AHLI-ahli Parlimen pembangkang keluar Dewan Rakyat selepas permintaan mereka berhubung Rang UndangUndang Identifikasi Asid Deoksiribonukleik (DNA) 2008 hari ini ditolak. – foto The Star oleh AZHAR MAHFOF
KUALA LUMPUR: Beliau baru sahaja mengangkat sumpah sebagai Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh pagi ini, namun Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sudah menunjukkan taringnya dalam Dewan Rakyat ketika mencelah perbahasan Rang Undang-Undang [...]

(Dikemas kini) PETALING JAYA: Ketika pembangkang meraikan kehadiran semula bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sebagai Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh buat penggal kelima di Dewan Rakyat pagi semalam, ahli-ahli Parlimen Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah dan Sarawak pula mengisytiharkan taat setia mereka akan bersama BN.
Majoriti ahli Parlimen BN dari Sabah dan Sarawak menyatakan pendirian tidak akan lompat parti sebagaimana yang diuar-uarkan [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The controversial Malaysia Today news portal was blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) because its editor ignored many warning letters, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said.
“When they publish things that are libellous, slanderous or defamatory, it is natural for the SKMM to act against these websites whenever necessary,” [...]

PETALING JAYA: Improving people’s well-being especially those from the lower and middle income groups is expected to be a major thrust of Budget 2009 which will be tabled today.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to announce measures to ease or minimise the rakyat’s burden caused by high fuel and food prices.
High on [...]

SINGAPORE: Some Barisan Nasional component party leaders’ comments about the possibility of their parties leaving Barisan has Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin concerned.
“The is a new trend we have not seen in the past and this time around it is being done openly. I am concerned about that,” Muhyiddin told reporters, referring to remarks [...]

KOTA KINABALU: Many of the 24 Sabah Barisan Nasional MPs are rejecting a move to get them to sign a loyalty pledge to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
State Barisan Backbenchers Club chairman Datuk Anifah Aman said the move proposed by Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Shafie Apdal was an insult to the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The blitz by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) against Puspakom is fully supported by the Road Safety Department (JKJR) as it will help improve road safety.
Director-general Datuk Suret Singh said the responsibility to ensure the safety of vehicles – especially commercial vehicles – fell squarely on the Government.
“As such no stone will be left [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called on the Indian community to “not look elsewhere” if they have grouses or grievances.
Announcing the establishment of the Economic and Business Interface Group (EBIG), a platform to channel business and commercial interests of the Malaysian Indian community to the Cabinet Committee for Indian [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, THURS:
The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) acted within its rights to block access to Malaysia Today news website.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the commission was just exercising its powers as provided for under the Communications and Multimedia Act.
“Everyone is subjected to the law, even websites and blogs,” he said [...]

ON his very first day back in Parliament, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim gave Barisan Nasional MPs a taste of what they can expect.

He had hardly warmed his seat directly opposite Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s when he led opposition members in a walkout over the DNA Identification Bill 2008.
BN representatives must have been [...]