DAILY DISPATCHES: ‘Stadium Demonstrasi’ to placate hankering for no-permit public rallies
TYPICAL with democratic practitioners worldwide, Malaysians hanker for a gargantuan political rally where they can be enthralled by speeches oozing with fire-breathing sermons, charisma and charlatanism. The truth is wedged somewhere between the screeching sound bytes, postural preening and ...
DAILY DISPATCHES: Pakatan politicians want MACC to operate without element of surprise
A FUNDAMENTAL aspect in law enforcement investigations that leads to the arrest of the bad guys is the element of surprise - a very powerful constituent in the art of war or in the art of self-defence - to take down the enemy or opponent when they least expect it. It is an acceptable form of ...
Special Session of Parliament: 10 resolutions tabled by PM
1 Condemn strongly the Israeli military attacks on the Palestinian Territory of Gaza, which has claimed the lives of Palestinian civilians, including women, children, infants and the elderly, and urges the full withdrawal of Israel from Gaza;
Undergrads lack general knowledge, says MP
UNIVERSITY students are intellectually weak because they are lazy and not because they are spending time in politics, a backbencher said yesterday.
Parliament in brief: Broadband plan stays
THE Penang state government will continue with its free wireless@Penang broadband project, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said yesterday. He said there was no scientific evidence to show that the use of wireless connections to the Internet would pose health risks -- the main concern of ...
Reform bills fall far short, says Kit Siang
PAKATAN Rakyat will convene a meeting next week to decide on a common stand on the two reform bills tabled by the prime minister on Wednesday.
Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani Datuk Dr Mustapha Mohamad (kiri) memperkenalkan pelbagai jenis Durian kepada Speaker Dewan Negara Tan Sri Dr ...
Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk S. Subramaniam (kiri) mengucapkan tahniah kepada Ketua Puteri MIC, Senator Usha Nandhini S. Jayaram (tiga, kanan) ...
Speaker Dewan Rakyat Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia (kiri) ketika sidang medianya mengenai tindakan Anggota Parlimen dari parti-parti pembangkang yang ...
SEKATAN POLIS .... Polis mengadakan kawalan ketat di hampir kesemua jalan masuk ke Parlimen bagi menghalang orang ramai daripada menyertai ...