We’re not biased, says MoCS

Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: ‘Non partisan’ Movement for Change Sarawak (MoCS) has denied that it is only endorsing opposition candidates for the forthcoming state elections.

 

According to MoCS chairman Francis Siah, their vetting committee had received several names of Barisan Nasional candidates who are currently being screened.

Amazing view from the ISS

By Douglas Wheelock
NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock who is currently aboard the International Space Station shares pictures of the Earth he snaps with the world through Twitter.

Known to his nearly 68,000 Twitter followers as Astro_Wheels, Wheelock has been posting impressive photos of the Earth and some of his thoughts ever since he moved into the space station in June, five months after it got Internet access.

Greek islands on a clear night during our flight over Europe. Athens shine brightly along the Mediterranean Sea.

CigMA wants Sabah, Sarawak referred to UN

Source 
KOTA KINABALU: An ad hoc apolitical human rights movement in Sabah wants to bring the “ambivalent” status of Sabah and Sarawak to the United Nations and place it before the international community for deliberation and final resolution.

The root cause of poverty in Sabah, Sarawak exposed

By Daniel John Jambun

KOTA KINABALU: Without much further ado, I will delve immediately into
the subject proper of my talk today. Please bear with me. I will keep
my address as brief as possible so that we may all ponder on the
essential points that I am trying to make.

PBS to set up ‘United Club’ in peninsula

PBS is moving to make its presence felt
among Sabahans residing in Peninsular Malaysia.

Source 
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) powerhouse, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), is set to officially launch its “Kelab Bersatu” or United Club in the peninsula this year, a move made following requests from Sabahans staying there.
 

FBI locks out anti-Taib protesters

Source 
KUCHING: Embarrassed officials from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Northwestern headquarters in Seattle refused to meet with protesters of the “Anti-Taib Mahmud” campaign yesterday and instead ordered the building security to lock them out. 

What people said if Dr Jeffrey Kitingan rejoins PKR

Compiled by Eleazar Zachariah

Abraham Lincoln will rise from his grave if Jeffrey is back to PKR

Lawyer Peter Marajin - "If Dr Jeffrey is enticed back to come back to PKR, then we are going to witness a "person and all his people who are fooled not once but every time and all the times". Abraham Lincoln will rise back from his grave and cringe as his "wise words" are proven not true after all..."

Which country has best Doctors?

A doctor from Israel says:
"In Israel the medicine is so advanced that we cut-off a man´s testicles, we put it into another man and in 6 weeks he is looking for work"

Talking dog

A young farm lad from Iowa goes off to college, but about 1/3 of the way through the semester, he has foolishly squandered away all of the money his parents gave him. Then he gets an idea. He calls his daddy. "Dad," he says, "you won't believe the wonders that modern education is coming up with! Why, they actually have a program here at Iowa State that will teach our dog Ole Blue how to talk!"

RPK: Rakyat reform agenda only way forward for opposition

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MELBOURNE, March 3 — Reforms are the only way forward if the opposition in Malaysia is to overturn 53 years of unbroken rule by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government, blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin said here yesterday. 

Taib cuba beri tekanan kepada Najib?

Ketua Menteri Sarawak mahu PRU dan PRN diadakan serentak

Source 

KUCHING: Kerana bimbang dan terdesak, Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud hari ini dikatakan cuba memberikan tekanan secara halus terhadap Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dengan mencadangkan mengadakan Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) dan Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) Sarawak serentak.

PKR moves to win back Jeffrey

Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: PKR may be attempting to bring back into its fold maverick politician Jeffrey Kitingan who left the party early this year following his disillusion with the party’s top leadership.

FMT has learnt that a fresh effort to woo Jeffrey is on.

True Friends

After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn't eat and didn't respond to any medical treatments.  The veterinarians thought he would surely die from sadness.  The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds in the park at the zoo where the orangutan lived and took the dog to the animal treatment center.  The dog arrived at the same time the orangutan was there being treated.

Government, People and the Future

A little boy went to his
dad and asked, 'What is Politics?

Dad said, 'Well son, let
me try to explain it this way:

UBF Demands 90 seats in Parliament for Sabah and Sarawak

Pitas, Sabah—At a Borneo Tea Party held in Kampung Tambilidon, Pitas, on Saturday, which was organised by United Borneo Front (UBF)  supporter and social activist Maklin Masiau, leader of UBF, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan said he will continue to demand for at least 35% of parliamentary seats for Sabah and Sarawak.

 

UBF: Sabah Development Corridor failed to absorb unemployed

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah—The fate of 578 attachment teachers who are awaiting ministerial directions after their contracts ended last year should be a State Government responsibility said United Borneo Front (UBF) leader, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan.

