest at the Murum blockadeNot only did the cops side with the corporations instead of the people, shots were fired, reminds Lee Chean Chung.
No shabby excuses on K-Pop sponsorship, please

No shabby excuses on K-Pop sponsorship, please

NONEFREE YOURSAY 'Shabery Cheek, the K-Pop concert is said to have cost RM67mil. Do you agree or not? If not, what then was the cost?'
Paul Low, not all of us are for sale

Paul Low, not all of us are for sale

paul lowFREE YOURSAY 'The PCA is a reversal of human rights, so do not try to sugarcoat it. A stink by any other smell stinks the same.'