Akhirnya Najib akui demokrasi negara pincang

Nazri Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Sept: Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak akhirnya "mengakui demokrasi negara selama ini tidak berfugsi", kata Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat, Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad. Beliau berkata demikian sebagai memberi respon awal terhadap pengumuman yang dibuat Najib dalam Perutusan khas Hari Malaysia yang disiar secara langsung oleh RTM malam ini. "Selepas 5 desawarsa, Najib akhirnya mengiktiraf demokrasi di negara ini tidak berfugsi," katanya kepada Harakahdaily.

Mansuh ISA: Kerajaan didesak mohon maaf

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Sept: Ekoran pengumuman perdana menteri malam ini bahawa Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) akan dimansuhkan, Naib Presiden PAS Salahudin Ayub mendesak kerajaan memohon maaf secara terbuka kepada rakyat yang pernah ditahan dibawah akta zalim itu.

Bercakap kepada Harakahdaily, Salahudin berkata tindakan itu perlu kerana sudah ramai rakyat yang menjadi magsa akta itu sejak dari merdeka lagi.

Najib "tunduk" tuntutan Buku Jingga

Nazri Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Sept: Biarpun pengumuman perdana menteri malam ini dialu-alukan, namun hakikatnya ia adalah menciplak janji Pakatan Rakyat seperti dimuatkan dalam Buku Jingga, kata Ketua Penerangan PAS Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man. Malah katanya, tawaran perubahan Pakatan Rakyat lebih luas berbanding beberapa perubahan yang telah diumum Datuk Seri Najib malam ini. "Perjuangan kita menentang akta zalim ini sudah lama dahulu, cuma Umno BN ni lambat faham.

'Arrogant' Pahang govt condemned for ignoring court order

Harakahdaily

Sep 15: The Pahang state government has been described as "gangster government" by a PAS leader over its refusal to obey a court order to pay RM70 million in damages to a local logging company. L-R: Adnan Yaakob and Khalid Samad PAS Central Committee member Khalid Samad criticised Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob for being "extremely arrogant" in disobeying the Kuantan High Court order to pay compensation to  Kuantan-based Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd over a breach of contract.

Minimum wage of RM1,500 in Selangor from next year

Harakahdaily

Sep 15: Starting next year, every state civil servant will enjoy at least RM1,500, as part of the minimum wage policy being implemented by the Selangor government. Announcing this today, the state government said the minimum wage was part of Pakatan Rakyat's three-year plan (2011-2013) to be launched Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim tomorrow.

We were a British colony: A response to Zainal Kling

Ahmad Fuad Rahmat

September 12, 2011 COMMENT Dr. Zainal Kling together with National Professors’ Council (MPN), which claims up to 1500 members, recently argued that Malaysia was never colonized by the British. As reported in Malaysiakini and Berita Harian, Their argument in essence reads as follows: 1. Malaya was a British protectorate, not a colony. 2. But the British did have administrative powers in the fields of finance and the exploitation of Malaya’s natural resources. 3. Despite this, Zainal (left) still maintains that Malay sovereignty (kedaulatan Melayu) was still protected. 4. Therefore, what is now Malaysia (with the exception of Malaka and Penang) was never colonized by the British.

Nik Aziz laments UMNO's silence over Merdeka denial

Harakahdaily

Sep 15: PAS Murshidul Am Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (right) said he was still waiting for UMNO's response to the statement by National’s Professor Council's Dr Zainal Kling that the country had never been colonialised by Britain. Zainal, a member of the Council, lending support to media attack against PAS's Mohamad Sabu over his call to revisit the country's British-friendly history, raised eyebrows when he declared that Malaya's status as a British protectorate meant that it had never been colonised, despite being under British control.

BN iktiraf 16 Sept kerana tekanan rakyat

Muhammad Faizal

PETALING JAYA, 15 Sept: "Langkah kerajaan Barisan Nasional untuk mengiktiraf 16 September sebagai Hari Malaysia selepas 48 tahun ianya berlaku adalah kerana tekanan bertalu-talu dari berbagai kalangan rakyat Malaysia sendiri sesudah Pilihanraya 2008," jelas Ahli Parlimen Kuala Selangor, Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. Beliau yang berkata pada satu sidang media selepas mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Bajet Alternatif Pakatan Rakyat di Pejabat Sekretariat Pakatan Rakyat di sini hari ini.

