Tuesday, 10 September 2013 admin-s We may yet to see bloodshed (thanks to rakyat tolerance) but for how long we do not know. Its up to the leaders how far they are willing to push the envelope. Richard Loh ‘Hunger Game’ and ‘The Colony’ reflect how far human will go to kill …
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China gives 10-year sentence to leaker of military secrets
Published: Monday May 5, 2014 MYT 12:55:02 PM Updated: Monday May 5, 2014 MYT 12:56:14 PM China gives 10-year sentence to leaker of military secrets View the original article here
Read More »Review SOPs to handle disasters, DPM urges agencies
Published: Monday May 5, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Monday May 5, 2014 MYT 7:19:17 AM Review SOPs to handle disasters, DPM urges agencies Good job: Muhyiddin together with Wan Mohd Nor (second left) attending the World Fire Fighters’ Day 2014 in Dataran Merdeka. View the original article here
Read More »General : Non-Populist Measures Are For People’s Long-term Benefits – Najib
PUTRAJAYA, May 5 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has asserted that short-term measures and actions embarked by the government were rather difficult to execute and non-populist in nature, but were aimed at bringing long-term benefits to the people and country. The prime minister said for …
Read More »Full belly, empty pocket
There is definitely much more to a nation’s eating habits than meets the eye. DAH makan (Have you eaten)?” This is a typical conversation starter for us Malaysians. Most Malaysians readily admit that eating is a favourite national pastime. As someone who appreciates food and observes eating tr …
Read More »Business : Wesports Share Rises On Positive Q1 Result
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) — Westports Holdings Bhd’s share price on Bursa Malaysia was higher in the morning session Monday after the company announced a positive first quarter result. As at 10.45 am, the counter rose 2.0 sen to RM2.56 after opening flat at RM2.54, with 1.67 million …
Read More »Market poised to test new high
PETALING JAYA: Despite the stock market adage: sell in May and go away, technical analysis indicate that Malaysia’s stock market is likely to test a record high this week. According to technical analysts, near-term indicators suggest that the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM KLC …
Read More »More to Jolo than just kidnapping
The world thinks that the Tausugs (Suluks) are barbarians. There are 500,000 Tausugs and the 1,000 who are with the Abu Sayyaf give them a bad name. HOW safe is Jolo?” I asked Dr Raden Ikbala, a 49-year-old Tausug, who leads an anti-kidnapping NGO in Jolo island, on the night before I flew to the Ph …
Read More »Najib cycles in KL Car-Free Morning
KUALA LUMPUR: It was a pleasant surprise for some 10,000 cyclists participating in the fifth KL Car-Free Morning when Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak joined in the event. The Prime Minister, who arrived just before the flag-off at 7am in front of KLCC, lost no time in mingling with other cyclists before …
Read More »Rescuers find woman trapped under uprooted tree
KUALA LUMPUR: A freak storm swept through various parts of the city and its suburbs, with the Fire and Rescue department saying a woman in Kepong died when an uprooted tree fell on her. The 41-year-old woman, who was four months’ pregnant, was said to be walking along Jalan Development when the stor …
Read More »DPM: Candidates for Bukit Gelugor, Teluk Intan traditionally from these parties
MUAR: The Barisan Nasional will field candidates from the MCA and Gerakan for the upcoming Bukit Gelugor and Teluk Intan by-elections, which resulted from the recent deaths of the incumbents from the DAP. “There is no reason to change; as in the past it had always been the MCA in Bukit Gelugor and t …
Read More »Compensation to aid families with living costs
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines will begin initiating an advance compensation process to the families of passengers and crew onboard the missing MH370 to help with living costs. The airline said its Family Support Centre had been communicating with the next-of-kin yesterday to alert them of the init …
Read More »Fight to keep Malaysia secular
It is simply wrong for anyone to suggest that non-Muslims have no right to debate on the hudud issue on the basis that they do not understand Islamic laws. ONE of the biggest misunderstandings in the current debate on the push by PAS to implement hudud in Kelantan is that it will not affect non-Musl …
Read More »M'sian and English courts in 'jurisdiction race' over divorce hearing
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian and English courts are set for a “jurisdiction race” to decide which will hear the high profile divorce between a former Miss Malaysia and her estranged tycoon husband. While Pauline Chai Siew Phin (pic) has filed her divorce petition in a London court, Tan Sri Khoo Kay …
Read More »Game of smoke and mirrors in kidnap isle
In the last five months, there have been two kidnappings in Semporna, Sabah, by gunmen from Sulu in southern Philippines. PHILIP GOLINGAI visited Jolo island – the Philippines’ cross border capital – to investigate why Filipino kidnappers are targeting Sabah SULU: If you ask 10 people in Jolo island …
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