KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Jan 2009: The Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) is waiting for Bank Negara’s report on illegal bank transfers from depositors’ accounts before taking action, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T Murugiah. He said preliminary investigations showed the money from the accounts was siphoned to Indonesia but the culprits involved had […]
Archives for January 2009
Contracts of 119 support staff extended
KUALA TERENGGANU, 5 Jan 2009: One hundred and nineteen support staff in Terengganu can breathe easy now that their service contracts were extended. Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the extensions were done to smoothen the daily activities in schools concerned as well as to lighten their load at the start of the […]
PPP plans to raise membership to 700,000
SHAH ALAM, 5 Jan 2009: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP), a component of the Barisan Nasional (BN), plans to increase its membership to about 700,000 through online recruitment before the next general election. Party president Datuk M Kayveas said today the ongoing membership exercise conducted through PPP’s web blogs was gaining momentum and popularity among […]
US$1 million humanitarian aid from Malaysia
PUTRAJAYA, 5 Jan 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has authorised the immediate disbursement of US$1 million as humanitarian aid from the government to the Palestinian people. He said the money had been channelled through and would be used by Mercy Malaysia, a non-profit medical relief organisation, to deliver relief supplies. The […]
Religious freedom undermined
By Josef Roy BenedictONCE again Malaysians are faced with politicians who seek to repress and undermine the religious freedom of minorities in this country. Firstly, we have the Barisan Nasional (BN) government, which has ordered the Catholic Church to cease its Malay-language edition of the Herald until the courts resolve a ban on the paper’s use of the […]
Let Catholic weekly run in Malay
By Khalid SamadEVEN though the Home Ministry recently approved the publication permit for the Herald – the Catholic Weekly, only publication in English, Tamil, and Chinese is allowed. Publication of the weekly’s Malay language version has been held back, pending a court decision on the use of the word “Allah”. While my Christian friends applaud the decision […]
Malaysia calls for UN special general assembly
PUTRAJAYA, 5 Jan 2008: Malaysia today called on the United Nations to convene a special general assembly to find a resolution to the Israeli atrocities against Palestine. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the UN special general assembly could be held on the premise of “unity for peace”. He said Malaysia’s permanent representative […]
Testing time for Pakatan Rakyat
By Deborah LohDIFFERENT ideologies notwithstanding, Pakatan Rakyat partners PAS, DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will once again test their brand name as a coalition in the Kuala Terengganu by-election on 17 Jan. Having proven their ability to work together in the Permatang Pauh by-election in August 2008, the alliance now faces a slightly different test of […]
Recognising the Lasallians
By David CE TnehPERHAPS it is timely that the Education Ministry revamps its policies on non-civil servant teachers in Malaysian primary and secondary schools. Case in point would be the missionary schools, because such institutions still need the services of its lay people or Christian Brothers. St Xavier’s Institution (Public domain; source: Wikipedia)One example would be St Xavier’s […]
Nasyid rock!
Oleh Shanon ShahNASYID rock? Itulah label yang digunakan oleh kumpulan Algebra untuk menerangkan konsep muzik mereka. Mengambil nama sempena cabang ilmu hisab yang diterokai oleh sarjana Islam, al-Khawarizmi, Algebra mengaku orang ramai mungkin merasa janggal jika melihat mereka buat pertama kali. Siap dengan berserban, vokalis Ahnaf Jamal mengaku, “Kami tak segan dengan imej yang ditonjolkan. Lagipun apa […]
