Archive - 18 November 2014

By midnight, RON97 will be just 25 sen/litre more than the subsidised RON95.

UPDATED 10.02PM M'sia is graded CCC, which is only better than North Korea.

About 100,000 Year One students will be sreened for their skills, Khairy says.

Paying immensely high fees to secure loans is mind-boggling, says MP Tony Pua.

Kit Siang says this will show if they trust national education system.

The deputy minister wants Anwar and Pua to apologise to the House.

PKR urges Adenan to look into this as part of his anti-timber graft stance.

MP SPEAKS Powerful implementation committee required to do so.

The minister has the power to gazette immediately without notice, it says.

A landslide was reported at Kilometre 4.2 of the road to Genting Highlands.

KINIBIZ The firm may post a fourth consecutive quarter of pre-tax losses.

Serdang MP alleges the agreement involves 186 plots of FLC land nationwide.

PKR says gov't RM24.5mil budget should be RM200mil to safeguard key industry.

It took less than eight minutes for her to crack up delegates with her speech.

UPDATED 5.15PM Shabery Cheek asks Finas to engage with 'Switch Off '14 group.

Deputy PM totally illogical on Camerons land problems, says Tenaganita.

COMMENT Its retrogressive instincts hold back resurgent Pakatan’s chances.

Populist policies in education widening racial, wealth gap, says former PM.

UPDATED 4.30PM Save Rivers says Adenan must change the timber industry.

UPDATED 4.20PM It will solve the issues, says DAP’s Ipoh Barat MP.

DAP says rural schools lack technological infrastructure, and support.

UPDATED 1.51PM Shabery says Zairil’s statement is biased and racist in nature.

UPDATED 7.45PM NGOs are protesting against SEB at a conference in KL.

UPDATED 7.11PM Rosli Dahlan says they did not follow required procedures.

UPDATED 3.04PM Including the RM5.8bil the gov’t has admitted, he says.

The Malaysian Education Ministry should consider initiating a school voucher programme because it could help bring about better education outcomes and improve school efficiency and quality.

UPDATED 4.03PM 'Pump prices must be dropped from Dec 1, in line with global prices.'

Probe launched into windfall to aides of ex-MB Khalid, says S'gor state sec.

This follows 'name dropping' in business and social activities, says news report.

Tony Pua raps the integrity minster for defending lack of open tenders.

UPDATED 2.50PM PARLIAMENT He rules Ahmad need not go before rights panel.

Joshua Wong says demonstrators would 'respect the decision of the courts'.

'Who are you to pressure Hadi to attend Pakatan meetings?'

Ahok, an ethnic Chinese, has served since last month as acting governor.

The announcement was met by student protests in several cities.

UPDATED 2.33PM PARLIAMENT Caused by 'misunderstanding' among foreign workers.

Staff were told that payment of their wages would be on a staggered basis...

“You can’t start the next chapter if you keep re- reading the last one.”

As a practicing medical officer in a district hospital, I wish to highlight to the Health Ministry some problems that we have been facing almost daily, especially with regard to critical care support.

‘Some of the newspapers misrepresented what I said,’ says the CM.

Tax is listed under Federal List, not to be simply challenged, says Gerakan leader.

INFOGRAPHICS These CEOs are wealthy enough to draw a token salary of US$1.

FREE YOURSAY ‘PAS under Hadi lost Kedah and Terengganu. Kelantan next?’

This will help those who have to rent and cannot buy houses, says Mukhriz.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Did he or did he not assent to the idea, give it his support, endorse it?’

Our financial commitments can be met, says its chairperson Lodin.

FREE YOURSAY ‘When Azmin returns the bibles to Christians, MCA scolds him.’

Sabah Suluk body agrees with gov’t move not to offer citizenship with it.

PAS' Iszuree Ibrahim seeks judicial review on his removal from council.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Indeed, Umno does not need the 40,000 Bangladeshis to win.’

Proham says some are trying to fool Malays that sultans have the upper hand.

This is the warning from an ex-top cop who says the law must be retained.

An Umno leader has asked why MCA, Gerakan are in cabinet despite poor support.

Only one can be sacked out of 175 cases?