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Photo of the day: Reclaiming our streets

Car-free days can be so stress-free! It’s time we reclaim more of our streets for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Bliss! Lawyer Fadiah Nadwa holds court on Beach Street, the commercial hub of George Town, during car-free Sunday. Notice the trishaw and cyclists in the background - Photograph: Latheefa Koya

Anwar addresses 30000 in Alor Star

Anwar and other Pakatan leaders addressed a large rally last night in Alor Star to bring the Pakatan annual convention held earlier in the day to a rousing close.

Butterworth ‘picnic’ to support Bersih draws 100

A crowd of about 100 has turned up for a ‘picnic’ at the Butterworth sea-front to support the Bersih demands for electoral reforms ahead of a general election.

Najib’s borrow-to-invest scheme

What’s this? You invest RM5000 in Najib’s new Skim Amanah Saham Rakyat 1Malaysia (Sara) and you can earn RM134 per month for five years?

Anwar’s acquittal: What should Pakatan do next?

Now that Anwar has been acquitted, the opposition alliance must quickly ride on the euphoria generated to explain its specific policies for improving the quality of life of Malaysians if it comes to power.

What Penang is doing about local council elections

Penang proposes to issue a gazette notification exempting all local authorities in Penang from applying Section 15 of the Local Government Act 1976 before seeking a court declaration compelling the Elections Commission to conduct local government polls.

Asset disclosures: Guan Eng clarifies

Guan Eng has made the following clarifications regarding the asset declarations of the Penang exco.

Details of Penang CM, exco asset disclosures

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his exco today declared their assets to the public. The details are provided below.

Church settles out-of-court with Bernadette, villagers

The Catholic church in Butterworth has reached an out-of-court settlement with Bernadette, the sacristan whose services were terminated last year.

Another Speakers’ Corner opened in Penang

A second Speakers Corner was opened in Penang, this time on the mainland, on the same day as Anwar’s acquittal on Monday.