Rahman launches broadside against DAP MP

PETALING JAYA: Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan went on Twitter tirade against DAP MP Tony Pua today over reports that the former had defended Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali on the Malay bible-burning remark.

“YB ( Pua) , your ignorance of the issue is understandable but I must say your daily ritual to please your boss Lim Guan Eng is legendary,” said Rahman in his tweet.

Recently, Rahman had defended Ibrahim’s calls last year to burn Malay-language Bibles that contained the word “Allah’ in it.

Commemoration of Sarawak Independence Recalls Loss of Country's Sovereignty

The planned Borneo Heritage Foundation's activities to commemorate Sarawak independence day on 22 July 2013 is a welcome step forward in the long march for Sarawak independence.

The question is: Was this real independence or was it only a brief illusion?

Sarawak was an independent kingdom ruled by the English Brooke family from 1841 to 1941. Its statehood and identity as a sovereign country was first recognised by the USA in 1850 and then Britain in 1863, long before Malaya's independence in 1957.

Tidak adil dakwa Alvin-Vivian di bawah Akta Hasutan

"Ini kerana orang Islam yang ingin bakar Bible dan menghina anutan orang Hindu tidak didakwa
sehingga kini," kata MP PAS Sepang.

PETALING JAYA: Ahli parlimen PAS kawasan Sepang, Mohamed Hanipa Maidin meminta kerajaan tidak mendakwa pasangan Alvin Tan, 25, dan Vivian Lee, 24  di bawah Akta Hasutan kerana akta itu telah banyak menzalimi rakyat negara ini.

Jika mereka didakwa di bawah Akta Hasutan kerana menghina Islam tidakkah pasangan remaja ini juga akan merasa bahawa ada diskriminasi dan ketidakadilan ke atas mereka, kata beliau.

I saw a sackful of blue ICs, says Jeffrey

Former ISA detainee Jeffrey Kitingan told the Sabah
RCI panel that the legalised illegals in Sabah had
made their way into the electoral rolls

KOTA KINABALU: Bingkor assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan told the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in Sabah that a National Registration Department (NRD) officer had shown him a list of some 60,000 foreigners who obtained Malaysian identity cards (ICs) in the 1990s.

Kitingan, a former detainee under the now defunct Internal Security Act (ISA), said he brought the matter up with his former political party, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), and a police report was lodged by the party’s then secretary-general Radin Malleh.

Sarawak’s Journey to Freedom Celebrated for the first time in 50 years

Independence Walk route

The 22 July 2013 is a day that should stand proud in the history of this state.  It is a day that should be celebrated with all the pomp and circumstance of any key moment in the history of Sarawak.  In fact, in the modern era, this date stands with only a handful of others as a key turning point in the history of our state and ultimately our nation.  And yet there will be no official fanfare of any kind - nor has there been for the past 50 years.  Even worse, many citizens will be totally unaware that this date holds any significance whatsoever.

46 groups sent memo to Pandikar on TPPA

MEMORANDUM  KEPADA

YB Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar Amin Haji Mulia

Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat

Parlimen Malaysia, Bangunan Parlimen ,

Jalan Parlimen, Kuala Lumpur.

Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’Seri Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak

Perdana Menteri Malaysia

Pejabat Perdana Menteri di Parlimen Malaysia

Budak perempuan tertimbus dalam tanah runtuh

Usaha mencari sedang giat dijalankan di kawasan
tanah runtuh seluas lebih seekar

Oleh Kevin Ivan
KUNDASANG : Seorang budak perempuan dikhuatiri tertimbus dalam satu kejadian tanah runtuh di kampung Mesilou, Kundasang, yang berlaku pagi tadi.

Jurucakap Bomba Ranau, ketika dihubungi FMT, berkata budak perempuan dari suku kaum Dusun itu yang belum dipastikan umurnya itu didapati hilang apabila sebuah pondok kebun milik keluarganya runtuh dan tertimbus dalam kejadian awal pagi tadi.

Politicians protecting illegal Indonesian school, district officer tells RCI

By Lee Shi-Ian
July 15, 2013
Political interference and patronage from certain parties led to the establishment of an illegal Indonesian school and the rise of squatter colonies in Papar, said its district officer Iman Ali.

Iman told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into illegal immigrants in Sabah that the illegal school followed the Indonesian education syllabus and its students wore the uniform colours of that country, red and white.

‘Why purchase expensive Chromebook models?’

PETALING JAYA: Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari today questioned the Education Ministry on the purchase of Chromebook laptops at a higher-than-market price for the 1Student 1Device programme.

He also questioned the need to buy so many Chromebooks when it is not user specific.

“I would now like to question the cost-efficiency of the proposed purchase of Chromebooks, which are laptops based on cloud computing, meaning that each unit is not user-specific.

A Tale Of Two Popes And The Sainthood

LAST week, history was once more made in the Catholic Church following Pope Francis approval of the miracle needed to canonize Pope John Paul II and waiving Vatican rules to honour Pope John XXIII. The candidates have rightly been described as two of the 20th century’s most influential Popes; having closely identified with the Second Vatican Council, the 1962-65 meetings that brought the Catholic Church into modern times.