More allocations for schools in East Malaysia

Hishamuddin said that the Education Ministry will review 9th Malaysia Plan to give higher priority and also ask for more allocations for schools in Sabah and Sarawak.s

This is probably to appease the East Malaysia MPs so that they would not cross-over to pakatan rakyat.

Penang ferry services are back to normal after 4 hours of disruption caused by 270-tone barge capsizing 70 m off Butterworth berth.

The Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim said that the Government will amend law to expand the powers legal aid officers to enable them to settle cases and to alleviate backlog.

Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack, of Tootsie and Out of Africa fame, dies of cancer at age 73.

British cops charge 21 year old man with last week’s murder of teen actor Robert Knox, who plays student Marcus Belby in next Harry Potter movie.

DPM Najib Tun Razak said that NS is targeting “zero-death” at camps by ensuring all sick trainees are sent to hospitals, even for minor ailments.