Archive - 29 April 2009

A 23-month-old US child died from swine flu becoming the first fatal victim outside Mexico.

In an exclusive interview with Malaysiakini in Kuala Lumpur last week, Menteri Besar Zambry Abd Kadir has a message for the people in Perak.

Journalist Veerasamy, or known popularly as Tamil Mani, is now in fear of his life following an article about MIC which he wrote in his weekly Tamil publication.

exclusive In Part 3 of his interview, Zambry said the state government should “go back to the people” - not through a snap election - but through people-centric policies.

Britain is considering holding an inquiry into a 1948 massacre of 24 Malayan villagers by British troops, reversing an earlier decision to reject a probe.

Gardener T Darma Kanu recounts his ordeal since his wife left home with their two sons 10 months ago - she has since converted herself and the boys to Islam without his knowledge.

updated 6.22pm Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud's wife Laila, 68, passed away at 3.45pm in Kuching after succumbing to lung cancer.

Thanks to Barisan Nasional for singlehandedly transforming Ipoh from a rich and bustling Tin City to a Nga Choy Kai (bean sprouts chicken) city.

breaking news updated 7.45pm Malaysian pork producers have called on the authorities to approve swine flu vaccines and enforce a blanket ban on foreign pork products.

updated 4.08pm All Perak elected representatives were informed by a letter from the assembly secretary that the motion was filed by MB Zambry Abd Kadir.

No one will be spared, says PKR’s Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin who was attacked in the media and blogs for alleged graft and incompetence as Penang Deputy Chief Minister 1.

Trouble is brewing for PKR in Sarawak as Padungan state assemblyperson Dominique Ng resigned from the party’s powerful supreme council.

Six members of a Pakistani family holidaying in Malaysia drowned when their small boat capsized in rough seas.

In a sign of brewing trouble for Pakatan Rakyat in facing the Penanti by-election, the PAS division in Permatang Pauh has decided to freeze its election machinery.

The ruling involved the unauthorised construction of walls, growing of bushes and other structures by residents on 'buffer zones'.

updated 5.48pm Though it was not an outright ‘Yes’, vice-president Husam Musa has given his clearest signal yet that he is keen to go for the party deputy presidency.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah will be undergoing a six-hour heart surgery in the United States this Saturday and is expected to be admitted for treatment for about three weeks.

Arab investors will spend RM1.1 billion on building two 'Arab Cities' to lure Middle Eastern tourists to the historic town of Malacca.

updated 2.45pm The EC had previously rejected the logo - a white coloured clenched fist against a red backdrop - as having "connotations of violence".

comment Najib’s Umno isn’t looking likely that it shall at all become relevant to the lesser-endowed among Malays and Malaysians alike.

US President Barack Obama's own spokesman Robert Gibbs gave his boss a report card grade of 'B plus', noting "there's always room for improvement".

free ‘While I dislike the man, I do like his economic policies - so far. This is a dilemma since it is so tempting to forgive someone just as long as he produces results.'

updated 6.18pm The party's political bureau meeting tomorrow has been postponed to Monday to discuss if it should contest in the Penanti by-election.

Most newspapers led with updates on the swine flu epidemic as WHO raised the alert to Level 4.

updated 6pm Britain and France said on today they had failed to persuade Sri Lanka to end its offensive against Tamil rebels and allow aid in for civilians trapped by the fighting.

updated 7.03pm And only hours after Costa Rica joined the list, Germany became the eighth when it confirmed that it was dealing with three definite cases.

Tania's distraught father hitched a ride from one timber camp to the next, searching for his daughter, making his way along the many miles of long, dusty logging track...