Najib has said he doesn’t expect much of a political honeymoon - never mind the customary 100-day settling in period for an incoming leader - in terms of the level of scrutiny he is likely to receive if he takes over as PM as planned. But now we see a move that could remove a high
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84-day media honeymoon for Najib
I was astonished to read about a local academic claiming that proto-Malays from the Sunda Shelf had fanned out into the world to become the ancestors to the human population. Read this piece “Proto Malays, the origin of the human race?” in Malaysiakini. My word, forget about Lembah Bujang and all that, this turns history [Read more]
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Adam was African, and we are all cousins-lah
Apart from the Sara loan scheme, two other loan schemes have been in the news – the NFC loan and the MCA’s microcredit loan scheme. Let’s take a look at the details. Loan from the government for NFC signed in 2007 (The Star) Total loan: RM250m Repayment period: 20 years Grace period for repayments: 3 [Read more]
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NFC loan and MCA’s microcredit loans
Come 18 February, Europe will have more than half the total number of cardinal electors even though Latin America, Africa and Asia account for more than two thirds of the global Catholic population. The latest position after Pope Benedict’s latest appointment of 18 new cardinal electors (those cardinals below 80 years of age, who are [Read more]
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Latin America, Africa, Asia under-represented among Catholic cardinals
Mon, Mar 23, 2009
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