Ada Batu (Rocky) Dalam Selimut

By next month Rocky will have his new news blog set up. Operating from an office in a nice KL suburb, Rocky will be ably assisted by his side kick Shamsul Akmar Musa Kamal. But the really…

BN Ready To Face GE, Says Rais

(Bernama) - The Barisan Nasional (BN) is ready to face the next general election (GE) which can be called at any time now, said Information, Communications and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim.

Don’t just ‘cari makan’, take a stand

 By Jeswan Kaur, FMT Fighting for what is just and right has its ‘price’, one which not many are willing to pay, especially writers or journalists. It explains then why the mainstream media had…

Alarming number of illegals

 By Martin Carvalho, The StarPETALING JAYA: The ongoing biometric registration exercise for foreign workers has revealed an alarming scenario of over a million illegals compared to legal workers.

And the Winner Is?

MASTERWORDSMITHOn Aug 9, MAS and AirAsia had entered into a collaboration agreement to establish a framework to explore the possibilities of mutual co-operation. With that Tune Air Sdn Bhd, jointly…

Listing 1,100 capable bumi firms

(DAILY EXPRESS) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the concept of meritocracy will be practised in the agenda to assist Bumiputera entrepreneurs, and the Unit Peneraju Agenda…

What is this country coming to?

ALIRAN Will the rakyat be able to survive the power of the police – and that of the State, wonders Kee Thuan Chye.  What is this country coming to? Many Malaysians are asking this question in view of…

Is the PSC yet another con job?

The government has a bad track record of implementing suggestions from past commissions, so how different will it be with the Parliamentary Select Committee?(Free Malaysia Today) - How effective…

Swap plan undermined

 By Michael Gordon and Kirsty Needham, The AgeTHE Gillard government's Malaysian "people-swap" agreement has been undermined by the arrests and likely deportation to China of a group of asylum seekers…

Malaysia Looks West for Investments

By Mattew Saltmarsh, New York Times With Europe’s economy mired in a debt crisis, governments in the region have been looking east for a helping hand, tapping the likes of China and Japan to buy…

The Fearless Deputy

By Zaid Ibrahim Someone asked me if there is a power struggle going on in UMNO right now. I said no, only in the Cabinet. This poser was perhaps brought about by the way Deputy Prime Minister Tan…

Malaysia’s ‘Silent’ Awakening

 By Natasja Sheriff, The Nation “In spite of all the attacks, the intimidation, the fear, that the government has put in, from race to violence to chaos and all that, the people have actually…