PUTRAJAYA: There will be no further increase to the price of fuel in the country this year despite the possibility of the global price of oil reaching US$200 (RM660) per barrel, the Prime Minister said.
This latest decision by the Cabinet came on top of various measures announced on Monday to help the Government cut costs [...]

PUTRAJAYA: There is no need to set up another Royal Commission of Inquiry on the latest allegation levelled by a high court judge against former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said this was because the Government had already decided to reform the judiciary.
“We are going to implement the [...]

PUTRAJAYA: Part of the money used by the Government as subsidy is Petronas’ contribution from its annual revenue.
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad said the national oil company did not subsidise petrol at the pump but gave the Government part of its revenue to be put into a consolidated fund.
“It is money [...]

Mohd Lena Embong with some of the leeches that he breeds at home in Bachok.
BACHOK: Mohd Lena Embong used to loath leeches that stuck to his feet when he played in the fields years ago.

Today, he is smiling, despite being bitten ever so often.
Lena’s sunny temperament is due [...]

PUTRAJAYA, Wed:
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is not keen to have an investigation, enquiry or commission to probe the latest allegation that judges were pressured into making pro-government decisions, failing which they were threatened with dismissal.

“I can’t say that I am surprised (with the [...]

Datuk Ian Chin.
SIBU: A High Court judge here has alleged that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad threatened to punish the judiciary in 1997 for decisions he disliked.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Justice Datuk Ian Chin, 60, is the most senior of the 48 High Court judges in the country.
He made the stunning allegation [...]