From an impending sodomy trial to holding Pakatan Rakyat together, 2009 will be tough.By JANE F. RAGAVAN, THE STAR

By Pat Lu, Co-Founder, Pahlawan Volunteers The usual: Anti-ISA Supporters gathered for the twelfth and the last time of 2008. The unusual: We had a silent vigil. Or rather what started as a…

Let HINDRAF, take this opportunity to wish you, your family and friends best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2009.

We list KT's 36 voting stations (TM), 143 voting streams (Saluran), and the maximum number of voters that can appear in a vote tally. Two oldest voters pushed to the end of queue?

10.5% of voters in Kuala Terengganu are registered without a house number (NoRumah), even after excluding postal voters.

Of Kuala Terengganu's 1,035 postal voters, 1,001 or 97% are police personnel.

SPR again slightly modified all police IC numbers. The same police voters actually remain registered in KT.

Polling day is 2009 Jan 17. Campaign period is 11 days, counting from nomination day of Jan 6.

What does the KT parliamentary seat look like on map? What are the state assembly seats (DUN)? How many voters are here and how have they voted in the past?

67% of Kuala Terengganu voters are 21 to 49 year old. KT contains 187 voters aged 90 to 99, a deletion of 30 voters in this age group from the GE12 roll.

Tengku Mukhriz ascended to the throne of Negeri Sembilan as the 11th Yam Tuan. Malaysia Insider (MI) put up a complimentary posting of Tengku Naquiyuddin yesterday with the usual spin and…

The Washington TimesThe report "Malaysian Controversy" by James Morrison (Embassy Row, World, Dec. 11) contains misleading information that must be corrected.

As I sit here smoking my cigar while monitoring the news on the mainstream media I can’t help but feel extremely nauseous. What crap our government is spewing out. I have totally lost my…

(Malaysiakini) - Bekas Ketua Pemuda PKR, Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor - yang terkenal dengan “enam kotak dokumen rasuah” melibatkan pimpinan Umno dan BN - mendakwa bukti-bukti itu tidak ada pada…

(mStar Online) - Pemimpin-pemimpin parti pembangkang sedia mempertahankan hak mereka jika disaman oleh bekas Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.

(mStar Online) - Lebih 50 pemimpin India peringkat nasional dalam Pakatan Rakyat bertemu di sini hari ini - pertemuan terbesar sejak pilihan raya umum Mac lalu - bagi menentukan ala tuju kedudukan dan…

(mStar Online) - Pemimpin-pemimpin India dalam Pakatan Rakyat berbelah-bahagi berhubung pertemuan yang akan diadakan esok untuk membincangkan kedudukan dan sokongan mereka dalam ikatan pembangkang…

The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd has announced the resignation of Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan as deputy chairman, effective today.

(Bernama) — Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said the country’s election system need to be reviewed to give it autonomous power and total control over…

Full Internet services are expected on Jan 4, instead of today as there has been a delay in repair works on the submarine cable between Italy and northern Egypt, Telekom Malaysia said in a statement…

Maybe long-time MIC chief S. Samy Vellu is acutely aware of the thickening master plot to oust him from power. Maybe he feels threatened. Maybe he wants to divert the attention of the media from his…

As we try to look ahead, the future would invariably require us to look back at the life and times of two individuals who would likely dominate our consciousness in 2009.By Zainul Arifin, New Straits…

(Business Times Singapore) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has come up with an original way to attack Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi without even mentioning his name.

How Najib and the remorseless Mahathir get along will be keenly watched in 2009. Will their relationship grate (as that of Mahathir and Abdullah) or will it be balmy as some political insiders believe…

It is also crystal clear that hudud is not the most demanding issue that ought to be bulldozed and carried out in Malaysia, what more in a country that only comprise of about 60 per cent Muslims.By…

Perhaps the real reform that the Umno leadership could do is to change its culture and find the idealistic young people to cultivate a new struggle for Umno to strive for. But it is unlikely for a…

Dec 16, Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said police will take action against Sungai Siput member of parliament Dr D. Jeyakumar for allegedly using children in Cycling for Change" campaign,…

The year draws to an end.A kaleidoscope, 2008 defies description. In the swirl of colours and sounds, chords were struck and themes developed. I imagine an orchestra tuning up, falling silent and then…

By Nelson Benjamin, The StarThe Kluang MIC division leader has been hospitalised for three days now after he was kicked in the jaw by a branch leader during a meeting.

By R.S.N.Murali, The StarKUALA TERENGGANU: The hardcore poor in Terengganu should be more innovative and creative instead of solely counting on the government to eradicate poverty, said Mentri Besar…