 

Anti-Taib protests in Ottawa and London, 28 February 2011

Source 

OTTAWA (CANADA) / LONDON (UK). Human rights and environmental campaigners from Malaysia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Switzerland have today protested against corruption in front of property companies associated with the family of Abdul Taib Mahmud ("Taib"), the Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The protests took place in front of Sakto Corporation in Ottawa and Ridgeford Properties Ltd in central London. 

LNG power plant: What’s the hurry, Najib?

Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Environment Protection Association (Sepa) president, Wong Tack, questioned the lightning speed in which the government decided to use LNG (liquefied natural gas) in place of the botched ‘clean’ coal-powered plant in Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Lady first, people last

Source 

While Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor regaled her foreign “first ladies” at a lavish “First Ladies Summit” in October last year, the Penan Support Group (PSG), a coalition of 36 NGOs in Malaysia, put up a page on Facebook under the name “Penan Support Group Education”, calling for funds to set up pre-schools in the interior of Sarawak for the underprivileged Penan children. 

Probe ‘billionaire’ Taib, MACC told

Source 

KUALA LUMPUR: Suaram has called on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to probe Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud. 

The rights group said it was appalled by the government’s continued silence following the shocking exposure of a long list of foreign assets allegedly linked to the politician’s family.

Mystery death of pygmy elephant at Sabah zoo

Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: A 25-year-old male pygmy elephant that was rescued from a palm-oil plantation in the east-coast of Sabah seven years ago, died Saturday at the Sabah Zoological and Botanical Park in Lok Kawi, 25 km from here.

Could hot cocoa be the next "wonder drug" For high blood pressure?

Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!

According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama , hypertension doesn't even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.

Allow anti-racism march, US group tells Hisham

Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to respect Malaysia’s international and legal obligations and allow Sunday’s Solidarity March Against Racism to proceed.

 

Jokes: Who's Is Greater than Pope?

Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee in St. Peters Square .   

The first Catholic man tells his friends,

"My son is a priest,

when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'." 

Where to cross the border, refresher news

Where to cross the border………..

Know where to cross the border...
If You Cross The North Korean Border Illegally You get 12 years Hard Labour.

If You Cross The Iranian Border Illegally
You Are Detained Indefinitely.

If You Cross The Afghan Border
Illegally, You Get Shot.

‘Sabah needs own gas pipeline’

Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah must have a gas pipeline connecting Kimanis and Sandakan or it may end up competing with foreign countries for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Bintulu, according to opposition leader Yong Teck Lee.

Jokes:Two damsels in heaven

1st woman: Hi! My name is Wanda.
2nd woman: Hi! I'm Sylvia. How'd you die?

1st woman: I froze to death.
2nd woman: How horrible!

SAPP on course to get 100,000 signatures to petition for RCI on illegal immigrants in Sabah

By Ezra Haganez
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) calls on Malaysians living in Sabah to come out in full force to support its ongoing signature campaign to demand for the Government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI), to resolve the perennial illegal immigrants and ‘dubious citizens’ issue.

Anti-Taib campaign to be taken to the streets of London and Ottawa

International human rights and environmental campaigners announce protests against Taib family companies in London and Ottawa – indigenous leaders from Malaysia to lead the protests

OTTAWA (CANADA) / LONDON (UK). Defenders of Sarawak’s indigenous communities and the Borneo rainforest have announced street protests in the United Kingdom and Canada against the blatant corruption of the Sarawak Chief Minister,

Mahathir says Malays are under threat, but from whom ?

Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed that the Malays are under threat. Under threat from whom? Can the Malays be under threat:

 

From a minority 35% of the population over the majority 65% which are made up of Malays?

Malays who duplicate Arabic clothes should learn from this young Arab boy asking his father

A young Arab asks his father:What is this weird hat that we are wearing?

Why, it's a "chechia" because in the desert it protects our heads from the sun!
And what is this type of clothing that we are wearing?
It's a "djbellah" because in the desert it is very hot and it protects your body! 

DANGERS OF SOYA -VERY IMPORTANT FOR LADIES

The soya bean is the seed of the leguminous soya bean plant. Soya foods have been a staple part of the Chinese diet for over 4000 years but have only been widely consumed in Western countries since the 1960's. Soya foods include tofu, tempeh, textured vegetable protein (chunks, mince etc), miso, soya sauces, soya oil and margarine, and soya dairy alternatives.

Just to brighten up your day

 Spielberg, "Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all
 the same."
 A Chinese walks into a bar in America late one night and he saw
 Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over
 to him,

Finally, Mahathir concedes he screwed the merit system

Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad in a statement (FMT Sept 4, 2010) finally admitted that he and the Umno government intentionally discriminated against innocent non Bumiputra students by denying their educational rights as enshrined in the Constitution.

