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CAP objects to proposed incinerator in Kepong

CAP has issued a statement objecting to the incinerator proposal for Kepong, a timely reminder about the risks such incinerators pose.

Taman Beringin waste transfer station. gif

Zunar ‘salutes’ media academic Mustafa K Anuar

The country’s top political cartoonist Zunar has paid glowing tribute to media academic Dr Mustafa K Anuar, whose contract with USM was not renewed.

Ringlet Reservoir: Did deforestation, siltation lead to rapid rise in water level?

A look at the terrain would suggest that land clearing upstream in the Sungai Bertam catchment area may have aggravated erosion and surface run-off to the reservoir, which has been plagued by siltation problems (as the colour of the water in the image below would also suggest).

The Ringlet Reservoir area
The Ringlet Reservoir area

Mujahid presents his new book to Bishop Sebastian

Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa personally presented his new book ‘Berdialog dengan gereja’ to Bishop Sebastian Francis at the latter’s office in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Penang yesterday.

Dialogue, the way forward
Dialogue, the way forward

Budget 2014: Najib announces 6% GST from 2015

Send in your reactions to Najib’s Budget 2014. The (regressive?) Goods and Services Tax at 6 per cent will come into force on 1 April 2015, replacing the Sales and Services Tax. That’s a higher rate compared to the 3-4 per cent predicted earlier. Making up for all the massive pre-election spending and cash handouts?

As Allah controversy brews, Pas reaches out to Christians

With the fallout from the Allah controversy still brewing, Pas representatives have been extending a hand of friendship to representatives of the Christian churches.

Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad and a Pas delegation visit Bishop Sebastian Francis and Mgr Bernard Paul
Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad and a Pas delegation visit Bishop Sebastian Francis and Mgr Bernard Paul

Live – UN Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia

Live from the United Nations in Geneva, where Malaysia’s human rights record comes under scrutiny.

Berita Kampus hold-back: Just a normal editorial review process, says USM

It was just an academic exercise, says a senior university official, and it was never banned. So how does the university explain this notice found pasted in the Berita Kampus newsroom? Is the notice part of the review process/academic exercise?

Berita Kampus warning

Mah Hui responds to Mahathir and Shamsul

Economist Lim Mah Hui says he never made comments attributed to him, so I am reproducing his statement below to help him get a fair hearing. What is irrefutable though is that the number of unemployed diploma holders and graduates has soared over the years.

Listen to BFM’s interview with Reza Aslan

Did you catch the BFM interview with Islamic religious scholar Reza Aslan?

Start the interview at 19:30 to hear what he has to say about the Allah controversy.

Also read Tommy Thomas’ The Allah decision is wrong in constitutional law (Aliran).

And this is a statement by Archbishop Murphy Pakiam, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia: