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An Opposition senator has been asked to partner with the Government in championing the roll out of the Multi-Purpose Identification Card (MP-ID) and to encourage her Opposition colleagues to get onboard.

Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rochelle Forde had to call on parliamentarians to exercise decorum, during ‘Questions for Oral Answers’ in Parliament on Thursday, November 23.

Mahua Moitra, who is under the scanner for the "Cash-for-Query" allegations, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that expelling Moitra will make her popular for three months.

Some school heads who were turning children away for non-payment of school fees are up for disciplinary action as they contravened Government policy.This was sa...

Some school heads who were turning children away for non-payment of school fees are up for disciplinary action as they contravened Government policy.This was sa...

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): The question on the government’s readiness to implement the recommendation by Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to be placed under the purview of Parliament is among issues to be raised at the Dewan Rakyat sitting

KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister will answer three queries during Minister’s Question Time (MQT) every Tuesday morning during the 15th Parliament sitting, says Speaker Datuk Johari Abdul.

Social Share A face-off between the Speaker of the House, Rochelle Forde and Leader of the Opposition, Dr Godwin Friday, over a government senator’s presence in the House of Assembly this Tuesday ultimately led to Friday having to leave the Chamber. The senator in question, Ashelle Morgan, also holds the office of Deputy Speaker of the House and was recently alleged to have been involved in a matter in which a resident of Diamond was shot in the leg. “It is also a general princi...

Dr. Friday thrown out On being dismissed from the House, Opposition Leader Dr. Godwin Friday moved immediately to speak with media personnel. (Photo: SVG TV) By: Dayle Da Silva• The ‘Questions for Oral Answers’ segment of the May 11 Sitting of the House of Assembly was curtailed, after Leader of the Opposition Dr Godwin Friday was ejected from the day’s proceedings, as ruled by the Speaker of the House, Rochelle Forde. As a consequence of this ruling, the other members of the Opposit...