Todak To begin with, Mahathir did not make a voluntary decision in introducing his Look East policy; it was a vindictive decision specifically directed against England that denied him a university…

Sabah’s Liberal Democratic Party is convinced that ‘someone’ paid a group of individuals to disrupt its Sandakan assembly recently.(Free Malaysia Today) - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) deputy…

Abdul Gani remarked that he was not fully comfortable with the current ISA system, and, speaking personally and confidentially, said he believed ISA advisory boards should be strengthened and ISA…

No number of Mathematics and Science references in English will be of any use to a 7 year-old who can't understand the language. Simple and clear.By Feizrul Nor Nurbi

(Mizzima) – During former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s three-day visit to Burma, which will start on Wednesday, he is likely to sign a memorandum of understanding on investments…

ALIRANThe former Inspector–General of Police, Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor, emerging as it were from the dead, has expressed some startling views on human rights. P Ramakrishnan takes him to task. 

Sadly, it was only two years, and I might have changed my mind already. I am seriously in doubt now whether I should go back and serve in Malaysia, or stay here. Just the thought of staying here…

(Bernama) - Pekerja Indonesia di Malaysia mengirim pulang ke tanah air mereka wang berjumlah AS$1.7 bilion di suku ketiga tahun ini (2011), demikian menurut catatan bank pusat, Bank Indonesia (BI).

(AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a day of reckoning Wednesday when the High Court in London delivers a ruling on whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over rape…

MAGICK RIVER The Realities of Refugees and Asylum Seekers  from Burma in Malaysia Malaysia is currently host to one of the largest refugee and asylum seeker populations in Asia. According to the…

As for the welfare and the financial health of the country with its RM407 billion national debt, we better change government before it is too late. Nawawi Mohamad, The Malaysian Insider

(The Malaysian Insider) - The government will spend RM15.9 billion in petrol and diesel subsidies in 2011, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai told Parliament today.

"A few city retailers reaped the rewards, with one first lady known to have bought AU$150,000 worth of WA pearls, while Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s daughter is believed to have spent…

(Harakah Daily) - PAS said the controversy surrounding the teaching of science and mathematics in English (PPSMI) had only exposed the incompetency of the government with regards to formulating…

It is shortlisting candidates for six parliamentary and 12 state constituencies. (Free Malaysia Today) - Kita will contest six parliamentary and 12 state seats in Kedah in the coming general election.…

A teenager was allegedly punched and kicked in the stomach by National Service trainers in the Tasik Cini camp. (Free Malaysia Today) - An 18-year-old boy from Labis, Johor has claimed that he was…

In welcoming the Court of Appeal decision to nullify a section of the UUCA, law professor Azmi Sharom says abolishing the act altogether was another matter. (Free Malaysia Today) - Universiti…

He speaks about 'Bahasa Melayu' when he really means 'Bahasa Malaysia'.If Muhyiddin is really serious about the kampung kids in Peninsular Malaysia getting schooling in Bahasa Melayu, the bahasa…

An Australian report claims that the premier's daughter spent RM180,000 in a high-end deparmental store in Perth. (Free Malaysia Today) - Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s family is in the limelight…

A bigger uprising – student power combined with people power – will truly be a force for change, which the government cannot beat back with all the bullets in its armoury.In many universities…

PSC's Pakatan representatives say they do not want to be part of a 'toothless' committee and will bring up suggestions for reforms. (Free Malaysia Today) - The Election Commission (EC) will be the…

Ali Cordoba, World Futures Online The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition force in Malaysia has showed very little interest for foreign affairs, concentrating its efforts mostly on national and local…

Written by Dr Lim Teck Ghee, CPIDuring the past year, there have been three controversies arising from regressive policy decisions of the Ministry of Education which have set our educational system…

By Christopher Leong, Vice-President of Malaysian BarThe Malaysian Bar welcomes yesterday’s majority decision of the Court of Appeal striking down section 15(5)(a) of the Universities and University…

By Michael Kaung, FMT KOTA KINABALU: The morning after the train crash outside the Kota Kimabalu International Airport here has provoked fear and anger among city residents, with many saying that “it…

By Syed Jeymal Zahiid, FMT KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya has failed to give a convincing explanation on the controversial share swap between AirAsia and national carrier MAS in Parliament as lawmakers…

Governments and private sectors across the region need to wake up to the fact that economic development and environmental protection are not irreconcilable, but indeed go hand-in-hand. Of course,…

By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) representatives in the parliamentary select committee (PSC) for electoral reforms plan to demand that the Election…

By G Manimaran, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 – The Election Commission (EC) is ready to carry out the 13th general elections by early next year.

(The Star) - TROUBLE is brewing in Johor DAP with talk that an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) may be called to oust state chairman Dr Boo Cheng Hau over candidate selection for the coming general…