A global agenda for seven billion

(FMT) - Late next month, a child will be born – the 7th billion citizen of planet Earth. We will never know the circumstances into which he or she was born.

PKR to Najib: Use polls to gauge GST

By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — PKR today urged Datuk Seri Najib Razak to use the coming general election as a referendum to gauge public support for his plan to…

Don’t pass the buck, Najib told

Responding to the move to pump gambling profits into the coffers of vernacular and mission schools, stakeholders say the government should not pass its responsibility to businessmen.(Free Malaysia…

Maybank CEO backs low interest rates

By Yow Hong Chieh, The Malaysian Insider The central bank should maintain its low interest rate policies to spur growth given the expected slowdown in the world economy, Maybank president and chief…

The Hudud issue: FOR and AGAINST

Basically, you have a democratic right to dream about Hudud and to support it. And you also have a democratic right to have nightmares about Hudud and to oppose it. The problem is,…

Rangsangan Kerjaya Siswazah Selangor

Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad menjemput semua siswazah dan graduan dari negeri Selangor yang masih mencari pekerjaan untuk menyertai program Rangsangan Kerjaya Siswazah Selangor (RKSS) yang…

Kod Negara 71: mistake or not?

By Lee Wee Tak This kod negara 71 business is getting more and more interesting. It is quite clear that it is not one of the 199 country codes listed by JPN in their official website.

Zaid to critics: Call EGM and sack me

The Kita boss shrugs off recent attacks against him as “trivial” and thinks the party’s image is intact (Free Malaysia Today) - Kita chief Zaid Ibrahim has finally responded to allegations that he…

What a (mis)adventure

Nevertheless, only the good die young, as the saying goes. So this offers us very little incentive to be good. Anyway, as Marilyn Monroe said, “Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls…

PAS seeks royal probe on A-G

(The Malaysian Insider) - PAS is demanding Putrajaya form a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate allegations of misconduct against Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail or prosecute the latter’s…

Hudud ‘thorn’ will bleed Pakatan

If unresolved, a political scientist warns, the opposition alliance may end up where it was prior to the 2004 general election, which saw BN winning its biggest mandate. University Sains Malaysia…