Pope Benedict Likely To Allow Breakaway SSPX to Rejoin Church

Pope Benedict XVI is about to heal a rift with the Society of St. Pius.Zoom
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Pope Benedict XVI is about to heal a rift with the Society of St. Pius.

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to allow the Society of St. Pius X, a controversial, ultraconservative splinter group, back into the Catholic Church, it is learned. But Holocaust denier Richard Williamson, an SSPX bishop, opposes the agreement, which is likely to be reached before the end of May.
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Menteri deposit RM1 juta ke akaun Zahida

Oleh Fazy Sahir

Sidang akhbar Noor Azman
untuk membersihkan namanya.

PETALING JAYA: Seorang bekas pemandu peribadi mendakwa Menteri Pembangunan Wilayah dan Luar Bandar Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Afdal pernah deposit wang sebanyak RM1 juta ke dalam akaun pelakon wanita, Zahida Mohd Rafik.

Noor Azman Azemi yang pernah berkhidmat sebagai pemandu peribadi Zahida selama tiga tahun mendakwa menteri berkenaan mendeposit wang sejumlah itu ke dalam akaun artis terbabit.

Sabah land tussle: Villagers hear chainsaws again

By Luke Rintod of FMT

BELURAN: Villagers at a remote settlement near here are again being squeezed by Sabah Forestry Department officers who want the Dusun farmers to clear out of a ‘forest’ or risk arrest and being hauled to court for encroaching into government land.

The leader of some 150 affected families, Jaipin Mohigal, said the villagers were warned by two forestry officials who came to their settlement at Kg Koiboton Darat, Tangkarason on May 3 to leave the place as it is forest reserve land.

Najib's London speech drowned by chants of Bersih

A flower girls welcoming Najib in London with yellow flowers.

LONDON : Prime Minister Najib Razak’s speech to overseas Malaysians at a get-together in London a few days ago was interrupted by repeated chants of “Bersih! Bersih!” from the floor.

The chanting started when Najib took to the stage, and it continued when he began his speech.

Minimum wage not the entire story

Judging from the howls of protest from employers in Sabah in particular, the minimum wage culture will take much more time, expense and explanation before it can filter down through society and the business community. Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Shamsudin Baradan has also been quoted as saying: “If I were to be born again, I will never agree to a minimum wage.”

The Federation of Sabah Manufacturers (FSM), for one, is blowing hot and cold on the Minimum Wage Act and has predicted inflation and other dire consequences for workers, businesses and the economy. It claims that it was not consulted on the Act, a point which the Sabah MTUC disputes and cites FSM membership in the tripartite National Wage Consultative Council by way of proof.