Sabah migrant workers often deported after polls: labor leader

COLOURFUL SABAHANS - 4 Comments » - Posted on July, 14 at 3:39 am

By JULIE JAVELLANA-SANTOS
abs-cbnNEWS.com
An Asian trade unionist said the mass repatriation of undocumented migrants in Sabah crops up when Sabah politicians don’t need voters, but disappears during elections when politicians need their votes.
“They only deport the undocumented migrants in Sabah after the elections,” Ambet Yuson, a Filipino regional director […]

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Questions to Najib - a few facts to ponder.

Give it a thought - 2 Comments » - Posted on July, 9 at 8:57 pm

1. Mr DPM, it is known fact that even a cabinet minister
can’t see you unless he/she goes through appointment, time and phone
calls. Why is it so easy for unknown dropout to have a meeting with
you at your private residence?
2. If he was ‘traumatized’, does that mean every traumatized
Malaysian has an easy […]

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Run away ministers

NATIONAL INTEREST - No Comments » - Posted on July, 9 at 8:51 pm

Tian Chua’s Blog
All ministers seem to have run away today.
Today is the first day of ministries to answer and clarify issues raised in the speeches by opposition and backbenchers since 30 June. However no minister were in the Parliament.
Before the debate, during the Question Time in the morning, Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat evaded all […]

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Pekebun Kecil Tingkayu Buat Laporan Polis Terhadap CP Sabah

COLOURFUL SABAHANS - 64 Comments » - Posted on July, 9 at 8:08 am

Oleh: ‘Deep Throat’ Sabah (Malaysia Today)

Sindrom laporan polis di buat terhadap Pegawai Turus Polis semakin menjadi-jadi selepas Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim membuat laporan polis terhadap Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan berhubung kes jenayah.
Kes terbaru melibatkan empat orang pekebun kecil dari Skim Pekebun Kecil Tingkayu telah membuat 14 laporan […]

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Sabahans still being poisoned

COLOURFUL SABAHANS - 6 Comments » - Posted on July, 9 at 12:55 am

Up to 90 per cent of the farmers I spoke to admit using banned pesticides on their vegetables and fruits which end up in the stomachs of Sabah’s 3.3 million people. 
Selvaraja Somiah
I crisscrossed all over Sabah during the recent March 8th General Election, whilst campaigning for a friend and his political party which had 14 […]

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Master-servant mentality must go, says Yong

COLOURFUL SABAHANS - No Comments » - Posted on July, 8 at 7:46 am

Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: The people of Sabah, especially its leaders, have been urged to discard the “servant-master” mentality in dealings with the Federal Government.
Speaking at a briefing for the party faithful, Sunday, SAPP President Datuk Yong Teck Lee said such mentality among a majority of current leaders was among main contributing factors for Sabah […]

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Benarkah Perbankan Islam Lebih Mahal dan Zalim

ISLAMIC POTPOURRI - 4 Comments » - Posted on July, 6 at 6:08 pm

Oleh : Azha Syazri Hj Azizan (AFPM)
Assalamualaikum
I would like to give my comment on this issue and contribute input supaya apabila anda nak buat penilaian, hujah dari kedua-dua belah pihak, dapat dibentangkan dan dinilaikan secara adil, tanpa ada sifat prejudis terhadap sistem kewangan tertentu di malaysia.
Tapi i must warn you awal-awal, what […]

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What do Sabahans and Sarawakians want?

COLOURFUL SABAHANS - 2 Comments » - Posted on July, 4 at 8:14 pm

Taken as a whole, the 20 Points, if read in their entirety, give the East Malaysian states considerable political autonomy. However, the public view in East Malaysia is that there has been considerable dilution of  the 20 Points for the past 45 years.
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Why Malaysia’s drastic fuel price hike is a blunder

ECONOMY & BUSINESS - No Comments » - Posted on July, 4 at 8:12 pm

Proposing for petroleum income to go straight to Treasury

If the government is sincere in uplifting the livelihood of the people, it should have embraced clean and competitive tenders, as promised by the Prime Minister when he came into power five years ago.
Kim Quek
At this time of booming commodity and petroleum prices, Malaysia as a resource-rich […]

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A Nightmare for the US

ECONOMY & BUSINESS - No Comments » - Posted on July, 4 at 1:44 am

The Voice (issue 264 - 11th May) ran an article beginning, ‘Iran has really gone and done it now. No, they haven’t sent their first nuclear sub in to the Persian Gulf. They are about to launch something much more deadly — next week the Iran Bourse will open to trade oil, not in dollars but […]

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