Archive - 29 December 2015

Bauxite mining activity also causes nearby residents to be restless.

This is over an allegation that the new sprint record set by Badrul Hisham is invalid.

This comes after Israel's highest court upheld one count of bribe-taking in appeal.

Victim realises he was cheated when he did not get any returns from the investment after a year.

This after Ernsts & Young and KPMG asked questions about 1MDB's joint venture with PSI, he says.

Police left without taking any evidence but it had the board members worried, WSJ reports.

The authorities there also banned Muslims from participating in Christmas celebrations.

Only in late July 2015, as result of the Penang Development Corporation’s (PDC) handover of all Hindu temples and burial ground lands, did the Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) take possession of these.

Amanah Youth deputy chief says if sultans reject the bill, then the gov't will have to pull the plug.

UPDATED 5.37PM | This is in relation to a motion passed by the Malay rights group to declare G25 as deviants.

This was why he was brought into the state fund, WSJ says in a report, quoting two Malaysian sources.

CPJ says more than two-thirds of the 69 deaths were targeted murders.

UPDATED 6.17PM | Possibly because Umno believes it will not receive support of non-Malays in the next polls, he says.

There's no real news in this latest WSJ piece, says state-owned fund.

This year 2015 was an unhappy year for the nation and therefore for most of us. Too many issues went sour and remain heavy burdens to bear. We may therefore say farewell to 2015 with considerable relief that we have survived the stormy weather.

Former MIC chief says in politics, the more you cool down, the quicker peace comes to you.

UPDATED 5.15PM | Board of directors were alarmed by the state fund's poor financial state, reports US-based daily.

UPDATED 5.05PM | The problem we face is that there are no jobs. I myself don’t even have one job, says the Umno veteran.

I am probably going to just blabber on and regurgitate what already been said elsewhere but allow me to summarise my outlook on recent regressive developments in our nation.

He says curfew important in ensuring security in Esszone.

This follows claims that video clips uploaded on ‘Ustaz’ on YouTube fail to adhere to the teachings of Islam.

Civil servants will be receiving the much-awaited salary adjustments beginning of July of 2016.The announcement of this salary hike by the prime minister during his 2016 Budget speech in Parliament has brought much cheers and joy to the 1.2 million strong government employees in the country.

The train was travelling from the east coast port city of Townsville to Phosphate Hill.

KINIBIZ | It may be anti-competitive and in breach of the Competition Act 2010.

Iraq had yesterday declared that it had liberated Ramadi,the capital of Anbar province.

‘We live in a period where there is a lot of slander, lies and jealousy,’ he says.

Thirteen years ago, my brother, Dr Afif, completed the monumental task of memorising the Holy Quran within a short period of no more than 18 weeks. Instead of pursuing Form 4, he took a break after PMR and chose to become al-Hafiz.

Why no action on Kota Raya traders who allegedly cheated, demands Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association.

This is one of the worst political blows to PM Turnbull since he came into office.

MP SPEAKS | Therefore, comedians like Harith Iskandar will very soon have to call it a day.

I will try to make this piece short and sweet (uhm... maybe not that sweet).

The number of victims for the whole of Terengganu was 1,690 from 442 families.

Japan made an apology and promised about one billion yen for a fund to help them.

Way of voting will be decided at the special sitting, says the Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker.

He was the hard-living front man of British heavy metal band Motorhead.

UPDATED 4.10PM | However, we don't know if he will be re-arrested, says PSM sec-gen.

Paul Tan hails Zahid’s acceptance of religious diversity as pre-condition of national harmony.

COMMENT | In order to move forward, the entire political landscape has to change.

UPDATED 12.47PM | Up to MB to make a decision on the matter, says exco Ean Yong Hian Wah.

This is because Bersih 4 was an unlawful assembly, he says.

COMMENT | This new law will arm the PM with further legal powers to stay in office as long as he wishes.

COMMENT | Amid the drumbeat of bad news, don’t let our year be defined by politics, for there's much reason to remain hopeful.

It got the land at a good price, and wil earn a sizeable profit by developing it, says Jamil Khir Baharom.

YOURSAY | ‘It is up to each of us to decide whether we should patronise Rayani Air.’

YOURSAY | ‘The powers-that-be are afraid of citizens who can think and reason.’

YOURSAY | 'His jobs may have different titles, but all are to look after the interests of his boss.'

What really is our deepest anxiety, angst, or fear?

Suit seeks to nullify the government's declaration that the 110-year-old building is a heritage.

YOURSAY | ‘Our greatest wish is to see a new PM installed for 2016.’

This is the defence NOW director Akmal Nasir is using in Yapeim funds defamation suit.

COMMENT | One query, now, is whether our nation is better off today than four decades ago.

A total of 1,140 readers voted in this year’s Malaysiakini poll.

SPECIAL REPORT | Kuantan's woes deepen as soil washing to export a higher bauxite-rich content pollutes its waters with heavy metal.