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More January, 2010

Shafie: BN to do well in Sarawak upcoming polls

Shafie: BN to do well in Sarawak upcoming polls

Barisan Nasional will do well in the tenth state election expected anytime between now and June 2011. Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd. Shafie Apdal (pic) said he was confident of this based on feelings on the ground, particularly in the rural areas. “What I have gathered from the many places I visited [...]

Chin Yong quits BN to join Pakatan’s DAP

Chin Yong quits BN to join Pakatan’s DAP

The former protem Secretary of Sarawak United People Party (SUPP) Dudong Branch, Wong Chin Yong who quit recently was officially accepted into Democratic Action Party (DAP) as a life member on Sunday. The announcement was made by the State DAP central committee after a meeting at its office at Chonglin Park today. Sarawak DAP Chairman, [...]

To Najib source of pride, to Rais it’s evil

To Najib source of pride, to Rais it’s evil

According to Bernama, besides politics, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak has another fervid passion — Facebook. Like millions of people around the world, Najib has joined the social networking website to reach out to the masses, more so Malaysians, hoping to lessen the political divide between the old and young generations. [...]

Damage undersea cable disrupts TM’s Internet services

Damage undersea cable disrupts TM’s Internet services

Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) internet service on Sunday has been disrupted by a damaged underwater cable circuit at the Asian American Gateway (AAG) at Lantau, China. A TM statement said with the damage at AAG which links Malaysia to the United States, customers surfing websites hosted in Hong Kong and the US would experience slow [...]

Home Ministry To Closely Monitor Malaysian Blogs

Home Ministry To Closely Monitor Malaysian Blogs

The Home Ministry will continue to monitor blogs and websites touching on the people’s sensitivities with the cooperation of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Its minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the authorities were now collecting evidence to bring the culprits to book for touching on sensitivities involving race, religion and the institution [...]

Bintulu newest hotel the Kemena Hotel at Assyakirin

Bintulu newest hotel the Kemena Hotel at Assyakirin

A new hotel is already up at Medan Raya (or is it Assyakirin Commercial Center?) – across the street from Medan Jaya. It look like a decent hotel – probably three star. A banner hang at the top floor of the hotel said it is called “KEMENA HOTEL”. Unfortunately we don’t have much details yet. [...]

PKR Zahrain offers BN enough MPs to re-take Penang

PKR Zahrain offers BN enough MPs to re-take Penang

Huh.. now it’s Anwar’s own man offering MPs to BN to regain control of Penang. Fabulous! Disgruntled PKR MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim has reportedly offered enough Pakatan Rakyat colleagues to Barisan Nasional as to empower it to make constitutional amendments, but his colleagues dispute he has the numbers. It is understood that the [...]

Malaysian Hindus celebrate colourful Thaispusam festival

Malaysian Hindus celebrate colourful Thaispusam festival

Malaysian Indians pierced themselves with hooks and skewers Saturday as they celebrated a Hindu festival hailed as a show of religious freedom after a spate of attacks on places of worship. Huge crowds of devotees converged on the Batu Caves temple, a spectacular limestone cavern on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur that is expected to [...]

Indonesia military behind illegal logging

Indonesia military behind illegal logging

JAKARTA — The Indonesian military is deeply involved in the trade in illegally felled timber that is destroying vast tracts of pristine forest near the Malaysian border, researchers said Friday. Their findings come days after the government revealed plans to ask foreign governments to contribute to a billion-dollar “green investment fund” to help it cut [...]

Brimas says Dr Rundi didn’t know what NCR land is

Brimas says Dr Rundi didn’t know what NCR land is

Borneo Resources Institute Malaysia (BRIMAS) executive director Mark Bujang rapped Dr Rundi today for the latter recent comment that implied landowners in the state were making unsubstantiated claims over temuda in the state as they can’t distinguished it from NCR lands. This according to Dr Rundi led to several landowners end up using opposition parties, [...]

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