Archive - 7 January 2015

UPDATED 9.40PM Two gunmen shoot up the offices of 'Charlie Hebdo'.

Ahmad Maslan's photo with Arul Kanda on Twitter comes with a religious twist.

Tumbling fuel price is severely hurting the national oil company's revenue.

MP SPEAKS 1MDB has RM4bil at Caymans but missed payment for RM2bil loan.

UPDATED 7.30PM Session will be held tonight, confirms Eminent 25's Farida.

UPDATED 7.05PM Aleyasak says he had wanted to observe the Bersih rally.

And while PMO is at it, tell us about Najib's Bangkok trip, Lee says.

Chan Hong Keong's jail sentence is quashed and he is fined instead.

UPDATED 9.18PM He says Palanivel is monitoring the 'power hungry' group.

PBB can form the next state gov't if it wins all the seats, an observer notes.

Sarawak DAP has identified lawyer Sanjan Anak Dai as its potential candidate.

Rafizi says bypassing Wisma Putra heightens suspicions about the FBI letter.

'I would not be surprised if the price falls to as low as around US$20...'

But the top producer can still find ways to control shipments and influence prices.

UPDATED 5PM 'I was a victim, too, so I will not rest until justice is served.'

UPDATED 4.40PM She admits this in defamation suit filed by NFC and its head.

Anuar is puzzled how the 'great leader' failed to resolve a ticket problem.

However, there are concerns the gov't will miss its target of 3pct of GDP.

UPDATED 3.54PM The lawyer dismisses a report saying police didn't make a mistake.

Najib chairs today's cabinet meeting, which focused on the recent floods.

The EC has refused to meet state officials on the matter of re-delineation.

Dr Azman Ibrahim says many are still without basic supplies and shelter.

UPDATED 5.56PM PKR wants Home Ministry to tell why MyEG has monopoly.

QZ8501 FREE 'If it is the right part of the tail, then the black box should be there.'

UPDATED 5.04PM Small, medium-sized ones will suffer losses as prices drop, it says.

DAP made Malaysian history last month, by setting a minimum 30 percent women’s quota at the  central executive committee (CEC) level. Many regard this as a positive step that will encourage more women to participate in politics, especially at decision-making levels.

UPDATED 3.35PM Rafizi says this would impair firm’s ability to repay RM42bil debt.

UPDATED 1.30PM Audit on severance payments done, Selcat says.

I refer to the article ‘Malaysia sets two main agendas as it assumes Asean chairmanship’ ( The Sun , Jan 1) early this week stating that the director-general of the Asean-Malaysia National Secretariat at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob, had mentioned that Malaysia had identified two important priority areas out of eight which is hoped to be achieved during its tenure as chairperson which it will assume from Myanmar.

Number of victims drops slightly from 27,181 last night to 27,108 as at 9.30am.

QZ8501 Thirty-nine bodies and debris from the plane have since been recovered.

Its info chief says this after 1MDB fails to repay Maybank and RHB on schedule.

COMMENT 'Tiga Line' members can be found in almost every M'sian town and city.

Met Dept warns of more rains in areas devastated by floods in recent weeks.

UPDATED 12.30PM Farouk Musa says ex-PM's voice carries weight.

Sanchez was accused of accepting cash and the services of prostitutes from a firm.

Court orders husband, a Muslim convert, to produce ‘snatched’ child in court.

COMMENT Lots of nursing homes, but charges are high and quality of care, poor!

FREE YOURSAY ‘When will NFC be paying back the government's ‘soft’ loan?’

REVIEW Glaring lack of depth in play which takes a touch-and-go approach...

FREE YOURSAY ‘Fraud is fraud and the rakyat have every right to know.’

LIVE QZ8501 DAY 11 FREE Fernandes blames confusion on administrative error.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Finally Zahid is checkmated by no less than his mates.’

Perkasa does not deserve the media space it gets, says Sophie Lemière.

It was a private trip, not an official one, according to Bangkok Post.

This despite that the state gov't knows there will be annual floods.

UPDATED 6.50PM But a source close to the MIC president paints a different picture.

FREE YOURSAY ‘It is best for Najib to own up and declare the real users of the jet.’

Vegetable prices have doubled, even tripled, making them more expensive than meat.

The Federal Court’s decision on Altantuya murder case is set for Jan 13.

INTERVIEW Arul says he would not have taken the job if he was not confident...