With less than 48 hours before PAS’ central executive committee meeting to discuss whether or not support for Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, the party’s vice president has fired the first salvo against the beleaguered MB. PAS vice president Husam Musa today told Khalid that it was only …
Read More »Publicly-available flight information appear to back website Asia Sentinel’s cla…
Publicly-available flight information appear to back website Asia Sentinel’s claims that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had gone on a European holiday, after attending a working visit in the Netherlands to deal with the Flight MH17 issue a fortnight ago. Information from the popular flight trackin …
Read More »Business : Malaysia’s GDP To Exceed 5.5 Per Cent In 2014 – Zeti
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 (Bernama) — Bank Negara Malaysia expects the country’s economy to exceed 5.5 per cent for this year due to the strong performance recorded in the first six months of 2014, said Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz. She said Malaysia registered a strong performance wi …
Read More »A portal technology reporter was fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court in Kuala L…
A portal technology reporter was fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today for two charges of insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong through his ‘10befiend’ twitter. Effi Nazrel Saharudin, 35, was ordered to pay the maximum RM5,000 fine in default three months’ jail on each count, by J …
Read More »Pressure group Gagasan Anti-Penyelewengan Selangor (GAPS) has called on all quar…
Pressure group Gagasan Anti-Penyelewengan Selangor (GAPS) has called on all quarters to respect the role and responsibilities of the state ruler. GAPS president Hamidzun Khairuddin said the centuries-old Malay rulers institution in Selangor is being tested by the current political imbroglio in the s …
Read More »KJ John | Is it morally right? The Sun carried a headline, ‘MB: it’s LEGIT’. My…
KJ John | Is it morally right? The Sun carried a headline, ‘MB: it’s LEGIT’. My question to the menteri besar is not about legitimacy, but regarding morality, spirituality, and ethics. The MB, whom I know personally, worked for at least seven years with Ismail Ali, the very ethical founder governor …
Read More »Inter-Pakatan acrimony continues to brew over the Selangor menteri besar fiasco…
Inter-Pakatan acrimony continues to brew over the Selangor menteri besar fiasco with former DAP exco Teng Chang Khim calling PAS exco Halimah Ali's denial of plans to dissolve the assembly "untrustworthy and hypocritical". This morning when asked at the State Secretariat building abou …
Read More »State assemblyperson for Ba'Kelalan Baru Bian is worried that a small town like…
State assemblyperson for Ba'Kelalan Baru Bian is worried that a small town like Lawas, with a population of some 30,000, has turned into a den for drug activities and illegal on-line gambling, attracting students, civil servants and police personnel. It seems that the authorities are not bother …
Read More »Copingo, a coalition of Penang Indian NGOs, has accused MIC president G Palanive…
Copingo, a coalition of Penang Indian NGOs, has accused MIC president G Palanivel of being a leader who peddles deception. Copingo chairperson N Ganesan took Palanivel to task for describing the memorandum of understanding (MOU) inked between Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Persatuan Hindraf Ma …
Read More »The DAP has urged the Election Commission (EC) to be more active in registering…
The DAP has urged the Election Commission (EC) to be more active in registering new voters, or allow political parties to register voters as it had done before. Lamenting the EC’s “lazy mindset”, Tanjong parliamentarian Ng Wei Aik hoped the approval can be given to the DAP to register voters in his …
Read More »MCA has lashed out at the authorities for probing a Form Five student for sediti…
MCA has lashed out at the authorities for probing a Form Five student for sedition for clicking ‘like’ on a pro-Israel Facebook page, saying that the investigation is “totally ridiculous”. In a statement today, MCA Religious Harmony Bureau chairperson Ti Lian Ker said that such investigations begs t …
Read More »Sport : Sabah Set 13-gold Medal Target For National Para Games
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 14 (Bernama) — The Sabah contingent to the National Para Games hopes to win 13 gold medals from five of the nine sports competed in the games hosted by Perlis from Au 19 to 26. Sabah Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan said Sabah were hoping to win gold …
Read More »Partyless Mentri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim may dissolve the state assembly in N…
Partyless Mentri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim may dissolve the state assembly in November, and force a snap poll said the ex-senior executive councillor Teng Chang Khim of DAP. DAP claims Khalid may call November snap pollwww.malaysiakini.comS'gor MB may dissolve state assembly says former exco T …
Read More »Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has misled the state ruler by claimi…
Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has misled the state ruler by claiming that he commanded the majority in the state assembly, said veteran DAP leader Lim Kit Siang. Resign for misleading sultan, Khalid toldwww.malaysiakini.comLim Kit Siang says this is the only honourable way for Khalid t …
Read More »Business : AmResearch Maintains Neutral Call On Aviation Sector Despite Ebola Outbreak
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) — AmResearch Sdn Bhd has maintained a “neutral” call on the country’s aviation sector despite the Ebola outbreak which was limited to four West Africa nations. The research house said the outbreak would not have an impact on aviation stocks. AmR …
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