GEORGE TOWN, Oct 17 — Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz today addressed concerns that the Bersih 5 in November could harm tourism in Malaysia, saying the rally may have the opposite effect instead. The tourism and culture minister said the rally is a “compliment to Malaysia” as it would demonstrate that it was a country that was open…
MCA Ministers led by the MCA President Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai must have thought that they are very smart and clever in finding a way to get “insurance” to remain in the Cabinet for as long as possible by equivocating on PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s private member’s bill motion. MCA leaders…
Semalam saya pergi ke Mahkamah Persekutuan, Palace of Justice untuk beri sokongan kepada Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang memohon semakan kehakiman atas kes liwat keduanya. Sekali lagi saya lihat anak perempuan dan cucu Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar Ibrahim hanya dapat lihat cucunya pada waktu perbicaraan ditangguh. Sedihnya…..
Today I joined fellow Pakatan Harapan MPs and our party members to present our objection against the proposed constituency redelineation to FT Election Commission office. My Seputeh service centre’s staffs have collected 500 signatures from the voters to object against the constituency redelineation, and 5 Seputeh voters will be the spokespersons during the objection hearing…
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang-born K. Gurunathan has been elected mayor of Kapiti Coast in Wellington, New Zealand, comfortably defeating five other candidates, including the incumbent. Guru, as he is fondly known, beat one-term incumbent Ross Church when he polled 8,911 votes with a 2,300-vote majority for the 2016-2019 term. Church polled 6,611 votes in what the…
VATICAN CITY, Oct 9 — Pope Francis today promoted 17 Roman Catholic prelates from around the world to the high rank of cardinal, including 13 who are under 80 years old and thus eligible to succeed him one day. Cardinals, who wear red hats and are known as “princes of the Church,” are the most…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Several female lawmakers accused a Gerakan leader of chauvinism today after he reportedly made sexist comments on women candidates, with one comparing him to US presidential hopeful Donald Trump. PKR’s Nurul Izzah Anwar labelled Gerakan legal and human rights bureau chief Baljit Singh as an “abhorrent chauvinist” for his alleged…
KUALA LUMPUR: A federal lawmaker and a consumer association leader has filed a judicial review to quash the Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) recent decision to raise parking charges. Seputeh MP Teresa Kok and Mohd Yusof Abdul Rahman of the Selangor and Federal Territory (FT) of Kuala Lumpur Consumers Association said the public was not…