Kelantan Umno information chief Zawawi Othman panned political rivals Bersatu as the latter appeared to have run out of candidates and had to recruit a former Pas member. Former navy officer Rizwadi Ismail was named by Bersatu yesterday for the Nenggiri by-election scheduled to take place on August 17. “PAS Youth in Gua Musang previously…
Umno supreme council member Datuk Puad Zarkashi claimed that the ongoing feud between Perikatan Nasional components – Pas and Gerakan – is just an act put up for the sake of power. “Gerakan will not quit PN. Both Pas and Gerakan are acting. Gerakan knows Pas is only acting over the beer issue for the…
Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim lambasted former Malaysian Bar president Ambiga Sreenivasan for calling the government a dictatorship. “I want to debunk the accusation by Ambiga because it is wrong. “Accusing the government of being a dictatorship is too much and unfair. “I have been in politics since a young age since my graduate years…
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has given his word to address two major issues faced by the national health services sector “I admit that many areas face overcrowding, dilapidated facilities or both. It is being handled. It is not limited to Sabah and Sarawak. It is also in Johor and Kelantan,” he said…
A new allocation of RM100 million have been announced to boost up security facilities along the northern border of Peninsular Malaysia. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim justified the allocation on the basis that the current border securities were dilapidated. He called for the fund to released as soon as possible so that the upgrading…
There is a need to create an Orang Asli predominant constituency in Kelantan and this could be best achieved by merging the state seats of Galas and Nenggiri, said former Kelantan state legislative assembly speaker Datuk Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah. “This would be an ideal seat. Merging Galas and Nenggiri seats would give a…
Controversy surrounding the fund raising event by a beer company in support of the Chinese school needs to stop as it is highly politicised, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke. “These fundraising programmes have been conducted for vernacular schools to raise funds without any issue for years. There is no need to create controversy over this…
The DAP will only campaign in the Nenggiri by-election if and when needed, announced party secretary general Anthony Loke. “Our stance is simple: We will assist if needed, but if we are not needed, we will not go.” Anthony Loke said this when asked about Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s suggestion for DAP leaders to…
All is not well within the federal opposition coalition known as Perikatan Nasional (PN). That’s the impression that is given over the weekend when Pas declared that it would not cooperate with its coalition component party, Gerakan. Pas and Gerakan are at odds due the difference in stance taken over the issue of alcohol beverage…
DAP national chairman Lim Guan Eng trained his guns at former education minister Maszlee Malik, Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Salleh and Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor for patronizing and preaching to non Muslim parents on how to parent their children without understanding the underlying issue of alcoholic beverage companies sponsoring…