He said: "If we use the merit system , half of the university students (Bumiputeras) don't qualify..."

Open Letter from Haris Ibrahim to Najib on islamic or secular Malaysia

Dear Najib, Salamunalaika. A Malaysiakini report entitled 'This is an Islamic state : Najib' reports that YOU made the following statements: "Malaysia is an Islamic state and not a secular one. Islam is the official religion and we are an Islamic state. We have NEVER been secular…" Like you, I too believe in Islam.

An article written by Raja Zarith Idris, Sultanah of Johore

By Raja Zarith Idris, Sultanah of Johore
If Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Isa (Jesus), a prophet respected and revered in Islam, is it so wrong to wish a blessed day for those who celebrate it?

Who's off the rails, Bernama?

Bernama news agency recently commented that I have "gone off the rails" because of my article in the Asian Wall Street Journal.

Because Bernama is owned by the Malaysian government, it is no surprise that they would feel obliged to say something critical.

Understanding English is Very Important

Ah Chai and his wife go visit a marriage counselor. 


First, the wife speaks to the counselor alone. 


The counselor asks, "You say you've been married 20 years, so what seems to be 
 the problems?" 


The wife replies, "It's my husband, he's driving me crazy! I'm going to leave 
 him if he continues!" 

Layman's language 10 Commandments

They are like the Ten Commandments to follow in life in real time, all the time.
 
1]  Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in  trouble, but it is a "steering wheel"  that directs the right path throughout.

A good one! English vocabulary

Difference Between Complete & Finished... :

People say there is no difference between  COMPLETE &FINISHED. . but there is:

 

1. When you marry the right one, you are  COMPLETE....

Pope John Paul's coffin to be exhumed for faithful

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Faithful attending the beatification of Pope John Paul in Rome will be able to pray before his coffin, which will be exhumed for the event, the Vatican said on Friday.

The Vatican also warned the faithful around the world not to fall prey to fraudsters, particularly on the Internet, who are selling tickets to the beatification ceremony on May 1.

The Cross in Our Bodies

This  is a pretty neat story and an interesting thing  that few of us  know.  It's brief, so  please  read.  (FROM A  DOCTOR)   

A  couple of days ago I was running (I use that  term very loosely) on my treadmill, watching a  DVD sermon by Louie Giglio... And I was BLOWN  AWAY!  I want to share what I learned....  

 He  (Louie) was talking about how inconceivably BIG  our God is... How He spoke the universe into  being... How He breathes stars out of His mouth  that are huge raging balls of fire..  Etc.  

Umno youth needs to know real meaning of bloggers’ responsibility

By Daniel John Jambun

I find it amusing and irritating to read the statement by Sabah Youth Umno leader, Azman Hj Ruslan, who requested that “owners and operators of the alternative media to play their role with honesty, fairness and responsibility.”

‘Razak rejected request for Sabah review’

Luke Rintod of FMT

 

KOTA BELUD: A former assemblyman, who served as a minister under Mustapha Harun’s Usno government, claimed that then prime minister Razak Hussein had in 1973 refused a request by the Sabah Alliance for a review of the assurances contained in the Malaysia Agreement and the 20-points as well as in the Inter-Governmental Report (IGC).

Ah Beng with a black eye...

Ah Beng walked into class every morning with a black eye. After a while his teacher got worried and asked him about it. Ah Beng's answer was: "Our house is very small miss. Me, my mother and my father, we sleep on the same bed. Every night my father asks, 'Beng are you sleeping?' Then I say 'No' and then he slaps my face and gives me a black eye." 

The amazing Ginger

Did you know the benefits of Ginger?

Ginger is one of the world's seven most potent disease-fighting spices.

Ginger has been used for its health benefits for over 5000 years and is a favorite medicinal as well as culinary herb.

 

World kudos for Malaysia in keeping Sabah coal-free

By Cynthia Ong & Jaswinder of Green Surf

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia has received a pat on the back from the international community for its decision to call off using coal for energy in Sabah, a move that will open doors to clean power options in the state.

Little Johnny

Little Johnny attended a horse auction with his father.

He watched as his father moved from horse to horse, running his hands up and down the horse’s legs, rump, and chest.

Must read... of panadol and dying birds

Panadol, when we were in Mumbai (India) a learned History professor there told us that the Parsees (A sect in India) used to take their Dead & lay them to rest @ huge 'Wind Towers' (round structures that Look like Giant Water reservoirs, but open to the air)..

IGP requested to provide security for February 27 people's march

By P. Waythamoorthy, Chair of HINDRAF

We are planning a march of justice and democratic minded patriots of our country to show our united opposition against the unjust racist system that pervades every aspect of life in Malaysia. This system creates situations like we have on our hands today with the introduction of the Interlok novel into the SPM curriculum.