Archive - 12 March 2017

Annuar: Cut all subsidies when oil price under US$40 per barrel

Annuar: Cut all subsidies when oil price under US$40 per barrel

He says this is because low oil prices will hurt government revenue.

Chong Wei wins All-England, quashes retirement talk

Chong Wei wins All-England, quashes retirement talk

UPDATED 10.52PM | 'I'll see you in Glasgow and the All-England next year.'

MP mulls legal action on 'Teresa got Yawas funds' reports

MP mulls legal action on 'Teresa got Yawas funds' reports

Teresa Kok claims district office provides oversight for claims under Yawas programme. 

'Tan Sris' and 'Datuk Seri' under probe over alleged tax-dodging

'Tan Sris' and 'Datuk Seri' under probe over alleged tax-dodging

Authorities also probing the three prominent businessmen for graft. 

Local Chinese press fume over 'selective' Wisma Putra

Local Chinese press fume over 'selective' Wisma Putra

UPDATE 11.50PM | Wisma Putra says it 'regrets the oversight'.

Info Dept confirms circular on leave freeze to prep for GE14

Info Dept confirms circular on leave freeze to prep for GE14

But this only applies to those going overseas on personal trips.

More Saudi tourists to flock to M'sia thanks to good ties

More Saudi tourists to flock to M'sia thanks to good ties

Saudi tourists stay for at least a fortnight and spend RM10,000 each.

Malacca DAP faces second wave of resignations

Malacca DAP faces second wave of resignations

UPDATED 5.45PM | Some 182 members, led by former state party leaders, say DAP has 'sold out'.

‘The China peril’?

‘The China peril’?

For the better part of the past two years, the Extreme Right (ER) in the guise of BN has held on and promoted the myth that liberalising Malaysia’s economy to become a completely free market will have a profoundly positive long-term effect for Malaysia. As this is the prevailing economic theory in most democracies, it’s no wonder that the ER thinks so, too.

Computers dumped outside N Korea embassy

Computers dumped outside N Korea embassy

Stripped laptops and CPU units were dumped there.

Defiant US prosecutor fired by Trump administration

Defiant US prosecutor fired by Trump administration

A prominent US prosecutor says he was fired after refusing to step down as ordered.

Najib says unlike ‘previous leader’, he won’t punish Kelantan

Najib says unlike ‘previous leader’, he won’t punish Kelantan

The PM arrives bearing gifts, and says he will treat the state well, unlike someone he won't name.

PAS: 63rd muktamar to rejuvenate spirit, plan for GE14

PAS: 63rd muktamar to rejuvenate spirit, plan for GE14

Kedah PAS commissioner Ahmad Fakhruddin says this assembly will be an important one for the party.

Oust Najib to block Hadi's bill, BN component parties told

Oust Najib to block Hadi's bill, BN component parties told

Umno now favours consensus with PAS rather than BN's consensus model, says Lim Kit Siang. 

Cabinet key to Act 355, not local councils, Selangor MCA told

Cabinet key to Act 355, not local councils, Selangor MCA told

Asking MCA leaders to quit cabinet more powerful than forcing PAS members to quit local councils in Selangor, says Selangor DAP.

Dispatcher’s simple act of kindness goes viral

Dispatcher’s simple act of kindness goes viral

Muhammad Khairul Khazali had paid for a homeless man’s haircut and shared it on FB.

Tuan Ibrahim: Bersatu agrees with Act 355 amendments

Tuan Ibrahim: Bersatu agrees with Act 355 amendments

PAS No 2 points out that Bersatu only has one person to vote on the bill.

Six years on, restoring public confidence in judiciary still CJ's top priority

Six years on, restoring public confidence in judiciary still CJ's top priority

He gave it top priority when he became the 13th chief justice in 2011 and still remains his priority.

China’s capital flight controls may affect M'sia, says minister

China’s capital flight controls may affect M'sia, says minister

Johari Abdul Ghani says it will indirectly affect us as 16pct trade is with China.

‘Nazri-Dr M debate on 1MDB nothing to do with gov’t’

‘Nazri-Dr M debate on 1MDB nothing to do with gov’t’

UPDATED 10.43AM | The finance minister II claims all on 1MDB had already been answered in Parliament.

Change is in the air, and Umno knows it

Change is in the air, and Umno knows it

YOURSAY | ‘The opposition has been disappointing and found wanting, but it is still the better alternative...’

Why Muslim youths are radicalised

Why Muslim youths are radicalised

‘Each year the situation has got worse.’

Nazri gung-ho on debate; disparity 'worse' with new redelineation

Nazri gung-ho on debate; disparity 'worse' with new redelineation

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Gov’t unwilling to address elephant in national budget

Gov’t unwilling to address elephant in national budget

YOURSAY | ‘For 2017, the budget for civil service pay is RM77.4b or 36 percent of gov’t expenditure.’

Najib attends closed-door meeting with Kelantan Umno leaders

Najib attends closed-door meeting with Kelantan Umno leaders

Najib is on a two-day visit to the east coast state.