Toll cut a letdown, say backbenchers
THE Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club is unhappy with the cut in toll charges for midnight travel on the Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (PLUS) and Elite highways announced on Tuesday.

DEWAN DISPATCHES: More foreigners barging into Malaysia for salvation then there are resentful Malaysians
Malaysia is a foreigner's paradise, a deep-rooted sanctuary for expatriates of all stripes fleeing economic doldrums, political despotism, never-ending fights-to-the-death between tribes, infectious disease and general mayhem of their motherland. The political talking heads and prating Malaysians ...

DEWAN DISPATCHES: Lim Kit Siang can go for a public TV debate…with himself!
Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor) is so vexingly itchy in taking on just about anyone from the governing side of the political aisle for a boisterous public debate on TV that its about time that he grasp the understanding that NO ONE from the Government has any enthusiasm or propensity to accept his ...

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Foreigners 'misusing' visas-on-arrival
ABOUT 30 per cent of holders of visas-on-arrival have broken the law by overstaying.

Opposition wants to debate trade deal with US
THE opposition is calling for a white paper on the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States to be debated in the Dewan Rakyat.

Petrol price may fall again
ANOTHER cut in petrol price -- likely next month -- is on the cards as the cost of crude oil continues to fall.

Parliament in brief: RM66.6b in oil royalty
PETRONAS had paid RM66.6 billion in oil and gas royalty to the federal and three state governments over an 18-year period ending March 31 this year.

AP issue makes a comeback
APPROVED permits, which created a lot of problems for former international trade and industry minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz three years ago, returned to haunt her yesterday when an opposition member alleged that her relatives had received them during her tenure.