Archive - 28 December 2013

The  services of the city public transport, the RapidKL's bus and rail services, will be extended to cater for the new year revellers on Tuesday night.

DAP sec-gen Lim Guan Eng flays MCA, Gerakan and MIC for pretending not to know their government backs the Malay supremacist group.

DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang describes police warnings of a plot to topple the government on New Year's Eve as a 'fairy tale'.

Its president Maria Chin Abdullah poses a question to the gov't whether or not it really supports an NGO that incites hatred.

Organisers will also be setting up camps around Dataran Merdeka and bringing various weapons, including grenades.

Its managing director, Mashal Ahmad, says the death of the three employees were due to failing health and following a road accident.

Esther Golingi accuses the federal government of playing out the state’s original people by depriving them of their rights.

The Bar heats up the issue, urging the gov't to adapt to the changing times and recommending measures aimed at a free press.

Turning them into everyday geniuses.

PKR veep N Surendran points out that nowhere in the Police Act is a law that allows the force to do the bidding of a developer.

The DAP MP for Ipoh Barat says bipartisan opinion holds that raised taxes and prices bode ill for continued BN rule.

DAP MP Ong Kian Ming challenges the minister to explain why a fifth such incinerator was abandoned if its technology was so good.

UPDATED 2.59PM In any country, a big-spending individual would set alarm bells ringing and initiate a probe, says Tian Chua.

UPDATED 3.24PM Consumer group PPIM tells people to plant their own chilli or earn more money rather than gripe about 'barang naik'.

FREE YOURSAY ‘They are ‘blurred’ Malaysians who have yet to realise that Umno has outsourced its dirty work to their minions in Perkasa.’

The Heat’s suspension the cue for online journalists to go on the warpath for press freedom.

PAS Supporters Club member Letchumee died in a road accident while riding her motorbike to Klang to run an errand for the party.

Mipas sec-gen S Barathidasan says FMT and Makkal Osai were only reporting the truth about the demolition of the railway settlement.

The two NGOs are working together in this particular event as they shared a similar agenda of protesting at the price hikes.

FREE YOURSAY 'Even if the private sector practises apartheid, they have better justification than the gov't. The private sector doesn't collect taxes...'

'By Jan 4, if The Heat does not hit the news stands, we will hit the streets,' says Malaysiakini chief editor Fathi Aris Omar.

Ex-NUJ general-secretary V Anbalagan concedes that it faces difficulties in fighting for press freedom and negotiating salaries.

FREE YOURSAY 'Nonsensical statement by Dr M. Do we have a choice of using cheaper alternatives for highways, electricity, sugar?’

FREE YOURSAY 'Most of what we see is a legacy of Dr M's administration - no open tender and direct negotiation with Umno cronies.’