Archive - 16 March 2015

UPDATED 11.48PM They gather from 9pm, demanding Nurul Izzah be freed.

The older plane will be disposed to pay for the new jet's 15-year hire purchase.

He says this when asked about claims that The Edge boss is manipulating ringgit.

If the court allows the objection, it will not hear the two bids for leave.

There were 3,831 marriages registered last year, up from from 3,485 in 2013.

Anyone convicted of the offence would be liable to imprisonment for up to three years.

Tony Pua had tweeted: "Bastards. Real bastards. Royal my foot."

He says no PM now or ever will ever match up to Dr Mahathir’s great expectations. 

PARLIAMENT Support letter effective if loan is not repaid, says Finance Ministry.

Twenty-seven years ago, this day March 16 will remain a bitter, excruciatingly painful day in the memories of thousands of Kurdish people who were annihilated and decimated, with hundreds more injured, in the poison gas Halabja massacre in the north of Iraq as part of the Al-Anfal campaign, a genocide driven move by the central government of Iraq against the Kurdish and non-Arab population.

KINIBIZ AIA finds only 54 percent M'sians have any form of insurance coverage.

Open letter to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak on attorney Eric Paulsen and Professor Azmi Sharom

He tells the assembly he hopes the hudud Private Member's Bill succeeds.

In doing so, the PAS Sepang MP openly breaks ranks with his party stand.

UPDATED 11.38PM This is over her dad's speech she read out in the Dewan Rakyat.

MCA meanwhile roasts DAP for not stopping Kelantan's bill planned for Wednesday.

He asks why go ahead with mega-plant when they’re problems at a smaller one.

UPDATED 4.03PM IGP Khalid wants all to stop politicising the case.

UPDATED 4.56PM This is in relation to Najib's suit against Mkini over two articles.

The party’s sec-gen says he wants the White House website to be blocked.

Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (Ikram) is utterly appalled at the recent execution of Mahmoud Ramadan by the Egyptian regime. We totally deplore this inhumane and despicable act which went against the norms of international justice.

With more and more horrible attitudes of Malaysians being highlighted, it is time for state governments as well as the Housing and Local Government Ministry to increase funding for a zero tolerance policy in enforcing local council laws, especially when it comes to illegal and irresponsible parking habits.

MP SPEAKS The IPO will not even be sufficient to clear the loans it has taken.

The campaign will end on May 1, coinciding with a Pakatan Rakyat rally.

He says he had the strong support of the party branches, including 300 in Johor.

They were escorted by a group of supporters when the charge was read out.

UPDATED 3.40PM KT MP says 1MDB is a 'new cinema with the same actors'.

UPDATED 3.30PM Ministry says country is on US watch list, but there's no evidence.

First it was the pygmy elephants, then recently  the shocking deaths of the 19 green turtles. Prior to the current dead number, another 50 rotting turtles were discovered last year.

UPDATED 3.15PM PARLIAMENT Motion 'not urgent', so no need for debate, rules speaker.

Most of its leaders have signed a pact to ‘bermufarakah’ with central PAS.

COMMENT Decades after bras were burnt, there is still little to celebrate.

UPDATED 3.35PM Deputy minister says it will be allowed as long as there's no trauma.

UPDATED 3.10PM Refusal to give details of Najib’s US holiday an example, says MP.

UPDATED 2.50PM MP says gov't bought yet another one, bringing the total to five.

PKR's N Surendran says the sedition probe against the MP is illegal.

Loan provider Asian Development Bank is looking into graft allegations.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Three courts found her innocent, but Jawi still torments her.’

UPDATED 11.55AM PARLIAMENT Najib says RM800mil has been allocated.

UPDATED 11.51AM Latest poll says PAS' pursuit of hudud won't get votes.

DAP accuses Kelantan PAS of misleading Pakatan on hudud ‘amendments’.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Obama is not stupid. He is fully aware of what is going on.’

UPDATED 3.08PM PAS veep Tuan Ibrahim stresses Umno still ‘common enemy’.

The stand students make will shape the future.

Sisters in Islam says emphasis on justice missing in persecution of Nik Raina.

FREE YOURSAY ‘They don't know difference between ‘prosecution and ‘persecution’.’

As we all know, Malaysia is not a four-season country. Our leaves don’t turn orange in September; our flowers don’t wait for April to bloom, and there’s not a single snowdrop falling down on Christmas Eve. It’s either one; gloomy rainy days or summer all around.

The 69th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Malaysian Bar has concluded and the turnout of members had been very encouraging.