Archive - 4 March 2014

He was on a visit to understand national unity, religious harmony, among Singaporeans.

Water would however be  supplied to critical places like dialysis centres and hospitals.     

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the recent call by the prime minister for all Malaysians not to pay heed to the extremist elements in Malaysia.

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the recent urging by the prime minister for all Malaysians not to pay heed to the extremist elements in Malaysia.

Anwar says Umno leaders will still allow their media groups to slander him.

KINIBIZ The water deal has drawn suspicion and fierce criticism.

Its audit dept is delving into the deal and will seek aid from ex-director Azmin.

The accounts belonged to the customers of private lender Bank Central Asia.

Its strong currency contributed to its steady rise up the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey.

The insinuation by the Johor DAP chairperson YB Liew Chin Tong that MCA is impatient to re-enter the cabinet by raising up Ops Lalang as our party’s by-election campaign not only hits below the belt, but is a matter of a pot calling the kettle black.

DOE stipulates 500m buffer zone, but houses are just 57m away.

SAMM questions having the same president for 30 years?

The elevated interchange and the Bandar Cassia toll plaza are operated by Plus.

This comes after MCA’s Chew Mei Fun was called a ‘recycled candidate’.

MAHB says all works must be completed according to its operational requirements.

Liew Chin Tong says it exposes the problem of poor governance.

It is not often that we respond to detractors who feel that the Social Media Chambers could have done better or should have influenced who the winners of an open competition should be.

Representatives of indigenous communities from various  parts of Sarawak aim to build the capacities of indigenous people to exercise their rights as guaranteed in the federal constitution and spelt out in the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP).

Its CEO says the group had ignored three eviction notices since November.

Maria Chin urges Malaysians to snap photos of themselves to support the pilot.

All parties must be compromising on issues of religion, says the home minister.

It's no longer 'internal PKR affair' as it concerns public funds, MB Khalid is told.

As I wrote this, the API index in some parts of Selangor has reached an unhealthy level of 132, whereas in Nilai the API index also stands at an unhealthy level of 109. We witnessed rain of hope since Sunday, where it poured down at a few places around the nation. However, it is still not enough to bring down the API and the signs of haze are still clearly visible.

S Vell Paari says Palanivel is better suited for 'special envoy of temples'.

Haze pollution reached hazardous levels in parts of Riau province.

A typo mars a congratulatory message to ex-CM on becoming governor.

Each operation would take about two to three hours at a cost of about RM80,000.

UPDATED 4.10PM With this, the Sodomy II appeal will be heard this week.

UPDATED 7PM OCPD: Rally could not be approved as DBKL did not allow use of field.

It’s to hear application for leave by the Herald to challenge ruling it can’t use ‘Allah’.

UPDATED 4.15PM 'Since when has Pakatan been bound by the OSA?'

The KL High Court was scheduled to hear it today, but the judge was ill.

Doctoral candidate Zaiton Ismail is now mulling legal action.

The Cardiff City football team owner is accused of money offer to players.

Malaysia is said to be caught in the middle income trap. With gross national Income (GNI) per capita of US$9,820 in 2012, Malaysia is in the upper middle income range of US$4,086 and US$12,615 category of the World Bank.

UPDATED 1.35PM Tony Pua says the state will not be cheated by the BN gov't.

MP SPEAKS It must persuade the water concessionaires to accept S'gor's offer.

It has not rained for more than two months in many parts of the country and the haze in in KL and the Klang Valley has reached unhealthy levels to the point of choking the people in some badly affected areas recently. The recent Meteorological Department’s announcement that the unusual hot and dry spell that we are experiencing  is expected to  persist for another couple of weeks is indeed cause for concern.

If Ukraine is on the brink of a catastrophe, it is mainly because the present regime in Kiev and its supporters, backed by certain Western powers, had violated a fundamental principle of democratic governance. They had ousted a democratically-elected president through illegal means. President Viktor Yanukovich, who had come to power through a free and fair election in 2010, should have been removed through the ballot-box.

One of the deaths was at a centralised lock-up designed to prevent such fatalities.

UPDATED 2.55PM They do this as 100 bidders are brought to inspect the site.

Zaid Ibrahim warns bringing Anwar back will be Umno's 'second biggest blunder'.

A rhetorical question ...

UPDATED 2.47PM They know they've made a mistake, claims Umno veep Zahid Hamidi.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Bridge names should be short and sweet and not a mouthful.’

COMMENT To bring about social re-engineering, a strong PM is needed.

FREE YOURSAY ‘This deal is a conspiracy by the ruling elites from both coalitions.’

FREE YOURSAY ‘Are they really for Rosmah? With friends like these...’

Natives erect blockades against 500km Sabah-S'wak Petronas pipeline.

A travel bag was found, placed in the field in front of the service centre.

UPDATED 7.55PM PJ, KL, Shah Alam, Port Klang, Banting and Nilai are 'unhealthy'.

Health minister uses his power to amend private healthcare service fees schedule.