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Cabinet or Umno: Who calls the shots?

By Ding Jo-Ann

July 2, 2010

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s recent announcement of the government’s most recent u-turn on legalising sports betting raises questions, once again, about Umno’s dominance within the Barisan Nasional (BN). Najib announced the Finance Ministry’s withdrawal of approval for Ascot Sports’ sports betting licence directly after an Umno supreme council meeting on 25 June 2010. […]

Saifuddin Abdullah (Temerloh)

By Koh Lay Chin

June 18, 2010

TEMERLOH Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Saifuddin Abdullah; constituency: Temerloh […]

Kayveas: PPP crisis to be settled this week

June 1, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 1 June 2009: The leadership tussle in the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is expected to be “put to rest” by this week, its president Datuk M Kayveas said today. He said the Registrar of Societies (ROS) had all the relevant documents and the ROS only had to ascertain whether the Emergency General Meeting […]

Umno gets tough with tainted office bearers

By Deborah Loh

May 29, 2009

Umno to toughen stance against corruption KUALA LUMPUR, 29 May 2009: Umno office bearers who are charged in court will be suspended from their party positions until proven innocent, the party’s supreme council (MT) agreed in principle today. Toughening its stance against corruption and negative public perception about the party, the MT decided that it […]

Perak crisis: Umno MT to find solution

May 12, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak described the High Court decision on the Perak Menteri Besar issue today, which did not favour Umno and the Barisan Nasional (BN), as not the end of the road for the party. Najib, who is also the Umno president, said this was because there […]

BN supreme council to decide on Penanti

May 5, 2009

KOTA KINABALU, 5 May 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) supreme council will decide whether the party should contest the Penanti State seat in Penang on 31 May, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said. “I don’t think it (Penanti) is only an Umno issue because when we contest, we do so on the Barisan Nasional […]

Contest for 1Malaysia song

April 27, 2009

KUALA KLAWANG, 27 April 2009: The Information, Communication and Culture Ministry will launch a contest to identify the best composer for the 1Malaysia song.  Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said just like other songs that inculcate patriotism in their composition, especially songs like Budi Bahasa Budaya Kita and those that promote reading, the ministry […]

“Sabah wants special treatment”

April 10, 2009

SANDAKAN, 10 April 2009: Sabahans have asked for some special treatment in terms of developmental allocations as their state is somewhat behind compared with other states. Kinabatangan Member of Parliament Datuk Bung Moktar Radin said this was based on the results of the last general election that saw both Sabah and Sarawak as bastions of […]

Azeez: Expect PR defections in Kedah

By Shanon Shah

April 6, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 6 Apr 2009: Four Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state assemblypersons will defect if the Barisan Nasional (BN) wins the Bukit Selambau by-election tomorrow, claimed newly-elected Umno supreme council member Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim. Speaking at the BN Youth operations center here tonight, he said, “Just wait and see what will happen within a […]

PKR wishes Kalaivanar luck

By Shanon Shah

March 31, 2009

SUNGAI PETANI, 31 Mar 2009: The dramatic departure of B Kalaivanar from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is no loss to the party, supreme council member Dr A Xavier Jayakumar said. “Good luck to Kalaivanar, and good luck to Umno and the Barisan Nasional (BN) now that they have Kalaivanar on their side,” he said today […]

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