(Mutakhir) PETALING JAYA: Sementara dua pemimpin Barisan Nasional (BN) menafikan akan ada wakil rakyat Sabah melompat parti, Ahli Parlimen Gua Musang, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah pula mendakwa sebuah parti komponen BN akan meninggalkan parti itu sebelum hujung bulan ini.
Bekas Menteri Kewangan itu yang dipetik Bernama bagaimanapun tidak menamakan parti yang dikatakan akan keluar dari BN itu.
“Saya mendapat berita bahawa satu parti akan keluar daripada [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad yakin tiada siapapun termasuk Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yang ‘berpeluang’ untuk menandingi jawatan Presiden Umno pada Disember ini.
“Pada pemilihan Umno akan datang Presiden (Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) akan menang, tidak akan ada siapa yang boleh tanding Presiden kerana tiada siapa yang boleh memperoleh 60 pencalonan.
“Ini dikawal oleh Presiden seperti yang [...]

PETALING JAYA: At 5pm sharp every day, clerk Badrishah Bani, 43, rushes off from his office to start his second job – as a petrol station attendant.
Being the sole breadwinner of his family, Badrishah said he had no choice but to take up another job to make ends meet, following the increase in petrol prices.
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KOTA KINABALU: The Government is looking at adopting a system whereby motorists can buy a fixed amount of subsidised fuel each month and pay for the rest at market rate.
Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said the system includes providing Malaysian motorists with a special card for buying subsidised fuel.
“We are still looking [...]

IPOH: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is looking at the possibility of contesting a by-election in Perak, if the court were to rule against Barisan Nasional in the Kuala Kangsar election petition.
Responding to queries on his pending contest in a by-election, the PKR de facto leader said: “I think Perak would be a good idea. We’re [...]

KOTA BARU: A businessman’s daughter and granddaughter who were allegedly kidnapped by two renegade soldiers were rescued here yesterday, thanks to swift action by the police.
The six-hour ordeal of the 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter came to an end when policemen in a patrol car spotted the victim’s Proton Wira Aeroback being driven by [...]

PETALING JAYA: With three school-going children, housewife Joyce Tay is “depending on God” to make ends meet as her household income of RM3,000 is no longer sufficient.
Her children attend three different schools located distances apart in Penang, which adds to her burden.
The 47-year-old said her household expenses usually exceeded income, and her technician husband had [...]

A RAMPANT Lee Chong Wei steamrolled his way to win the the Aviva Singapore Open men’s singles title yesterday.

The Malaysian No 1 and the tournament’s top seed took just 29 minutes to blast the challenge of Indonesia’s Simon Santoso winning 21-13, 21-5 at the Indoor Stadium.
Chong Wei, the World No 2, took home [...]

Selangor’s Indra Putra Mahayuddin (centre) shoots at goal against Terengganu.
DESPITE a comfortable 4-1 win against Pahang in the first leg of the FA Cup semi-finals at the Darulaman Stadium in Alor Star on Saturday, Kedah coach Azraai Khor remains cautious for tomorrow’s return leg at Kuantan’s Darulmakmur Stadium.

Kedah, the defending champions, [...]

KEDAH snapped Kelantan’s unbeaten run in Group A of the Ministry of Education Football League Under-17 competition with a come-from-behind 2-1 win.

It was a bitter pill to swallow for Kelantan as the defeat was inflicted at their own Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium in Kota Baru.
“It was just not our day,” [...]