Archive - 5 June 2015

A group of students from the Tanjong Katong Primary School were on excursion at Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Friday, reports Channel NewsAsia ( CNA ).

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will start a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia from tomorrow at the invitation of King Salman Abdulaziz al-Saud.

The 5.9 magnitude earthquake centred in Ranau, Sabah, today, has set the record of being the strongest earthquake to have hit Malaysia.

The government through the Works Ministry is committed to completing 223 units of the more than 1,000 houses under the construction of permanent houses for flood victims project throughout the country by July.

PAS MUKTAMAR Proposed by the ulama wing, it will now be tabled tomorrow.

FREE PAS MUKTAMAR Newly-elect mulling this after wipe-out of progressives.

PAS MUKTAMAR A delegate points out the party shouldn't refuse them this right.

UPDATED 7.00PM Khalid admits ordering his personnel to stop Mahathir's speech.

UPDATED 6.30PM He says nothing when asked if he will have a debate with Mahathir.

FREE UPDATED 6PM 'The dialogues must be carried out calmly to be effective.'

PAS MUKTAMAR UPDATED 6.38PM Faiz Fadzil reminds party to value their support.

UPDATED 7.02PM The IGP refuses to say who potential rabble-rousers were.

PAS MUKTAMAR It says PKR disagreed with hudud, but unlike DAP, there's no onslaught.

The chief minister says the investment came in through Mida and he has no details.

FREE UPDATED 7.25PM 'He has everything to hide, obviously he won't show up.'

FREE Nazir's Instagram post on importance of trust has tongues wagging.

PKR's Rafizi Ramli says there should be a live telecast of the debate.

FREE The home ministry says he is only in charge of policy matters, not operations.

KINIBIZ The firm gave no explanation for the RM4.2b remaining as a deposit.

He adds a statement on DAP's position would be issued after the PAS muktamar.

FREE At around noon, Najib tweeted about the quake in Sabah expressing concern.

I would have laughed at the remarks that Dr Mahathir Mohamad made in his keynote address at the launch of the new NGO, the Indian Advisory Council Malaysia (IACM), if not for the gravity of the matter at hand.

FREE 'Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat, then came Hang Malu and Hang Mana You.'

FREE With 41 cases, South Korea has the most infections outside the Middle East.

FREE This is as the firm realigns itself to focus on search and digital content.

FREE US lawmakers consider punishing trading partners that are soft on trafficking.

PAS MUKTAMAR Selangor’s Shafie Ngah wants the matter raised at special meet.

FREE Frustration over the lack of information has grown among victims’ families.

FREE Tests showed lead over permissible limits in over 75pct of the samples.

While he did get a grand welcome, not many present were pleased with Dr M.

FREE Some 100 climbers and guides may be trapped at Mt Kinabalu.

In perhaps the most ‘chicken’ display of his ‘warrior blood’ heritage, the prime minister of Malaysia chose not to make an appearance in front of non-governmental organisation members at the Putra World Trade Centre today.

FREE UPDATED 2PM Mahathir takes a swipe at Lim Kok Wing for being a traitor.

UPDATED 2.24PM EX-PM says if given the chance, he will meet PM another time.

Penang DAP supports the proposal for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on human trafficking and urges the federal government to work with the states to resolve the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

'Nothing to hide' organisers assures that PM had every intention to show up.

UPDATED 2PM Duo pressed for state's oil fields to be used as collateral, says Dr M.

I would like to take the Penang Gerakan Youth Chief H’ng Chee Wey’s remarks that the Penang government is ignoring refuse collection, to task. The councillors as well as members of the staff at the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) are constantly working hard to ensure that any shortcomings with cleanliness are swiftly dealt with and not left to rot as alleged by H’ng. All members of the city council are constantly in contact and will follow up on complaints.

Khalid says decision to cancel dialogue had to be made due to security concerns.

'Nothing to hide' organiser contradicts himself on Dr M's invitation.

PAS MUKTAMAR They hope the victors will take party to greater heights.

PAS MUKTAMAR However, the delegates want PAS to stay in Pakatan.

FREE A source says 138 climbers were believed to be stranded on the mountain.

FREE The Sabah CM’s Office issues warning after word spreads on this.

FREE 'In view of instructions from the IGP, the PM was unable to attend.'

PAS MUKTAMAR He does not understand the ‘odd number’, but accepts defeat.

UPDATED 1.40PM Dr M says PM may have more vital issues than meeting the folk.

PAS MUKTAMAR UPDATED 1.28PM 'Professionals are also in the line-up.'

Dr Mahathir Mohamad is directing tirades of attack towards Najib Razak. While Mahathir cites concern over the welfare of the nation and Umno as his reason, deep down our guts, we all know how big a lie that is.

FREE UPDATED 12.34PM 'Explain leap in TRX-Bandar M’sia price tag.'

They ask where the RM1.5 million for youth programmes have gone.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Jho Low has more than enough glamour - if you want to call...’

FREE UPDATED 11.23AM Najib fails to turn up and Mahathir addresses the crowd.

FREE PKR challenges PRS to table bill to provide one-third of seats to East M'sia.

FREE YOURSAY 'What coalition, if all can pursue whatever agenda that suits?'

FREE UPDATED 11.55AM Ranau hit by quake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale.

COMMENT Propaganda is more important than empowering the local constituents.

FREE YOURSAY ‘They may not like the driver but they want to stay on the train.’

FREE MPs tell speaker to allow the 1MDB query session to go live on the internet.

Greatest joke of the century, an investment of US$42 billion without sufficient working capital. Who is the genius?

Citizens for Accountable Governance Malaysia (CAGM) welcomes the denial by Clare Rewcastle-Brown that her husband Andrew Brown was acquainted with Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Bottom line of the story is the same - public money is lost.’

As expected, Hadi and his convervative backers now have full control of PAS.