Archive - 2 February 2016

This is part of a government plan to generate extra revenue from their use.

Veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin says this in a blog posting today.

The residents had recently travelled in the Caribbean before heading back to Sydney.

This was confirmed by Mohd Fisol Jaafar, the press secretary of the MB.

Its president Steven Thiru says this has left several basic questions unanswered.

Perlis mufti says they should also focus on upholding good at ‘higher levels’.

It says pregnant women in particular should exercise vigilance.

He also dismisses as nonsense AG's explanation on the Saudi donation.

Yak Yew Chee is a bank relationship manager for billionaire Jho Low.

Phang’s rebuke is in response to Ali who wants MACC to take disciplinary action against Bahri.

Parking concessionaire Suasa Efektif gets the injunction against MPAJ.

While Parliament may have approved the motion to ‘sign and ratify’ the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Bantah TPPA asserts that this is not in the interest of the rakyat that the MPs are supposed to represent.

He says he's gets only a few sen from supplying services to Bangladeshi workers.

In his supporting affidavit, ex-minister says AG under duty to institute charges against Najib.

Schools in Sydney and Brisbane were evacuated early today after receiving threats.

PM’s wife Rosmah handed over the contribution to the Foreign Ministry.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi began a four-day visit to China yesterday.

This will help allay fears over dwindling funds, says Nurul Izzah.

'If you want to take advantage of things, find some other issues like defending the poor.'

Minister says it would be a challenge to conduct public health screening at the country's entry points. 

FAM admits this tiger species doesn’t exist but says it will be more inclusive to Sabah and Sarawak fans.

UPDATED 7.35PM | After meeting the Regency Council, they say they want the crisis settled at the state assembly.

Wan Saiful says such is the stigma that Najib has become the proverbial millstone around Umno's neck.

Ex-Umno Batu Kawan vice-chief lodges report there, to add to police report filed earlier.

Greetings from Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), Malaysia’s leading domestic violence shelter, reintegration and case management service provider.

'Mere lies,' he says of such reports in blogs and the pro-establishment press.

‘Ola Bola’ is inspired by the Malaysian team which qualified to the Moscow Olympics in 1980.

Academician warns of such a scenario if PKR can't guarantee straight fights.

Court of Appeal rules there was no sufficient evidence put forward by Aleyasak against the defendants.

'If I am arrested, more will know about me and my protest art, more activists will be born.'

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is not just any free trade agreement (FTA) or comparable to the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA) - where the negotiating and bargaining positions of the parties revolve around consensus. In such a situation, the FTAs are genuinely about removing tariff (barriers) and widening market access.

The diverse use of rubber would help reduce the current rubber stockpile.

Exco member says this after the state bans Perlis mufti Asri from speaking in Johor.

The parties have not been able to reach an agreement on the terms and conditions.

This can also lead to inter-ethnic tensions, Malaysian students in Australia say.

It is good that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has initiated a cabinet committee to consider ways to resolve the conflict, controversy and polarisation that has occurred in the country due to the recent ruling by the Appeals Court in the conversion case concerning M Indira Gandhi who is disputing the conversion of her three children to Islam by their father.

UPDATED 3.56PM | They are also against making the levy as part of government revenue.

UPDATED 1.40PM | Ex-minister satisfied there is strong evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Najib.

It will decide why the ban on the Bahasa version was quashed, despite English version still prohibited.

Ali Rustam claims the latter's statements could 'confuse' the public.

Vell Paari annoyed with myPPP's claim Palanivel is the rightful MIC president.

The minister said Mara will hold talks with Bank Negara, while UniMara's first intake is in June.

Denying a portal's report, Hasan says Audit Dept will table its final report in February, as planned.

Salleh Said Keruak says protocol broken, misinformation circulated in 1MDB probe, according to the Guardian.

Ahmad Rasidi Haziz says PM's achievements since taking over in 2009 prove otherwise.

UPDATED 2PM | Lawyer Edmund Bon says of Home Ministry ban issued two days before Bersih4.

MP SPEAKS | On SRC’s transfer of RM140m to Putrajaya Perdana companies in 2014...

Top leadership and grassroots must not let personal ambitions obstruct success, PM says.

UPDATED 5.05PM | Already, opposition parties in the state are naming candidates for the same seats.

YOURSAY | 'They are full of roar when it comes to DAP, but dare not even squeak when Umno...'

Graphic artists post their works in solidarity with activist artist Fahmi Reza.

YOURSAY | ‘Any gov’t owes everything to its citizens and not the other way round.’

Takiyuddin responds to Husam's call to him, Mohd Amar to resign over stalled 'Hudud Bill'.

YOURSAY | ‘Rafidah, this is 50 years too late, but as they say, better late than never.’

The sacked DPM was not officially invited to the sports event held last weekend, it says.

YOURSAY | ‘It appears that foreign powers can now decide the fate of our elections.’

YOURSAY | ‘As taxpayers, we are not obliged to swallow whatever you say.’

Asri is listed as one of 16 individuals 'causing confusion through deviant teachings'.

My faith in the system, in the checks and balances that still exist in the government and in the institutions of governance in the nation have been seriously shaken. Where do we witness leadership for what is right? For the attorney-general (AG) to clear the prime minister after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had raised serious concerns remains a travesty against justice.

He will learn money alone can’t buy everything.

The MACC special operations director lodges report against 'slander' by Raja Petra.