Friday the 13th nightmare in downtown KL By Debra Chong, The Malaysian InsiderJune 13, 2008 The protest march through downtown Kuala Lumpur today. — pictures by Choo Choy May KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Thousands of protestors, about six car lanes wide and almost 100 metres long, took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur to … Read more
Bend Over…and Stay That WayBy K Anuradha aka GaladrielJune 12, 2008 We are being screwed. Petrol subsidies have been taken away and its effect is being felt all around. That cascade effect. TV Smith almost fainted, he said. But actually, we have been screwed for a long time now. Just didn’t realise it. Why do … Read more
Khalid: Allegations of graft unfoundedBy The StarThursday June 12, 2008 SHAH ALAM: Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said yesterday that an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Agency has cleared one of his senior aides of involvement in graft. “The allegations of graft were unfounded,??? Khalid told reporters after chairing the weekly exco meeting. However, … Read more
Fuel relief: Gas pump price remains, says Petronas headBy Marc Lourdes and Nisha Sabanayagam, New Straits TimesJune 12, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: The pump price of natural gas will stay the same. This is the assurance given by Petronas chairman Tan Sri Hassan Merican. He told the New Straits Times that the price would remain although … Read more
Fuel relief: Pump prices to go down if global rate dropsBy Hamidah Atan and Deborah Loh, New Straits TimesJune 12, 2008 PUTRAJAYA: There will be no further fuel price hikes this year — that is the government’s promise. The price of petrol will be retained at RM2.70 per litre and diesel at RM2.58 per litre, … Read more
Mahathir: I will respond in due timeBy The StarThursday June 12, 2008 PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he will refrain from commenting on the revelations made by High Court judge Justice Datuk Ian Chin for now. He said in his blog that he would do so “in due time???. “However, I am … Read more
Sime Darby’s RM120m loss: Trader goes missing By Zaidi Isham Ismail , New Straits TimesJune 12, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd’s RM120 million futures trading loss may have been the work of a single rogue trader who made the wrong bet and was poorly supervised. Existing and former company officials said the trader in … Read more
Opposition plan for mass fuel hike protests By The Malaysian InsiderJune 12, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Opposition groups today vowed to push ahead with plans for mass protests against a sharp 41 percent hike in gasoline prices, despite the government’s pledge not to further raise prices this year. The price hike last week … Read more
VOCIFEROR LUPUS! By Shankar VS aka donplaypuksThursday, 12 June 2008 by logan weirdowolf donplaypuks® intrepid correspondent for wolverine affairs Most Asians have a healthy disrespect for the very (same) Governments they themselves regularly elect. Over and over again, for sometimes fifty years at a stretch. It is not that they do not know the electoral system … Read more
Civil servants can now take up part-time jobs or businessesBY IZATUN SHARI, The StarWednesday June 11, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Civil servants can take up part-time weekend jobs or businesses to supplement their income in view of the rising cost of living following food and fuel price increases, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator … Read more