BUKIT MERTAJAM, 22 Aug 2008: Police have detained two people believed to be members of a group attempting to stop voters in Permatang Pauh from exercising their rights on polling day for the 26 Aug parliamentary by-election. Permatang Pauh by-election media relations officer Supt Shaharon Anuar Abdul Latif said one of the suspects, a 40 […]
Archives for August 2008
Special panel to clear 10,000 backlogged appeal cases
PUTRAJAYA, 22 Aug 2008: A special Court of Appeal panel has been set up to deal with and clear 10,000 backlogged criminal and civil cases. The panel comprising Justices Datuk Gopal Sri Ram, Datuk Md Raus Sharif and Datuk Sulong Matjeraie sat yesterday and today to clear a total of 191 cases. This is the […]
Price of petrol, diesel down effective tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Aug 2008: Retail petrol price of RON97 has been reduced by 15 sen to RM2.55 per litre while retail diesel price reduced by eight sen to RM2.50 per litre effective tomorrow, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced in Putrajaya today. This came just two days after he denied that the […]
Laws needed to protect country’s symbols
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 22 Aug 2008: Malaysia should have laws to protect the country’s symbols to ensure they are not toyed with, said Deputy Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. “Prior to this, the Negaraku had been toyed with, and now there are people suggesting that the Jalur Gemilang be flown upside down. “We […]
MCA: MIA
By Ng Boon HooiUpdated on 22 Aug at 7.40pm MCA booths, such as this one in Kampung Sungai Semambu, are few and far between in Permatang Pauh IN the week since the start of the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign on 16 Aug 2008, various Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians have dropped by to endorse candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar […]
Pointless chin-wagging
By Rom NainDESPITE the results of the 8 March 2008 general election, the mainstream Malaysian media still generally loathes crediting non-Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians, i.e. those from the Pakatan Rakyat. Hence the inaugural televised live debate on 15 July 2008 between opposition icon Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Information Minister Datuk Shabery Cheek, which was won by […]
Is Anwar “The One”?
By Wong Chin HuatFOR some, the Permatang Pauh by-election is a “presidential” by-election. Granted, you can’t have a president unless Malaysia were a republic; but what is meant by this is, the battle will decide not only the parliamentarian for the constituency in Penang, but also the Prime Minister of Malaysia. In other words, this is a national […]
Along the path of apathy
By KW MakWHEN I worked as a reporter not too long ago covering issues affecting communities, one of the attitudes I frequently encountered from the public was apathy: so long as their personal lives were unaffected, people rarely cared about what was around them. Take, for example, middle-income urbanites who turn an unthinking blind eye to the […]
Permatang Pauh: PKR draws in the crowd
By Danny Lim and Ng Boon Hooi
DE FACTO Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s campaign for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election is running like a well-oiled machine. The PKR ceramahs have been well attended by people of all races, who come to hear various Pakatan Rakyat leaders such as PAS information chief Mahfuz Omar, PKR’s information chief Tian […]
Ungku Aziz, M’sia Nature Society among winners of inaugural Merdeka Award
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Aug 2008: Recipients of the inaugural Merdeka Award were announced today, with Royal Prof Ungku Aziz adjudged winner in the education and community category, and the Malaysian Nature Society in the environment category. The Nipah Encephalitis Investigation Team from the Medicine Faculty of Universiti Malaya and Prof Datuk Dr Khalid Kadir emerged […]
