
10-20 pct electricity tariff hike next year, says Ongkili
Malaysians can expect an increase in electricity tariff of between six to seven sen per kilowatt next year, according to Minister of Energy.

Malaysians can expect an increase in electricity tariff of between six to seven sen per kilowatt next year, according to Minister of Energy.

‘I do not want, when PAS and Umno meet, that it is seen as for the sake of Islamic unity alone,’ the Umno Youth chief says.










The power is with the state and the sultan appears to have exercised it for religious reasons, says Abdul Aziz Bari.


UPDATED 5.16PM
Irked by the 'kucing kurap' remark, four council workers unions lash out at the MP, calling him rude and arrogant.

UPDATED 5.55PM
PARLIAMENT
PKR's
R Sivarasa and DAP's V Sivakumar were told to leave the House.




COMMENT
'To what extent did ex-EC chief somersault over the rules to ensure his team won? And is his successor doing the same?'

Noor Azman Azemi, 39, who was Zahida’s driver for five years, filed the suit through the legal firm of Messrs Daim & Gamany.




The court allows Kok to withdraw the suits against Utusan Melayu and Mohd Zaini with no liberty to file afresh.

They are up in arms over a quip by Housing Minister Abang Johari Openg, and want it expunged from the Hansard of the S'wak state assembly.

UPDATED 6.20PM
SELANGOR ASSEMBLY
Monthly salaries will increase 87 to 373 percent next year, after the House approved it.

UPDATED 3.45PM Either Muhyiddin Yassin or Idris Jusoh will have to show up, 'to show the ministry’s seriousness over the issue'.

Asks Md Salleh Yaafar: If the government wants to glorify the national language, why does it sideline Bahasa Malaysia?

UPDATED 5.50PM
The MCA Youth chief admits being in Liow Tiong Lai’s ‘team’ and hopes there'll be no battle of factions.


UPDATED 2.20PM
Two batches will be sent on missions to the interior, to help bring water and electricity to the folk there.

The warrant was issued after the controversial blogger fails to turn up for a matter involving the custody of his two daughters.



FREE
YOURSAY
'Najib, how much money is going to be wasted on this unity council to give you the same inputs that most netizens...?'


There are no safe and humane conditions at the detention centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, says UN's refugee agency.

COMMENT
A spell of friction within Pakatan has brought with it the silver lining of lessons in the subtler arts of governance.

This is what suspended Sarawak Opposition Leader Chong Chieng Jen wants Tourism Minister Abang Johari Openg to explain.


‘I’m doing it because I support press freedom,’ explains Penang Gerakan chief Teng Chang Yeow, in contributing RM1,000.


