By Ampersand and KW Mak, The Nut Graph  WHEN residents talk about development in an urban environment, the discussion primarily focuses on ensuing traffic problems for the existing neighbourhood.…

By Hwa Yue-Yi, The Nut Graph DURING the first weekend of November 2011, the PPSMI (the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English) policy trended on Twitter. This evidence of…

By Joseph Kaos Jr, The Star KUALA LUMPUR: The Penang government has proposed the construction of a third link - a 6.5km underground tunnel from George Town to Butterworth. The tunnel is one of four…

(The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Six Malaysians in Britain have been granted leave to compel the Election Commission (EC) to register them as absent voters in the next general election.

By Jeswan Kaur, FMT Ambiga Sreenevasan, former Bar Council president and recipient of the US Secretary of State’s 2009 International Women of Courage Award and France’s topmost honour, the Chevalier…

By Yow Hong Chieh, The Malaysian Insider They say you should never try to dig your way out of a hole — you’ll only make it deeper, bigger. Someone should tell Khairy Jamaluddin this. The Umno Youth…

By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider The federal opposition accused the government today of taking advantage of the poor by selling “illegal and substandard products” in its Kedai Rakyat 1…

By Melissa Chi, The Malaysian Insider The Cabinet gave retrospective approval for the development cost of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project to balloon from RM1.088 billion to RM4.6 billion in…

(Bernama) - The guessing game on what sort of sacrifice Gerakan president Dr Koh Tsu Koon will make to move his party forward may end later this week. Party insiders say that the leaders are in the…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Datuk Seri Najib Razak said Malaysia is now a fully mature democracy as the ruling government allows dissent, the national news agency reported today.

By Melissa Chi, The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Najib Razak has pledged to trim Putrajaya’s spending next year but said the country could face a recession if the government cuts down on debts too…

By May Chee I will have to run away from home soon. Born and bred in one of the two states that now want to criminalize homosexual activities (whatever that may mean), I fear soon some people will…

ASPAN ALIASLepas satu isu timbul satu isu yang melibatkan pemerahan wang rakyat yang di lakukan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO dan keluarganya dalam jumlah yang besar dan tidak terfikir oleh sesiapa yang…

The Auditor-General's Report 2010 is not about politics or the opposition, it is simply about the 'mismanagement of our money'. The Malaysian Marine Parks Department spent a whopping RM56,350 for a…

PKR’s national congress in Johor at the end of the month will signal its intention to make the Umno fortress a frontline state.While DAP has declared that he is Pakatan’s candidate for Prime Minister,…

(The Star) - The Jelapang state seat may see a three-cornered fight in the coming general election.

“ASEAN does not even have a common stand on the South China Sea dispute and has a poor track record in settling issues like this,” said Rommel Banlaoi, executive director of Philippine Institute for…

According to Khairy, who — to an outsider like me — seems mighty ready to prove that he is a reliable Umno man, said that the company did not want excess funds to lie idle. This guy thinks that we are…

Chinese astrologers have no clear answer about what to expect next year. There may be turmoil ahead, or there may be peaceAt present, one of the mostly hotly debated controversies is the…

"Tarikhnya sudah dipilih dan akan diumumkan dalam masa terdekat," kata Badrul Hisham yang lebih dikenali sebagai Chegu Bard. (Free Malaysia Today) - Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) membayangkan …

By Sarawak Report Horizon to horizon – Sime Darby’s HQ for its plantations between Miri and BintuluSarawak Report has uncovered shocking documents, which detail a deliberate and orchestrated campaign…

Of the 222 parliamentary seats, only 46 are Chinese majority. So winning the hearts and minds of Malay voters has become the focus of the competing Malay-based parties.As for Anwar, on the one hand,…

(The Star) - OVER the past two days, the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on electoral reforms held public hearings with several public interest groups in the country.

By MN D’Cruz, Aliran I am writing this as a concerned citizen, living in Kuantan for the past 60-odd years. My concern is not about my personal safety or health, as I am well into my eighties and…

By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed has admitted that Umno’s efforts to regain Kelantan are being hampered by the lack of religious scholars in…

By Yow Hong Chieh, The Malaysian Insider DAP’s Lim Kit Siang asked today if anyone will be jailed over the alleged financial abuse in a publicly-funded cattle farm owned and run by a federal…

By Melissa Chi, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan today pushed for the establishment of a royal panel to investigate claims the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) has…

If the next election ends with a hung-parliament, then there should be a re-election, says Karpal Singh Immediately after the fall of Pakatan’s Perak government in Feb 2009, Karpal rapped Anwar for…

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said sendiri mengakui Monsoon Cup satu pembaziran tetapi diteruskan untuk memperkenalkan negeri di mata dunia(Free Malaysia Today) - PAS Terengganu mendakwa kerajaan…

Ketua Penerangan BN Negeri yang juga Adun Kuang Syukur Idrus berkata, `kalau tidak salah ingatan saya Dr Khir memberitahu wang tunai waktu itu ialah RM1. 4 bilion.(Free Malaysia Today) - BN Selangor…