Posted on 06 November 2009
KOTA BARU, Fri: Kuala Krai and Pasir Mas were two areas hit by floods in Kelantan and 300 people were evacuated since the afternoon when rivers Sungai Kelantan and Sungai Golok overflowed.
The chief officer of the state floods operations room, Mohd Anis Hussein, said 130 people were evacuated in Kuala Krai and 190 in Pasir [...]
Posted on 03 September 2009
PORT KLANG: Today was a historic day for Malaysia with the arrival of the first of two Scorpene submarines for the Royal Malaysian Navy.
Describing the acquisition of the vessels as the single biggest defence procurement to date, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin called on the RMN to safeguard the integrity and sovereignty of [...]
Posted on 30 May 2009
PETALING JAYA: One of the city’s earliest landmarks, Jaya Supermarket, collapsed while demolition work was going on, killing two Indonesian workers.
Two bodies were recovered at 6.44pm and 10.25pm and another worker was feared dead.
Once an icon: The old Jaya Supermarket building that was once a landmark in Petaling Jaya is now a rubble after [...]
Posted on 30 May 2009
PETALING JAYA: Bodies of all seven workers trapped in the rubble of the collapsed Jaya Supermaket here have been recovered.
The last three were pulled out Saturday, said Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed.
However, the last two bodies were not identified as the remains were too shattered and police would wait for the Indonesian embassy [...]
Posted on 04 April 2009
A crowd has been gathering outside the ISA detention centre in Kamunting, Taiping, since Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak’s announcement yesterday of the release of 13 detainees. – NST picture by HASAN ISMAIL TAIPING, Sat:
The wife of Hindraf detainee V. Ganabatirau – B. Vuvaneswary – arrived at the Kamunting Detention Centre near [...]
Posted on 02 March 2009
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and former MIED CEO P. Chitrakala Vasu during ‘happier’ times.
Samy Vellu: She’s a desperate woman.
Chitrakala: Let police find the crook.
KUALA LUMPUR: The claws are out. Both sides have resorted to publicly calling each other a thief.
In what is becoming an increasingly venomous spat, MIC president Datuk Seri [...]
Posted on 06 February 2009
WHEN it rains, they say, it pours. It rained in Perak yesterday. And it was a deluge, as drama after drama unfolded all over the state’s capital.
On one hand, Barisan Nasional confidently formed the new government with the Sultan’s blessing, and even named Pangkor assemblyman Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir as its new Mentri Besar.
It [...]
Posted on 02 January 2009
The patrol car, driven by a man who had run amok, was a total wreck after crashing into a parked car and several trees in Jalan Simbang Lima, Johor, yesterday.
JOHOR BARU: A wrecked police patrol car, five shots and a dead body lend a dramatic start to the year for residents of Jalan Simbang [...]
Posted on 06 December 2008
Search-and-rescue personnel looking for survivors in the landslide area. – NST picture by Zunnur Al Shafiq
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.: The quiet in Taman Bukit Mewah and Taman Bukit Utama in Bukit Antarabangsa was shattered by the sound of strong wind and an explosion just before the landslide hit the neighbourhood in the wee hours of [...]
Posted on 27 November 2008
SEREMBAN, WED:
Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has been described as being ignorant of history for assuming that the former secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya, Chin Peng, was a freedom fighter.
Negeri Sembilan History Association treasurer Mohd Misan Mastor said today the Malays had fought colonialism since the fall of Melaka Sultanate and throughout the Portuguese, [...]
Posted on 24 October 2008
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat is not in a hurry to take over the government in view of the looming global financial crisis, said opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“Our priority now is to engage the government so we can ensure measures are in place to safeguard our economy,” Anwar said [...]
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With over one million Hindu devotees expected at Thaipusam this year, the official dates have been extended so participants may complete their rituals at Batu Caves any time during the Tamil month of Thai.
Cakap Cakap
Posted on 30 January 2010
Kavadi merupakan peralatan yang digunakan untuk membawa barang-barang upacara keagamaan sempena sambutan Thaipusam. Penganut Hindu yang memikul kavadi akan membersihkan diri di sungai di kaki bukit atau anak air berdekatan kuil. Kelihatan seorang lelaki membawa kavadi dan bekas berisi susu yang dicucuk di badannya menuju ke kuil Arulmigu Balathadayuthabani di Jalan Kebun Bunga di sini, [...]
