Apabila menteri tidak pandai mengira

(TV Antara) - Sebagaimana yang dijangka, semua media arus perdana di bawah telunjuk Umno-BN hari ini telah merujuk kepada jumlah pengundi rendah pada pilihan raya kecil Penanti sebagai bukti rakyat…

Something old, something new

This is the mentality of the Old Malay. But the Old Malay is finding out that the New Malay does not think like this at all. The New Malay has different values from the Old Malay. And the Old Malays…

MPs and taxpayers’ money

For Malaysia to avert the same problems, the Malaysian parliament must be transparent. An annual statement must be published to let the people know how much taxpayers’ money each of our…

UMNO – Last Man Standing?

Signs are clear that BN is slowing breaking apart. Most of the key component parties in the coalition are facing internal crisis. The crisis was a pent up frustration generated from the last general…

What are the meanings of a victory?

After the expected victory nominally by Mansor Othman of PKR there should be some room to ponder over the meanings of the victory especially to explore the potentials of what the victory may mean for…

Reconsider ombudsman plan

CHIEF Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan has on several occasions spoken of the Government’s commitment to provide first-class public service.

‘I Was Drugged and Abused’

(Jakarta Globe) Safe again on Indonesian soil, teenage model Manohara Odelia Pinot outlined a horrific story of sexual abuse, confinement and torture at the hands of her Malaysian prince husband after…

Melayu Telah Berubah, Utusan Belum….

Bagi kebanyakan orang, Ahad adalah hari untuk rehat kerana ia hari cuti. Malangnya Mingguan Malaysia semalam (31 Mei 2009) tidak membolehkan saya rehat dan merasa tenang. Malahan tulisan-tulisan dalam…

Been arrested yet?

WEARING black, lighting a candle or simply putting up a tent is an offence that can get you arrested these days. The target of these arrests are Pakatan Rakyat (PR) politicians, lawyers, general…

“Kaum Pendatang” Again…

UMNO mouthpiece Utusan Malaysia's weekend edition, Mingguan Malaysia just carried another editorial which was entitled "Melayu Dikhianati" or "Malays Betrayed". By Tony Pua…

Charting out the road less travelled

(NST) THE months spanning 1998 and 1999 were a watershed for Pas. It was the height of the reformasi movement around ousted deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and Pas was one of the…

The PKFZ headache is getting worse

(Business Times Singapore) At a press briefing in December last year, Malaysia’s Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat declared the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) “a big headache”, one which…

More haste, less speed

(NST) EDUCATION Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin may remain "open to suggestions" on the decision to cap the number of subjects a student can sit for in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, but it…