Aquino set to be proclaimed Philippine president

Aquino set to be proclaimed Philippine president


Aquino set to be proclaimed Philippine president

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:33 AM PDT

MANILA, Monday 7 June 2010 (AFP) - Senator Benigno Aquino is set to be proclaimed the Philippines' 15th president this week after parliament ends its official tally of last month's elections, legislators said on Monday.

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Heavy loaded

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:31 AM PDT

Cambodian drivers ride their vehicles loaded with goods along a street in Phnom Penh on June 7, 2010.

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Rais wants ministry staff to understand objective of RMK10

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:19 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim today urged the staff under his ministry to understand the 10th Malaysia Plan (RMK10) that will be announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak on Thursday.

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Escaped remand prisoner caught

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:16 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- A remand prisoner who escaped from the Selayang Hospital yesterday, was captured at Wisma Eagles in Jalan Ipoh here this morning.

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Sugar supply raised by five per cent this month

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:15 AM PDT

BERA, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- The government is increasing the sugar supply for wholesalers and retailers throughout the country by five per cent beginning this month, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

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Investment in energy sector should return to prevent shortfall, says Shamsul Azhar

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:12 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- The recent investment cutbacks in the energy sector should be reversed to prevent shortfalls, says Petronas president and chief executive officer Datuk Shamsul Azhar Abbas.

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Malaysia calls on world community to take Israel to the International Criminal Court

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:08 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- Malaysia today called on the world community to bring a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly to refer Israeli's atrocities to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Najib tables motion condemning Israeli assault on aid flotilla

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:07 AM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has tabled a special motion in the Dewan Rakyat condemning an Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, and urged the international community to continue providing humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine in blockaded Gaza without heed or fear of the threat from the Israeli regime.

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Energy sector to be part of NEM

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:06 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- The energy sector which has a long-term strategic importance to the nation's economy, will be encapsuled in the New Economic Model (NEM), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

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BP faces another tough week despite well progress

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:29 AM PDT

VENICE, La./PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - BP faces another difficult week of tough questions from investors and U.S. lawmakers despite making progress in capturing an increasing amount of oil spewing from a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well.


An unjustifiably high oil price risks jeopardising economic recovery

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:04 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- An unjustifiably high oil price, risks jeopardising the fragile global economic recovery while undermining its stablility, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak warned today.

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Health Ministry to review fees for private hospitals and clinics

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:01 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- The government will revise the fees charged by private sector hospitals and clinics, Health Director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said.

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New MPs Kamalanthan, Ho Leng take oath of office

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:53 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- Two new members of parliament took their oath of office today in the Dewan Rakyat.

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Derailed cargo train disrupts KTM Commuter services

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:52 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 7 June 2010 (Bernama) -- KTM Commuter services in the city were disrupted this morning when a cargo train on its way to Ipoh from Port Klang, derailed near Bank Negara here.

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SAS Malaysia eyes the oil and gas sector

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:47 PM PDT

Business intelligence and analytic specialist SAS Institute Sdn Bhd plans to venture into the oil and gas sector to broaden its earning base.

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S.Korea to send envoy to China over warship sinking

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:47 PM PDT

SEOUL, Monday 7 June 2010 (AFP) - South Korea will send an envoy to China this week to seek support for its campaign for the UN Security Council to censure North Korea over the sinking of a warship, officials said Monday.

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Cambodia's missing 'jungle woman' found in toilet: father

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:45 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Monday 7 June 2010 (AFP) - A Cambodian woman whose story gripped the nation after she apparently spent 18 years living in the jungle has been found in a dugout toilet 11 days after she disappeared again, her father said Monday.

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Unjustifiably high oil price can restrain recovery, says PM

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:37 PM PDT

An unjustifiably high oil price, risks jeopardizing the fragile global economic recovery while undermining its stability, according to Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard offers to escort aid ships

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:15 PM PDT

TEHRAN, June 7: Iran would be willing to send its Revolutionary Guard members to accompany further aid ships to Gaza, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday in an interview cited by Reuters.


Mass demolitions in Jerusalem

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:11 PM PDT

JERUSALEM, June 7: Ethnic cleansing of al-Bustan neighborhood in al-Quds (Jerusalem) continues with new plans to demolish 88 Palestinian homes to build "green space" for the area.


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