Current Issue
Posted on 30 January 2010
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With over one million Hindu devotees expected at Thaipusam this year, the official dates have been extended so participants may complete their rituals at Batu Caves any time during the Tamil month of Thai.
Daily News
Posted on 30 January 2010
KUALA LUMPUR: Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said he was shocked at the change in the stand of former finance minister, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah maintaining that Kelantan had the right to receive oil royalty.
Rais said Tengku Razaleigh’s statement on Thursday that the Kelantan state government should now get the oil [...]
Dewan Rakyat
Posted on 27 July 2009
WHAT is it like to have to mediate between a “monkey” and a “Bigfoot”? And what is it like to have to sit through all parliamentary meetings, whether they’re interesting or not? ANIZA DAMIS speaks to Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia, in conjunction with the 50th year of Parliament.
Q: What do you [...]
Editorial
Posted on 29 October 2009
THE horror of domestic violence is that it takes place in private places, behind closed doors and the veil of common decency that supposedly safeguards individual and household privacy.
“A person’s home is their castle”, maybe — but that is not to say such places haven’t been known to feature dungeons, cells and torture chambers. With [...]
Email Gossips
Posted on 30 October 2008
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Malaysia Govt always BOLEH!!!
This is another method for KWSP to steal our money!
Remember during Budget 2008 announcement last [...]
Like That Also Can?
Posted on 30 January 2010
A CHINESE national on holiday in Singapore fell in love with a suave, good-looking Malaysian, but the man turned out to be a pimp who forced her to service more than 6,000 clients in the republic.
China Press quoted the 35-year-old woman, who wished to be known only as Lim, as saying that her nightmare lasted [...]
Malaysian Sports
Posted on 30 January 2010
KUALA LUMPUR: National coach Hendrawan has only been in Malaysia for six months.
And what a testing six months they have been as the Indonesian tried to meet the high expectations of a nation clamouring for more shuttlers of calibre in the men’s singles department.
But, contrary to what others believe, the former world champion has not [...]
Policital Jokes
Posted on 04 July 2008
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Old Hit from the Archives ” FIRED ” ( A song describing the events pertaining to the sacking of the ex Deputy Prime Minister… Anwar Ibrahim )
Public Issues
Posted on 30 January 2010
SHAH ALAM: University authorities were asked to be fair and not expel the nine varsity students who were detained by police on Jan 23 in Kuala Lumpur for demonstrating against the campus election process.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, said the matter should be left to the police for further action.
He hoped the [...]
Public Letters
Posted on 17 November 2009
I JUST can’t believe your recent report with the heading “61 GROs held in 11th raid at outlet” and this in spite of my highlighting this case on Oct 19. Why is the outlet still operating?
Are the fines and other penalties so trivial that the business owners gladly pay them and then continue with their [...]
Public Reaction
Posted on 27 July 2009
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Friends of Yasmin Ahmad speaks of her at her funeral, Sunday.
Sports
Posted on 30 January 2010
ROVANIEMI, Finland: Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen crashed into a drift of snow Friday in his debut on the rally circuit and trailed by more than 30 minutes after the first day of racing.
Raikkonen was just 5.5 seconds behind leader Dani Sordo after the first stage of the Arctic Lapland Rally but then went [...]
Weird Cases
Posted on 30 January 2010
THE Bukit Jalil Sports School hostel is under attack – of a spooky kind.
About 20 athletes occupying the hostel are said to have experienced hysteria over the past two months, according to a Harian Metro front-page report.
In one incident, a lawn bowler known as Era, 23, claimed that she was possessed and pinned to the [...]
World News
Posted on 15 December 2009
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A protest by African nations accusing rich countries of doing too little to cut greenhouse gas emissions slowed U.N. climate talks on Monday just four days before world leaders are due to forge a deal in Copenhagen.
Protesters push and destroy a balloon during a demonstration in Copenhagen December 14, 2009. (REUTERS/Christian Charisius)
After [...]
