Lisa J. Ariffin, The Malaysian Insider The national economic plan should shift from only meeting equity targets and growth to ensuring a minimum household income of RM4,000 a month by the end of a…

Manja Ismail, Berita HarianSama ada Bajet 2013 yang dibentangkan oleh Datuk Seri Najib Razak kelmarin berupa umpan pilihan raya seperti didakwa pembangkang atau sebaliknya, reaksi positif terutama…

Md Izwan, The Malaysian Insider Tindakan menyenaraikan nama pemimpin PKR dalam “kabinet bayangan” menerima kritikan timbalan pengerusi DAP, Dr Tan Seng Giaw yang menyifatkan langkah tersebut sebagai…

Kee Thuan Chye I don’t know about you but I got practically nothing from the 2013 Budget. I don’t qualify for the BR1M payout of RM500 for households with a monthly income of not more than…

(The Star) - Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mansor Othman has continued to avoid responding to the allegation that he had described Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as a cocky and arrogant man.

The pro-establishment groups ruled in the recent campus polls. If the trend holds, it would seem the Malays will be the deciding factor in the coming general election.Baradan Kuppusamy, The Star…

Although there is no Budget cheer for Sabah and Sarawak, the people in the two states can now plan for alternative solutions in the coming general election. Luke Rintod, FMT Sabah and Sarawak, which…

Najib's budget is tailored to ensure the survival of a regime with the premier being generous in dishing out cash handouts, but remaining silent on structural reforms. By Charles Santiago, FMT Let’s…

At the end of the day, it’s not about expensive infrastructure that are likely to resonate with the majority of voters. James Lim, FMT All the anticipation building up over Budget 2013 has finally…

M. Bakri Musa www.bakrimusa.com Third of Five Parts: Quality, Efficiency, Efficacy, And Trimming of Fat

SUMBER - Daily Express 29/9/2012 Bagaimana seorang warga asing yang telah didapati bersalah oleh mahkamah kerana memiliki kad pengenalan palsu didapati layak untuk mengundi? Kad Penganalan yang…

Only this time the business as usual will be back in with a greater vengeance because this time, the cost of procurement is very much higher than before and the expected and desired returns, will…

Friendly greeting: Najib and Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon waving to press photographers. (The Star) - Pakatan Rakyat's common policy framework Buku Jingga is “not worth the paper it is…

George Soros (© Harald Dettenborn | Wiki Commons)Now, between foreign bodies funding Malaysian NGOs, and the Malaysian government funding foreign corporations, which should we worry more about?Wong…

(NST) - DAP national chairman Karpal Singh has asked Datuk Mansor Othman to give a better explanation for his "cocky, arrogant tokong" comment.

FUDZAILOne hundred years ago, the ship that couldn’t sink sank. It’s the centennial anniversary of RMS Titanic’s ill-fated end on its debut transatlantic crossing.

The Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemicals Development (RAPID) project is expected to turn Pengerang into a boom town for global petroleum investors. - Picture by Siow Feng Saw But the government’s…

“If we do not win this case in court, this is Anwar’s message to you — when PR wins the Malaysian government, and we are sure to win... when he becomes the prime minister, he will stop this RAPID…

The backlash from Perak DAP strongman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham’s controversial tweet in connection with a video insulting the Holy Prophet Muhammad has dented his party’s image among Muslims and will…

(The Star) - THERE is a shift in the mood among Penang voters, Gerakan leaders said. They said Malay and Indian voters were streaming back to Barisan while the Chinese were questioning the state…

The Malaysian Insider - Prioritise welfare of PDRM personnel, says Lee Lam ThyeKTEMOC KONSIDERSLee Lam Thye - indisputably a legend in KL and among older Chinese Malaysians as a quiet, soft spoken…

The former premier rules out international mediator's role like those taken up by Tony Blair or Jimmy Carter, saying in jest that the world will not listen to him. (Bernama) - NEW YORK: Former…

While Najib's budget features RM3 billion in one-time cash handouts to pacify the people, Pakatan’s alternative budget contains no such handouts, but it has long-term macro measures. By Chua Jui…

Kim Quek Barisan Nasional’s election-orientated  budget 2013 is disappointing because it concentrates on raining one-off cash on the electorate to ease their pain, while forgetting to address the…

How can education not be politicized when it’s politicians helming the ministry? How dare you lie into our faces when you say there will be equal opportunities for all when your own children don’t go…

Where Singapore would set out to make the most of all its people on its path to prosperity, Sri Lanka chose petty ethnic chauvinism. This powerful book is a haunting reminder of the price countries…

The party is expected to conduct an internal inquiry to find out the culprits who leaked details of a closed-door meeting. Athi Shankar, FMT Penang PKR may conduct an internal preliminary fact-finding…

  The opposition is screaming that yesterday’s budget was merely an election budget. And the government, in turn, denies this. Of course it is an election budget. Everyone can see it is an election…

Time to scrap the test (The Times of India) - UK Prime Minister David Cameron leads the Conservatives. They - and he - have taken a harsh stand on immigration. One of the issues here has been a…

Dwindling value: With the high cost of living and rising inflation on an annual basis, RM1mil won’t be sufficient to retire for long. Eugene Mahalingam, The Star A MILLION ringgit is a lot of…