PORT DICKSON, Sept 3 - A religious teacher and her 10-year-old son were believed to have been murdered during a robbery attempt at their house in Jalan Sutera Lama today.
MARAN, Sept 3 - Programmes to assist the poor which are seen as benefiting the Bumiputeras more, cannot be construed as a racist policy, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
SERDANG, Sept 3 - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today appealed to motorists to drive safely and help prevent roads from becoming “rivers of death”.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 - The BA of Malaysia's (BAM) High Performance Director, Datuk James Selvaraj, may have started work just three days ago but the former player wasted no time in identifying weaknesses in the training system.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two weeks.
Lately, there are some of Utusan Malaysia’s reports which caused some displeasure among certain figures and ministers. A minister had claimed that the media has an agenda to tarnish his image.
The UMNO divisional convention throughout the country which ended recently has given out a certain signal. Although there is some division facing internal problems like in Rantau Panjang and Sungai Petani, on the whole, the proceedings of the convention have been smooth. Many political observers find that UMNO is now back on a formidable position, far better than the other BN component especially MCA, MIC, Gerakan and PPP.
The support of many Malays to the opposition pact in Penang through Pas influence especially during the last general elections, has not been read well by the DAP. In fact Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng makes betrayal after betrayal against the voters especially the Malays and Indians. Many Malay stalls had been dismantled. The Malay settlements had also been the target. Kampung Buah Pala, a popular settlement for the Indians had now gone. The procession for Maulidur Rasul had also been cancelled. The gag against the press is being carried out in Penang including against the media published by the Utusan Group.
THE proposal by the Ministry of Home Affairs to appoint Tan Sri Ismail Omar as the new Inspector-General of Police effective Sept 13 has ended speculation on the appointment of the top police post.
IT is obvious now, Pas’ objective to fight for hudud law has ended. The objection raised by a few leaders in the opposition pact has given a signal that Pas’ can just forget about it.
Our march towards achieving the developed nation status is out of synch with the 2020 target. To attain the goal, the country must sustain growth at seven percent for the straight consecutive years from the time it was mooted till the year 2020. But this dream has been affected by our economic performance impacted either by the regional or world economic performance.
