Archive - 7 November 2014

The current landslides and great loss in Cameron Highlands should serve as an awakening call to the education system in Malaysia. It is not good enough for the education minister to harp that “we are doing everything we can” to address the problems.

PKR MP to reveal names of those involved in Cayman Islands funds.

Obsessed by money, money, money.

Despite many BN ministers and representatives having promised that there will be no toll to be imposed on the proposed Pan-Borneo Highway and it is fully under government expenses, there is still a possibility that government intends to impose toll on this mega project which costs about RM27 billion.

Today, they are in NGOs, including Perkasa, says the former minister.

UPDATED 6.40PM He says defence team fails to dispute that 'Male Y' is Anwar's.

All individuals are entitled to freedom of assembly, says Suhakam chairperson.

Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia has recently been provided with the annual returns of the Vivekananda Ashram Kuala Lumpur that were filed in February 2014 by members of the public who are outraged that there may be an element of wrongdoing in the proposed plans by the board of trustees to develop the said Ashram into a 23-storey residential tower with 264 units and an eight-storey car park.

With two judges to be absent next week, it is unsure when the bench will deliver...

He's swerving off state's inaction on excessive land clearing, says Kok.

It says the DAP leader is turning a blind eye to Sarawak DAP's transgressions.

UPDATED 7.10PM Mufti met eight SIS representatives on Jan 12, 2012.

The trial reveals a glimpse of the Inspector-General’s Standing Orders.

KINIBIZ Media Prima is offering to pay employees to leave the company.

Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) warns the public to be cautious when donating to Puzhao Buddhist Vihara in order to prevent fraud.

UPDATED 4.45PM The laureate prefers Masjid India with sermons in Tamil.

I refer to the statement yesterday by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Abdul Wahid Omar about the controversial Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) project that it is for Selangor to give the project the green light because land acquisition comes directly under the state.

UPDATED 4.02PM Business disrupted after it was put under accountant-general.

LIVE REPORTS FREE Anwar's sodomy appeal draws to an end...

UPDATED 4.25PM Move to fuel citizens’ interest in public sector accountability...

The two social media portals will continue to be blocked across the rest of China.

This is even though Twitter has been blocked by Chinese censors since 2009.

UPDATED 5.30PM Police identify the two as Suwalis, 40, and Yunita, 41.

When the mud floods occurred in Cameron Highlands, Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob blamed the people for failing to realise the importance of forest conservation and respect for the environment.

UPDATED 3PM Pakatan must not agree to more constituencies, NGOs insist.

Nik Nazmi says he will try to ensure they are accepted by Unisel or Kuis.

This is over the three 'organising illegal protest on GE13' charges.

UPDATED 1.50PM 'The gov't is allowing protests but ignoring the demands made.'

The depiction during a parade in Lewes is a rude awakening for Malaysians.

UPDATED 5.50PM The eight will have to appear for a hearing on Nov 18.

We, the undersigned individuals, urge Universiti Malaya (UM) to drop the charges against student leader Fahmi Zainol and all other students pertaining to the forum entitled ‘Empat PuluhTahun Dari UM ke Penjara’ which took place on campus on Oct 27, 2014.

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong has made ‘history’ for having kick-started a pioneer generation package to help pioneers in the republic who are 65 years by the end of 2014 or older and those who had become citizens before 1987 cover (to take care of) their medical and health care needs, and also to show that Singapore know that it was these pioneers who had helped build modern Singapore and paved the way to present generations.

MP SPEAKS Minister’s refusal to declassify connotes something lurking...

UPDATED 2.55PM The court rules Section 66 of the NS syariah enactment as void.

UPDATED 11.55AM Bid by opposition over indelible ink is dismissed.

No idea of Pakatan meeting to discuss seat allocations, says S'wak DAP chief. 

'Only 30 percent of our revenue is from a non-plantation business,' he says.

More than 500,000 Nepalese are currently working in Malaysia, a report says.

Policies more in favour of politically-linked companies, says Jeffrey Kitingan.

Pauline Chai Siew Phin, 67, also says she left Malaysia in 1980 for Australia.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Will they be requesting to remove the Batu Caves statue?’

Kit Siang says the varsity is guilty of an educational scandal of the first magnitude.

Andrew Khoo says the threat was posted by a reader of a hate-blog.

FREE YOURSAY ‘There are no sensitive issues - just sensitive people.’

COMMENT Being humble does not at all mean submitting to others’ ideas.

FREE YOURSAY ‘If this Act is implemented, 75pct of the cabinet will go to jail.’

FREE YOURSAY ‘Dr Mahathir Mohamad is in desperate need of a reality check.’

Bruno Manser Fund says sites down for two hours, attacks traced to M’sian gov’t.