In case you missed it, Joseph Breham on the submarine deal involving DCN, Perimekar and the Malaysian government.
Live – Cross-examination of Saiful continues
More live updates on the cross-examination of Saiful Bukhari during the trial of Anwar Ibrahim.
Local polls possible, legal experts tell Pg govt
It is legally possible to hold local government elections, a team of legal experts advising the Penang state government has found.
The team comprises Tommy Thomas, Malik Imtiaz and Yeoh Yang Poh (former Bar Council chairman, who also led the team). The Penang government will now decide whether to seek a court declaration on the issue.
Hidden origins of Mothers’ Day in the US
Mothers’ Day in the United States has its roots in the rallying cry by a feminist, poet and anti-war activist Julia Ward Howe (left) for women to convene a major congress to further the cause of peace and oppose war.
Howe strongly believed that women had an important political role to play in shaping societies. Today, however, Mothers’ Day has been shorn of its radical overtones and reduced to a commercial occasion of sweet sentimentality.
Mother’s Day proclamation
First speakers step up at Speakers’ Square
A handful of people created history yesterday by becoming the first speakers to take to the stage at the Speakers’ Square in Penang since its official launch on 4 May.
The Square was launched on Wednesday and yesterday, Sunday, was the first time it was available to speakers from the public.
Live – Cross-examination of Saiful
Live updates of the much-anticipated cross examination of Saiful Bukhari in the Anwar trial today.
Malaysia to raise “billions” of dollars from bonds
Some little-publicised news locally: Malaysia may sell bonds soon in its first major foreign debt offering in eight years.
These could be 10-year dollar-denominated bonds.
Live – Nomination Day for Sibu by-election
Live updates on the Sibu by-election nomination process
Penang Botanic Garden horror
Himanshu Bhatt has come up with a piece that describes the appalling “upgrading” project (mostly concrete) at the Penang Botanic Garden.
Horror at the Botanic Gardens
SINCE early this year, a scene some may well describe as one of utter horror has greeted Penangites and hundreds of visitors as they approach the island’s beloved Botanic Gardens, one of the oldest colonial-era parks in Southeast Asia. A huge swathe of land in front of the magnificent century-old raintree that looms above the gardens’ famous gates has been turned into a monstrous dusty scab, with two gigantic phallic structures built on it.