KUALA LUMPUR: Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara (PAC) mengesyorkan supaya Panel Penilaian Bebas diwujudkan untuk memberi nasihat kepada kerajaan berhubung pembelian helikopter Eurocopter EC725. Saranan itu terkandung di dalam laporan siasatan pembelian helikopter Eurocopter EC725 yang diedarkan kepada Anggota Parlimen pada 4 Dis lepas. PAC dalam kenyataan yang diedarkan kepada media hari ini, berkata syor itu [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Rang Undang-undang Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) 2008 hari ini diluluskan di Dewan Rakyat di Parlimen, di sini. Rang undang-undang tersebut dibacakan buat kali pertama pada Rabu lalu dan dibacakan buat kali kedua semalam untuk dibahas. Sebelum ia diluluskan melalui suara majoriti ahli-ahli Parlimen, Dewan telah berbahas mengenai cadangan pindaan yang dibawa oleh [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan tidak pernah bercadang untuk meletakkan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) di bawah Parlimen. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz berkata,Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) yang ada pada masa ini juga merupakan badan bebas yang bukan berada di bawah kuasa eksekutif atau pun perundangan. “Kalau orang pertikai satu daripada [...]

Lee Chong Wei will be focused on regaining his competitive edge which has been missing since June. SOME of the glamour names may be missing from the Super Series Masters Finals which begins in Kota Kinabalu tomorrow but Lee Chong Wei will not be fooled into believing that the title is in the bag. Having [...]

PUTRAJAYA, TUES: The findings from the series of roundtable discussions on the policy of teaching and learning Maths and Science in English will be handed over to Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein soonest possible to be tabled to the Cabinet. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Wee Ka Siong said the report contained seven options [...]

DEWAN RAKYAT Dec 16, 2008: WHEN Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz tabled the Witness Protection Bill 2008 for first reading this morning, it won’t be too impertinent for cynics to intone: why did it take this long to get it done where others have travailed for so long. Critics will [...]

PUTRAJAYA: The prices of fuel have been cut by another 10 sen — the seventh reduction since they skyrocketed in June. RON97 petrol is now RM1.80 per litre from RM1.90 previously, while RON92 petrol and diesel are at RM1.70 per litre from RM1.80. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the government was able [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, TUES: Not all detentions under the Internal Security Act (ISA) are done under ministerial powers rather the police also have powers to make detentions under the act, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. He said the action taken by police was due to their investigations to ensure the safety and security [...]

GEMAS: A 14-year-old girl lodged a police report on Saturday claiming a 50-year-old man had raped her in the toilet of her home last month. The victim was alone at home when she was allegedly approached by the man who struck up a conversation before forcing himself into the house, dragging her into the toilet [...]

Aziz M. Osman and Nor Radhiah Ramli in happier times. KUALA LUMPUR: TV3′s popular sitcom, Puteri, probably holds the dubious record of divorces among its stars and crew. Nora Danish Norman Hakim Norish Karman Mohd Aszerul Nizam Abdullah Two actors in the sitcom have either ended or are waiting for an end to their marriages. [...]