Archive - 13 March 2014

Dungun Fire Station chief Nor Azizi Che Noh said three new forest fires have been detected in Dungun district today.   

Amidst the media firestorm, the defence minister assures M'sia is doing its best.

MH370 They are furious at the paucity of info provided to them so far.

UPDATED 8.30PM The last engine data transmission is 1.07am.

Police say eight people were expected to be charged tomorrow.

UPDATED 6.53PM ‘Prevention's better than cure,’ says Home Minister Ahmad Zahid.

UPDATED 6.30PM Officers who checked the duo had followed the SOP.

Sungai Selangor dam, which supplies to over 60pct of 7.1 million users, is the worst hit.

UPDATED 6.10PM MH370 Zahid says they want info useful to the search.

UPDATED 5.45PM 'A bomoh does rituals silently, not in the open,' says the minister.

It is heartening to note that the Wildlife Department (Perhilitan) is beginning to show some seriousness in enforcing the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010. The recent closure of several mini-zoos that were reported to have breached the animal exhibition permits is indeed a welcome piece of good news for animal lovers in the country.

The deputy international trade minister says Proton has developed the car’s prototype.

The flight codes MH370 and MH371 were being retired as a mark of respect.

The search for the missing jet could speed development of new ways of locating wreckage.

Since the Parliament sitting is resuming, my friends from all over the country, YBs or not, have flocked to the city centre to exercise their duties.

The judiciary has long been compromised by corrupt, authoritarian BN regime, says MP.

UPDATED 6.11PM He says the shaman's antics had made M'sia a laughing stock.

UPDATED 4.15PM It finds the Pink Dot Penang 2014 offensive.

Is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?

UPDATED 5.34PM PARLIAMENT This needs deeper study, ministry says in written answer.

Claiming Guan Eng has ignored them, they have planned a protest on Saturday.

Bringing BN’s chickens home to roost.

MH370 Please don’t do it for publicity, says its chief Chong Sin Woon.

He's offering RM7.65bil for concessionaires but Pakatan MPs think it should be less.

UPDATED 4.44PM This adds to the uncertainty of the plane's flight path.

UPDATED 3.30PM PARLIAMENT Ketereh MP says Kelantan should go right ahead.

MH370 The mystery is casting a harsh spotlight on Malaysian gov't.

DAY 3 KAJANG Quotable quotes, events and incidents as they occur.

FREE KAJANG Help us document election offences, for the sake of democracy.

MH370 The crisis has led the global media to zoom into the power structure.

Malaysia’s authorities must immediately halt the execution of a Nigerian national suffering from mental health problems, convicted of a murder committed around 18 years ago, said Amnesty International.

The proper response towards this crisis is to be political, not to utter niceties.

The on-going protracted aircraft crisis truly exposes the actual state of the over five decades of rule by the Umno-BN government of Malaysia. A word that would perhaps best describe the state of affairs is lethargy.

UPDATED 1.12PM PARLIAMENT He claimed Kok's video 'belittled the PM'.

UPDATED 1.05PM PARLIAMENT Ops readiness being held before piping...

UPDATED 2.18PM MH370 Search planes find no sign of the missing MAS aircraft.

UPDATED 1.25PM MH370 'This will stop our chagrin with the global media.'

UPDATED 1.21PM Arifin Zakaria says judiciary not compromised in these cases.

UPDATED 1PM 'Why, when these highways are among the most profitable?'

MH370 'Seeking help from bomoh goes against Islamic teachings.'

UPDATED 2.55PM MH370 Its CEO says this compromises aircraft safety.

MH370 'We’re facing a situation never been experienced by any country.'

But he denies it was directed at controversial thinker Kassim Ahmad.

ANALYSIS Poor turnout at campaigns an indication people are banking on the Net...?

MH370 A global body says police have access to vast official database.

UPDATED 10.20AM MH370 The satellite had imaged smoke and floating objects.

MH370 'Ask Immigration,' says Khalid Abu Bakar on conflicting reports.

UPDATED 10.29AM Port Klang hits 307 at 9pm as Klang Valley chokes in haze.

FREE YOURSAY ‘What questions are the DCA expecting? An ‘over a teh tarik session’...?’

FREE YOURSAY ‘Whatever BN is going to say, no one is listening.’