Archive - 16 December 2015

Ismail Sabri says this in response to a survey conducted by Oriental Daily.

‘The negotiations will aim to seek a win-win situation,’ says the Works Ministry.

However, the court allowed Wahid Md Don’s bid for a stay pending appeal.

Adenan wants to appeal to both sides, says state DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen.

Only RM10 million set aside under Budget 2016, says DAP.

UPDATED 8.30PM | He could afford to repay RM59,000 monthly instalments without using the soft loan.

Abu Zahar says not only the senators unaware of the briefing, it was held without his permission.

Over 200 members of the Star Wars Malaysia Fan Club have opted to camp for two days, starting today.

KINIBIZ | 1MDB says it 'has repeatedly answered and disproved these spurious allegations'.

'Ex-PM considered 22 people chasing a ball a waste of time, but now uses football fans as wall of defence'.

UPDATED 6.05PM | 'Najib is the PM of M'sia and head of BN. I owe him that loyalty,' says Adenan.

COMMENT | Ministers are willing to create artificial business environments.

Malaysiakini tops the list of most searched news site, according to Google Malaysia.

UPDATED 5.36PM | He believes someone abused his Airbnb account to reply to a potential guest.

Paul Tan raps Khalid Abu Bakar for debasing his august office.

Churches want the authorities to stop condoning such seminars.

The PAC chair says this is to include the latest updates, however new dates are yet to be determined.

It won't issue licences to sell vape after considering views from all sides, it says.

The present political environment in the country is interesting from a political strategy perspective. What are the strategic options available to both the government and the opposition? The choice they make will determine the future of the country - whether there is going to be change or continuity.

UPDATED 7.44PM | Salleh says this at the trial of his defamation suit against Rafizi and Malaysiakini.

Christmas is around the corner, and this year will see both the birthdays of the Prophet Muhammad and of Jesus Christ side-by-side (i.e. Thursday Dec 24 and Friday Dec 25, respectively) - the founders of two monotheistic or ‘people of the Book’ religions. It is perhaps timely that an article on Christianity - and any significance for or parallels for Islam - be put to writing.

Convene an urgent meeting to end this, DAP veteran calls upon Higher Education Ministry.

UPDATED 3.13PM | AmBank was fined but no action has been taken against the prime minister, rues ex-PM.

The Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (Awer) has raised issues concerning fair and transparent competitive bidding and its positive impact to electricity tariff, as well as disciplining the electricity generation industry players numerous times.

Ex-PM says 'thousands of citizens' want Najib to quit but he is the only one to be questioned.

Sarawak PKR chief says the phenomenon has been tolerated for far too long.

However in Perak, the number of flood victims continues to increase.

IGP says article contains serious allegations against several prominent individuals.

UPDATED 12.50PM | Abu Zahar 'does not want to be influenced', says PKR Senator Syed Husin Ali.

A democracy waiting for people to reclaim power.

Khalid says police are currently 'updating' the investigation papers.

UPDATED 1.05PM | The election reform movement wants to see the whole system changed.

UPDATED 4.20PM | Seminar at UiTM's Lendu campus was on Christians 'trying to convert Muslims'.

UPDATED 12.50PM | One of them says move is to highlight that academic freedom is under attack.

It's for unlawful possession of nicotine under the Poisons Act 1952.

COMMENT | It is the duty of the state gov't and the MB to protect forest reserve lands.

UPDATED 11.59AM | Court reduces his sentence from 10 months' jail to RM5,000 fine for sedition.

Amanah has formed a legal team to defend its president, says Hanipa Maidin.

It is believed to be that of Bernard Then, who was abducted in Sandakan in May by four armed men.

The family lost about RM25,000 worth of personal belongings from their Country Heights home.

It is passed at 10.10 last night, after debate by some 20 senators since Dec 7.

YOURSAY | ‘The trembling of the volcano can be felt; it’s a matter of time it will erupt.’

This because it has missed a number of key issues, Charles Santiago points out.

YOURSAY | ‘Remember Aesop's Fables - the dog and its reflection.’

COMMENT | The reality is that Umno is Islam in this country.

‘We wish to assure that Streamyx shall remain in our broadband portfolio,’ it says.

FOCUS l Ong Kian Ming dodges trash and toxicity to understand the ‘River of Life’.

FOCUS | Part 1 | A look at this potential game-changer to how we can rehabilitate our polluted rivers.

KINIBIZ | Was this deliberately done, and whose pockets ended up bursting at the seams?

YOURSAY | ‘Good one, Ling. One sucker punch aimed at Najib on behalf of the rakyat.’

It replies to allegation that ‘someone in MIC’ drafted the notice and sent it to ROS to be sent out.

A delegate from Kedah said at the Umno general assembly which ended on Saturday recently that looking at recent incidents in the country, it would be good to revive the spirit of Rukunegara.

Malaysia Airlines experienced flight disruptions these past few days due to the severe weather which saw several flights diverted. This included flight MH741 on Dec 12, 2015 from Yangon to Kuala Lumpur which was diverted to Langkawi. In our efforts to get passengers to the intended destination as quickly and safely as possible, diverted passengers of MH741 were reallocated onto a domestic flight to Kuala Lumpur.