Archive - 20 May 2011

Representatives of the groups handed over a memorandum expressing their support for Utusan Malaysia.

The movement’s deputy information chief Rozan Azen Mat Rasip says they want to avert tension for the safety of their members.

Justice Zaleha Yusof set the date after hearing arguments in chambers.

Haphazard removal of subsidies will result in M'sians paying 30% more for food this year compared to 2005 prices.

The ‘recurring’ issue of unfair disbursement of PSD scholarships gets hammered by politicians from both sides of the divide.

Malaysian police said today they have handed a businessman suspected of channelling funds to a Philippine Islamic militant group to Singaporean authorities.

He said the milk imported from South Korea had Jakim halal certificate, besides the certificate from the exporting country.

Raja Noor Jan Shah Raja Tuah defended today his claim that he is a descendant of Perak and Malacca royalty.

Despite all the hype of making Malaysia highly competitive, the nation suffers a big fall in 2011 global competitiveness ranking.

UPDATED 5.15PM Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri was charged with deceiving a state firm's head of RM50,000 to celebrate Pakatan's 100 days in office.

The Abu Sayyaf group holding Mohammad Nazaruddin has relayed its ransom demand to a Malaysian consular official, police say.

'We must ask whether after the 13th general election we (BN) will still be in power,' Muhyiddin Yassin says.

Cautiousness is noble if it is exercised with wisdom.

UPDATED 7.05PM Protesters march from KLCC after Friday prayers to hand a memo to the embassy against the plant. [VIDEO INSIDE]

MCCBCHST president Rev Dr Thomas Philips says the group is willing to dialogue with any Muslim group over burning issues.

Changes to postal voting announced by EC, including banning handphones in polling and counting centres, draws fire from the polls watchdog.

BN is like a 'drug pusher' feeding 'opium' to the people to hide its massive corruption, cronyism and maladministration: DAP's Tony Pua.

The federal government is slated to pay RM6.5 billion to bond holders for the water debts in Selangor.

Under new pre-qualification criteria, interested contractors can form a JV or consortium among local companies, Prasarana says.

Court of Appeal will hear K'tan's appeals on High Court's inclusion of Putrajaya in its claim against Petronas and the transfer of the suit.

HEADLINES Quoting sources from TNB, the newspaper says this is because the power producer’s financial status is still strong.

ANALYSIS PAS polls battle between reformists and conservatives appear to mirror the changing of the times.

It's the people's right to hold demo, says Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen of the plan to push Taib to quit.

The Gerakan questions why tough action had been taken against others for similar remarks while the head of Perkasa gets away scot free.

Bishop Paul Tan says remarks exonerating Christians of sinister plots against Islam by a former top cop are heartening.

FREE YOURSAY 'This is incompetency personified. If ROS wants to pluck PKR's feathers, at least take the time to check out the facts first.'

FREE VOXPOP 'When Nazri retires in the future, maybe he can write a book. I foresee it becoming a bestseller.'

FREE YOURSAY 'It is true that the standard of English has fallen to a new low - when you have a leader like H'ng who doesn't understand the meaning of 'incite'.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Why should the government give the IPPs the subsidies in the first place?'

Anwar Ibrahim takes a stand against invoking the draconian laws. He does not believe action will be taken anyway.