Nizar is the star attraction for the reporters here.
Nizar addresses a throng of re…
Nizar addresses a throng of reporters.
Crowd of several thousand at c…
Crowd of several thousand at centre. Chopper overhead.
Just walked past a second road…
Just walked past a second road block. Passed small DAP contingent.
Walking to nomination centre …
Walking to nomination centre in Penanti. Live coverage begins at 8.45am.
After a downpour in Tanjong Bunga…
This is what happened after a downpour around the Persiaran Tanjong Bunga area recently.
Will Umno contest in Manek Urai by-election in Kelantan?
Just when Umno is dreading more by-elections, another one is in the pipeline with the passing of Manek Urai state assembly member Ismail Yaacob at dawn today after a long illness.
Expansion of medical tourism will hurt general hospitals
Business Times reports that Sime Darby Healthcare, the healthcare arm of Sime Darby, has teamed up with Medilink Network (PVT) Ltd of Bangladesh and Medilink (Beijing) TPA Services Co Ltd to promote medical travel from Bangladesh and China to Malaysia.
The expansion of lucrative, profit-oriented medical tourism will hurt the government-owned general hospitals, which are already experiencing a critical shortage of specialists. It will further contribute to the exodus of specialists to private hospitals from the overstretched public sector.
Obama in the Notre Dame University controversy
Obama’s controversial speech at a Catholic university. Parts 2, 3 and 4 below. Full text here.
The US president pleads for open hearts, open minds and fair-minded words over some of the bitter debates that divide American society. See also ‘The real scandal of Notre Dame‘ by the head of a Catholic university.
Obama, however, doesn’t touch on the US military adventures in Afghanistan (and the rising death toll) and Pakistan and the US Occupation of Iraq. Neither does he mention the massive and scandalous Wall Street bailouts – the result of easy and uncontrolled credit and financial deregulation and liberalisation.
11 arrested at vigil, including 2 DAP reps
Eleven people mourning the demise of democracy in Perak were arrested during a vigil in front of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok’s office tonight.