Perangsang mahu rangsang kerjaya untuk siswazah

Harakahdaily

SHAH ALAM, 15 Sept: Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad (Perangsang Selangor), sebuah anak syarikat kerajaan negeri Selangor sedang berusaha untuk membantu siswazah yang sedang mencari pekerjaan di negeri ini. Pengerusinya, Raja Idris Raja Kamarudin (gambar) hari ini berkata, syarikat itu akan melancarkan program rangsangan kerjaya untuk siswazah 30 September ini.

Khalid Samad: SPR sering beri jawapan putar belit

Aziz Muda

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Sept: Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) sering memberikan jawapan penuh putar belit berhubung masalah pengundian dalam pertemuan-pertemuan yang diadakan oleh pihak PAS dengannya. Antara jawapan putar belit yang diberikan oleh SPR itu terutama yang berkaitan dengan desakan PAS kepada badan itu agar digunakan dakwat kekal dalam pilihanraya.

Salahudin cadang Dr M jadi PM semula

Abdul Aziz Mustafa

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Sept: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad sepatutnya kembali menjadi Perdana Menteri untuk membolehkan pilihan raya diadakan lewat sedikit. Naib Presiden PAS, Salahuddin Ayub berkata berkata, hanya itu sahaja caranya untuk meredakan kebimbangan bekas Presiden Umno itu terhadap ketidakmampuan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menerajui Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) menghadapi pilihan raya akan datang serta melaksanakan hasratnya supaya pilihan raya dilewatkan.

Kenyataan Ramlah sahkan 'agenda' British tidak menjajah

Harakahdaily

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Sept: Kenyataan pemimpin Perkasa, Profesor Ramlah Adam (gambar) bahawa 'British tidak menjajah Malaya' dan 'Mohamad Sabu salah apabila berkata polis di rumah pasong Bukit Kepong adalah polis British' menjelaskan niat sebenar episod ini. Kenyataan Ramlah dan Profesor Zainal Kling sebelum ini adalah bertujuan untuk menafikan kenyataan Mohamad Sabu bahawa polis ketika itu bekerja untuk British iaitu penjajah.

After ousting Pak Lah, Mahathir now turns to Najib?

Harakahdaily

Sep 14: Prime Minister Najib Razak is increasingly feeling the pressure once heaped on his predecessor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, following a spate of statements coming from former strongman Dr Mahathir Mohamad. WHO'S THE STRONGEST OF THEM ALL? ... After pressuring Abdullah (middle) to resign, Mahathir is said to be planning Najib's retirement

Weekend forum attempts to decipher 'Islamic feminism'

rahman

Sep 14: What is Islam’s attitude on the personal freedoms of women? How does Islam ensure that those freedoms are extended to freedoms in public life and political power? How do we make sense of the different Qur’anic statements about the autonomy of women? These are some of the questions that a forum organised by Muslim NGO Islamic Renaissance Front hopes to address on September 18.

Ganti rugi: Eloklah Adnan lepas jawatan

Hazayani Zakaria

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Sept: Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat, Khalid Samad menyifatkan Kerajaan Negeri Pahang sebagai "kerajaan samseng" kerana enggan membayar tuntutan ganti rugi sebanyak RM70 juta kepada sebuah syarikat pembalakan, Seruan Gemilang Makmur Sdn Bhd. Beliau berkata, Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob sangat angkuh apabila tidak mengendahkan arahan Mahkamah Tinggi Kuantan agar membayar ganti rugi tersebut.

Tidak dijajah: Bila Najib mahu buat pendirian

Harakahdaily

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Sept: “Bila lagi Datuk Seri Najib mahu membuat pendirian rasmi bahawa negara kita tidak pernah dijajah sebagaimana kenyataan Prof Dr Zainal Kling, kemudian disokong pula oleh mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir,” tanya AJK PAS Pusat, Ustaz Idris Ahmad. Katanya, selaku Perdana Menteri, beliau mesti menyatakan pendirian rasmi kerajaan dan pendirian Umno di dalam hal itu. Beliau menambah, satu jawapan yang segera perlu dibuat untuk meredakan keresahan rakyat di negara ini.

Angola: Huambo air force plane crash kills generals

  14 September 2011 Last updated at 19:05 GMT

A plane crash in Angola has killed 26 people, including three army generals, a government official has told the BBC.

Luis Caetano, the spokesman for the Huambo provincial authorities, said the military aircraft crashed after leaving Huambo city airport.
He said six people had survived the crash, including the pilot and co-pilot.
Correspondents say the aircraft was a relatively new Embraer jet purchased by the army to transport top officials.

