Dyana Sofya’s candidacy in the Teluk Intan by-election is signficant in more ways than one.
MH370: Four Corners examines what happened
The following are some of the major questions floating in my mind, and I am sure they are shared by many others:
– Why did the Malaysian side initially refuse to hand over the cargo manifest to the Australian investigators? Why did it take so long for the cargo manifest to be released? We still do not know the origins of the lithium-ion batteries and the mangosteens that were supposed to be in the cargo.
Sr Julianna Lim dies after brutal attack at Seremban church
Sr Julianna Lim, 69, passed away at about 3.30pm today, succumbing to injuries sustained during a violent attack in front of the Church of the Visitation in Seremban on 14 May which left her in a coma.
Nurul Izzah, Tian Chua, Rafizi lead in PKR VP race
Current standings in the PKR party elections as at 11 May 2014:
Nasa provides compelling evidence of climate change
Is it wet or dry season now? The weather in Penang has become highly unpredictable and erratic with the lines between the seasons blurred beyond recognition.
Now, Kampung Siam residents face eviction from land bequeathed by Queen Victoria
Another colonial-era village in Penang is set to be flattened – Kampung Siam of Pulau Tikus (behind the Pulau Tikus Police Station).
Singapore unearths its pre-colonial history that began centuries earlier
The New York Times reports:
While earlier generations learned a narrative that essentially started in 1819 with the British colonial administrator, Sir Stamford Raffles, stumbling upon a sleepy Malay fishing village, 13-year-olds now learn of a golden age that started 500 years earlier.
Two nuns working with disadvantaged children assaulted, critically injured
Update by Facebook user Mary Josephine Prittam Singh:
I was at the hospital with the family and IJ Sisters throughout most of the day and felt their pain and anxiety over the incident. Mary-Rose was transferred to the ward around noon whilst Julianna was still at the emergency ward until this evening unable to be moved due to her unstable condition caused by the drop in her blood pressure and very bad brain injuries.
Two Christian nuns working among poor and disadvantaged children were viciously attacked this morning at a church in Seremban.
Protest in Penang against deaths in custody
A protest against recent custodial deaths was held outside the central police lock-up in Bayan Baru on Mothers’ Day, Sunday, 11 May.
