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SEREMBAN, 3 Nov 2008: Gerakan vice-president Datuk Dr S Vijayaratnam, 58, was found dead in front of his clinic at the Vijaya Mahal building in Jalan Tunku Hassan here at 12.15pm today. He is believed to have fallen from the third floor of the building which he owned. Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Osman Salleh […]

PETALING JAYA, 3 Nov 2008: A review seems likely of the plan to send the country’s second astronaut into space in 2011 or 2012 in view of the uncertain global economy. Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Fadhillah Yusof said today priority had to be given to more important programmes in view of the current […]

PUTRAJAYA, 3 Nov 2008: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today urged the people to have confidence in the country’s capacity to face the challenges brought on by the current global financial turmoil. He said the country cannot escape the impact of the crisis but that did not mean the people must allow themselves […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Nov 2008: Datuk Seri Najib Razak today won the Umno presidency unopposed after securing 134 nominations for the post. With only 57 nominations available, no one else can garner the 58 nominations necessary to qualify to contest the presidency. Najib, who is Umno deputy president and the deputy prime minister, will be […]

PUTRAJAYA, 2 Nov 2008: New fares for buses and taxis would be announced early next year, Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Datuk Noh Omar said today. While ensuring that the new fares would not burden the majority of users, he said the government would also give equal consideration to public transport operators. “While the government […]

KANGAR, 2 Nov 2008: Perlis Umno liaison chief Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim has slammed former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim over his remarks on “ketuanan Melayu” (Malay supremacy). “Zaid should repent. Otherwise, he should get out of the ‘rumpun Melayu’ (Malay grouping),” said the former Perlis Menteri Besar, here today. Shahidan, […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Nov 2008: Wanita Gerakan chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe clarified today she had neither insulted the Malays nor questioned their rights in a speech on 10 Oct which she said was misconstrued as such. The deputy minister of information told a news conference at the party’s national headquarters here that Gerakan president […]

BALING, 2 Nov 2008: Umno members must stop regarding Umno as a sacred party that it cannot be criticised and reformed, said Jerlun member of parliament Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir. “If the members still think that Umno is a party that cannot change, then the party cannot prevail and will be destroyed sooner or later. “As […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Nov 2008: A code of ethics on courtesy will soon be introduced for members of Parliament to safeguard their propriety when speaking in the Dewan Rakyat. Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, said with the code MPs will be more careful when speaking so as not to […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Oct 2008: Former de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has resigned his position as senator. Zaid, in announcing this at the start of his speech today at the Lawasia 2008 Conference here, said he had been asked to resign by the government. “I was asked to resign as senator after I […]