Proton's 1st batch of electric cars

By ZUHRIN AZAM AHMAD

PUTRAJAYA: Proton has presented the first batch of the much-awaited Electric Vehicle (EV) to the government for evaluation before mass-producing them for the public.

Japan’s Kobe beef goes halal

Domestic sales of halal wagyu beef may appeal to Japan’s Muslim community. — AFP/Relaxnews file pic

TOKYO, March 2 — It’s not the first place you think of for halal meat. But meat-processing plants in Japan have begun catering to a growing interest in the Middle East by providing halal-certified meat. Famous for their Kobe beef — the most expensive in the world for its rich flavor, tenderness and fatty marbling — the country’s meat producers have begun turning their attention to an underserved market looking to taste this Japanese delicacy.

From New York to George Town

By Helen Ong

Crab croquettes at Goh Huat Seng Teowchew Restaurant... the real thing! — Pictures courtesy of Matrade

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 25 — The Thais have done it well, as have the Singaporeans, who have laid claim to “Chilli Crab” as part of their culinary heritage. So what are the Malaysians doing about telling the rest of the world about our wonderful food?

Smokers: kicking the habit may improve your personality

New research shows that for younger smokers, quitting can greatly improve neurotic personality characteristics. — AFP pic

MISSOURI, Sept 14 — Kicking the cigarette habit reveals some suprising new benefits beyond cleaner lungs. Snuffing out smoking may also improve your personality, curbing traits such as neuroticism and impulsivity, according to new research.

PM to make important announcements in live telecast tomorrow, says Rais

September 14, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s message to the nation tomorrow night in conjunction with National Day and Malaysia Day celebrations on Friday is expected to contain several important announcements, Bernama Online reported today.
The portal quoted Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim as saying the prime minister’s speech would be carried live by TV1 and TV2 at 8.45pm tomorrow and that other television stations had been approached to follow suit.

GST after elections, says Najib

September 13, 2011

Najib also pointed out that GST was necessary because only 1.2 million Malaysians out of a workforce of 12 million were taxpayers. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — The government will introduce the controversial goods and services tax (GST) only after the next general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today. “I guess when the time is right, in the near future, probably after the next general election, we will introduce the GST.

Dr Ling signed but didn’t write letter to PM, witness reveals

By Debra Chong

September 14, 2011

Dr Ling is said to have played no part in writing or drafting the letter in question. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — At Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s cheating trial today, the spotlight fell on a three-page letter he signed and sent to the then prime minister in 2002 that appeared to set the outcome of the now scandal-tainted Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project.

Zunar terima anugerah hak asasi Hellmann- Hammett bagi tahun 2011

Saya bersyukur atas anugerah hak asasi Hellmann- Hammett bagi tahun 2011.

Pemberian anugerah ini merupakan satu sokongan penting untuk saya dan tepat pada masanya untuk saya meneruskan usaha menentang penapisan dan pelanggaran hak asasi melalui karya-karya saya.  Kerana itu saya berterima kasih kepada Yayasan Hellmann-Hammett dan Human Rights Watch atas pemilihan saya sebagai salah seorang pemenang dari 44 pemenang bagi tahun ini.

Saya gembira menjadi orang Malaysia pertama yang memenangi anugerah ini sejak ia diperkenalkan 22 tahun lalu.

K'rjn PR Kedah mungkin terkubur

"Air yang mengapungkan perahu itu, bisa mengaramkan perahu."

Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat negeri Kedah yang didominasi PAS, nampaknya belum memahami maksud pepatah Cina ini.  Walaupun pilihan raya umum 8 Mac 2008 menyaksikan bagaimana Kedah ditawan oleh pembangkang, dengan bantuan undi bukan Melayu, namun kerajaan PR tidak akur kepada suara rakyat setelah berkuasa.

Dasar berbau "perkauman" yang terpesong dari pendirian PR, malah memperlekehkan masyarakat Cina digubal, mencetuskan kekecewaan dan kemarahan komuniti Cina tempatan.

Petua Tradisional

As'salam.. kepada semua rakan2 bloggers, Facebookers, Twitters dan pembaca yang budiman, orang Melayu kita ni terutamanya datuk nenek moyang kita dahulu banyak petua-petua yang berguna terutamanya dalam bab menjaga kesihatan disini saya sertakan beberapa petua tradisi yang mana mungkin berguna kepada kita dan dari masa kesemasa saya akan "update" kan.. Insyaallah..

1. MENURUNKAN BERAT BADAN

Jika anda mengalami berat badan yang berlebihan, air limau nipis yang anda minum boleh menurunkan

berat badan anda.