Over 1,000 PAS members have joined Umno in Terengganu
KUALA TERENGGANU: More than 1,000 PAS members have crossed over to Umno over the past two years, with the latest being the brother of PAS stalwart and former Dungun MP Datuk Mustafa Ali.
Koh: Protest vote could have avalanche effect
PENANG: Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has urged Penangites not to be “emotional’’ when voting in the general election.
Press Release: Malaysian Peaceful Rally In New York, Feb 16, 2008
Malaysian peaceful rally on February 16, 2008 in New York to release HINDRAF 5 in Malaysia.
No witch-hunt, says Najib
TANAH MERAH: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has assured the people and civil servants in Kelantan that the Barisan Nasional would not go on a witch-hunt if it recaptured the state in the general…
All for the sake of winning votes
On The Beat By WONG CHUN WAI Come the general election, there is an unusual degree of tolerance and flexibility in matters of race, language and religion as politicians try to woo the people. Why…
M’sia’s holiday bonanza no fun for business
KUALA LUMPUR – (AFP): IT'S Chinese New Year and Malaysia's capital is deserted once again as citizens enjoy one of the many holidays observed by a nation with an array of races and…
Has the election started in Rembau?
It appears that the general election has already started in Rembau, the seat where Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, will be contesting. We always said Khairy…
The ruling and opposition parties have their own problems
Both the ruling and opposition parties have their own strategies for the elections but at the same time, they have their own problems.
Is Obama like JFK?
The similarities - youth, good looks, rhetoric and a call for change - are there, but the differences are also only too apparentBy Bhagyashree Garekar, US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON, The Straits Times
Yahoo set to reject Microsoft bid as too low
NEW YORK - YAHOO is set to reject Microsoft Corp's unsolicited bid, now worth US$42 billion (S$60 billion), as too low, a source familiar with the situation told reporters on Saturday - the first…
Archbishop of Canterbury under fire over Shariah comments
LONDON - SENIOR Catholic and Anglican clerics have attacked the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' suggestion that Britain's legal system should accommodate aspects of traditional…
OPINION: Young, forgotten and behind prison walls
Nayagam says as many as 80 per cent of the juvenile offenders come from families with a history of child abuse. All parties must take such factors into account when dealing with cases involving…
TUNKU ABDUL AZIZ: Taking Malaysia for granted and hell to pay
By : Tunku Abdul Aziz, New Straits Times THE sad news of the death last week of Sir Donald Fredrick Hawley (1921-2008) in Little Cheverell, Wiltshire, transported me back to the 1970s when he was…
Allowances of mosque officials to be raised
The Selangor government will allocate RM200 million from this year to raise allowances for mosque officials in the state.
No opposition names yet for ACA to vet
The opposition has not submitted names of potential candidates to the Anti-Corruption Agency for vetting.
931 farmers in Perak get 30-year land leases
BIDOR: More than 900 farmers in Perak can now rest easy because the state government is allowing them to lease the land they have been illegally working on.
PM selalu terlena kerana kerja berhempas-pulas
Dalam berita bertajuk "PM: I work very hard", The Star hari ini melaporkan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menegaskan beliau berkerja keras untuk menunaikan tanggungjawabnya…
Hypocrisy rules out Shariah laws for Britain
Written by Kazi Mahmood, WORLD FUTURESThere are many other courageous Muslim women in the world, out there, defying the war on terror with their scarves on their head, covering their hair and…
BN janji akan pertahan sekolah Cina
KOTA BHARU 9 Feb. – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) akan terus mempertahankan Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) dalam sistem pendidikan negara bagi…
Mangsa banjir dapat wang ihsan
KOTA BHARU 9 Feb. – Penduduk di beberapa buah negeri yang mengalami banjir teruk pada akhir tahun lalu dan awal tahun ini akan mendapat bantuan wang ihsan yang disalurkan secara…
Elaun nazir masjid Selangor naik 100 peratus
SHAH ALAM: Kerajaan negeri Selangor mengumumkan kenaikan kadar elaun nazir masjid sebanyak 100 peratus manakala timbalan nazir dan bendahari pula akan menikmati elaun mulai tahun ini.
Anwar dan Azizah di Pulau Pinang hari ini
Oleh Zulkifli Mohamed Hari ini, Ahad 10 Februari Presiden KeADILan Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail dan Ketua Umum Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan bersama rakyat Pulau Pinang.
If this is not indirect buying of votes then what is it?
PM goodies for the Chinese Farming Communities to Support BN; 15 Year Land leases to Toil the Land; DPM wooed the Kelantan Chinese to dislodge PAS & promised no Witch hunt for State officials…
Antara mengumpat dan memberitahu
1. Umat Melayu adalah satu umat yang special. Umat Melayu adalah satu umat yg lembut, berhemah dan bersopan santun.
Ask any politician, “Is Black really White ?”
Politicians are at the forefront in creating a new world, but will they slip further into their world of power and deceit ?
Between Two Prime Ministers
Let's read today's reports on two Prime Ministers. Two muslim PMs with different styles and elected from two different 'democracy' systems.
Contracts to cronies, friends and fellow countrymen
Cronies is a word that is closely associated to government contracts in this beloved country of ours.
250,000 Chinese need help
The Federation of Chinese Associations Sabah (FCAS) claims some 250,000 Chinese in Sabah are living along the poverty margin.
Paul Vallely: Williams is snared in a trap of his own making
Rowan Williams bridles when anyone suggests that he is the Anglican church's equivalent of the Pope. But he has made the same mistake in discussing sharia law that Pope Benedict XVI made in his…
