Archive for 'On The Ground'
Citizen Nades’ Endorsements
By Cindy Tham
cindytham@malaysiavotes.com
PETALING JAYA: US presidential candidate Barack Obama appears to be able to charm the crowd fairly well on his own. Still, there is no harm in boosting his popularity by getting big names to endorse him, the most famous of whom is probably talk-show host Oprah Winfrey.
On a far less glamorous […]
Posted: February 26th, 2008 under On The Ground.
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The fight for KL’s “Jewel in the Crown”
[L-R] Nurul Izzah, Shahrizat, Periasamy. Photos by Jacqueline Ann Surin.
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@malaysiavotes.com
KUALA LUMPUR: As early as an hour before nomination began at 9am on Feb 24, the streets in front of Bangsar Village were already filling up with Barisan Nasional (BN) supporters.
A corner lot opposite the shopping complex, which was once a popular mamak […]
Posted: February 25th, 2008 under On The Ground, Top Stories.
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Nomination day – A tale of two constituencies
Updated, with correction on 25 February, 10.45am.
Candidates and their supporters descended on 222 nomination centres throughout the nation, some since 7am, today (Feb 24) to file their nomination papers for the 2008 General Election. Jacqueline Ann Surin reports from the ground in Lembah Pantai and Danny Lim in Rembau.
Posted: February 24th, 2008 under On The Ground.
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A tempered view
Hanging out at a kenduri in Kg Gadong
It’s the eve of nomination day (Feb 23). Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin, 32, and his campaign team have descended on Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, to prepare for nomination and to press the flesh. The Barisan Nasional Youth deputy chairman and Rembau Umno Youth chief will be contesting […]
Posted: February 23rd, 2008 under On The Ground, Top Stories.
Comments: 23