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6,000 students in Manik Urai to receive uniforms, bags
The Education Ministry is providing free school uniforms and bags to 6,142 primary, secondary and religious schools in Manik Urai.
Businesses cashing in on Manik Urai by-election
KUALA KRAI, Sun: Election fever is set to rise with nomination tomorrow in the Manik Urai state by-election but prices of food at restaurants have ...
Outdated acts to be reviewed
A special committee has been set up under the Prime Minister's Department to review outdated acts.
Frontpage
Ananda behind Magpies bid
KUALA LUMPUR: Billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan has been identified by British newspapers as the man fronting a RM500 million bid for English ...
Kedah Pakatan row escalates
ALOR STAR: Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said Kedah DAP is playing with fire by stoking racial sentiments over its decision to ...
National
Enforcement officers seize 'Viagra coffee'
KUALA LUMPUR: A direct-selling company marketed a coffee mixture with a secret ingredient which guaranteed to "perk up" drinkers.
Maid agencies stand to lose RM12.5m
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian maid recruitment agencies are staring at losses of up to RM12.5 million following Indonesia's decision to stop sending maids ...
Last-minute work did Haziqah good
SUNGAI PETANI: Nur Haziqah Alias won the Kedah RHB New Straits Times Spell-It-Right Challenge for the primary school category held in Village Mall ...
Caste politics set to decide party polls
KUALA LUMPUR: Caste politics may be resurfacing in MIC for the first time in 20 years as party elections loom large on the horizon.
The man with the MRI touch
CARDIOLOGIST Dr Annuar Rapaee has scanned over 400 patients since 2006 at the Sarawak General Hospital.
Cutting through the jungle of health facts
EGGS were once "slow suicide over breakfast". Now they are considered health food!
Don't sleep on it!
MICHAEL Chiew used to get sleepy while driving outstation on business trips.
On the road to recovery, thanks to baking
JOHOR BARU: Thanks to a group of staff at Hospital Permai in Tampoi, some patients now have proven to be skilful bakers and they are well on their ...
Cigarettes, liquor worth RM1.4m seized
JOHOR BARU: Johor Customs seized cigarettes and liquor, valued at more than RM1.4 million in three raids here.
The firm tsunami nudge
THE role of mangroves as the first line of defence against erosions, storm surges and rising sea level has long been known, but it was the Asian ...
Sport
Motor Racing: Fairuz registers second podium finish of the season
AS promised, Fairuz Fauzy delivered a sensational performance when he finished second from fifth on the grid in Race One of Round Five of the World ...
Badminton: Razif raring to go after layoff
RAZIF Latif, after being cleared of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, is shifting his focus on preparing for the World Championships in Hyderabad, India ...
Football: Clinical Haris keeps T-Team soaring
HARIS Safwan Kamal's eye for goal helped Kuala Terengganu T-Team keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Young Tigers with the only goal against ...
Football: Selangor win to stay top
SELANGOR edged closer to the Super League title with a comfortable 4-1 win over UPB-MyTeam even as Perlis maintained the pressure with a 1-0 win over ...
Cricket: Malaysia within reach of semis spot
MALAYSIA remain on course for a semi-final berth at the ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship after beating the United Arab Emirates by 27 runs for their ...
Tennis: Chen Ti takes title
TAIWAN'S Chen Ti captured the men's singles title of the US$10,000 (RM35,000) Malaysia Open Dunlop Futures III at the National Tennis Centre in Kuala ...
Hockey: Flu-stricken Amin, Shukri have coach Beng Hai worried
MALAYSIA played to a 2-2 draw with hosts Ireland in their second friendly in the run-up to the Champions Challenge II which starts in Dublin, ...
Bowling: Recovered Zatil raring for action
SHOULD Zatil Iman land a bowling gold at the World Games in Kaoshiung, Taiwan it will be a remarkable feat given that her career was in jeopardy ...
Football: Media divided on move
LONDON: Britain's newspapers yesterday could not decide if Michael Owen's surprise move to Manchester United represented another canny swoop by ...
Footbuzz: Blues get Sturridge
LONDON: Chelsea announced on Friday they had signed teenage striker Daniel Sturridge from Premier League rivals Manchester City on a four-year deal ...
Columns
RASHID YUSOF: The enemy is not BN, Pas
Elections aside, the real question is can the residents of Manik Urai join in the march towards globalisation, writes RASHID YUSOF
SHAMSUL AKMAR: The shoe message won't be forgotten
DURING the sacking of Baghdad by the invading American forces in the spring of 2003, their marine troops toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein in ...
ROGER TAN: One can't be judge and executioner at the same time
ON June 26, Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge Zainal Abidin Kamarudin made an unusual order to personally cane 20-year-old Muhammad Syafiq Abd Wahab ...
DZULKIFLI ABDUL RAZAK: Teacher training colleges in wrong 'place'
AS Malaysia looks for a new economic model to enable it to become a high-income country, it is inevitable that the current education system must be ...
Hello men, where were you in times of need?
DID you read about the death of a newborn baby in a toilet in Kuantan a few days ago? The baby was found in a pail while her mother was crying on the ...
PADDY BOWIE: Will Obama follow the path of LBJ?
THE last American president to visit Malaysia was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.
EDITORIAL: Whipping up an old debate
INDISCIPLINE in schools is not a problem that has cropped up only recently like the H1N1 influenza virus.
OPINION: A KATHIRASEN
THREE days ago, as I was preparing to come to work, my mother said to me: "This morning, I looked at my hands and kissed them."
ANALYSIS: Can Anwar's political skills save Pakatan?
AS cracks again surface in the Pakatan Rakyat, only the political skills of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim seem to be keeping the alliance from breaking up.
PAHIT MANIS: We want children to be good in English and BM
WHAT can we expect when the Ministry of Education announces its decision on the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English soon, possibly this ...