Perak today, Malaysia tomorrow?

One year after 8 MarchThe ultimate power should only rest with the electorate or their duly elected representatives. In short, when you have doubts or deadlocks, you go to the polls.By Wong Chin Huat,…

Wall Street hammered

(Straits Times) - US STOCKS plunged on Thursday on a spate of weak economic news, corporate woes and disappointment about the lack of an expected new Chinese economic stimulus plan.

Is there no decency left?

Anil Netto succintly sums up the findings of the second Kugan post-mortem report when he describes Kugan’s cause of death in layman’s terms : ‘kidney failure as a result of repeated…

MAS & Maybank Bellylanding?

By Syed Akbar Ali MAS stands to lose RM3bil in hedging costs PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) stands to chalk up close to RM3bil in hedging costs over the next two years. . .

RPK, like KJ, is larger than life

Raja Petra, like Khairy Jamaluddin, has become larger than life. It’s the idea of Khairy Jamaluddin that you like to hate, and it’s the idea of Raja Petra that you actually like to like.…

Apabila Agong berkuasa penuh lantik PM

Kini, khabar angin tersebar luas kononnya Yang di-Pertuan Agong tidak berapa senang dengan bakal Perdana Menteri yang ada. Ini kerana, beliau terlalu banyak “masalah” yang belum selesai…

The meaning of March 8 deepens

It is a really our choice — to be on the side of chaos and anarchy or on the side of social order. And that decision will offer our children a glimpse of the future we aspire for as a nation,…

PENGHORMATAN BUKAN DIPAKSA

Cerita-cerita karut tentang daulat raja, tulah raja, jampi raja – semuanya tidak di percayai lagi. Anak-anak muda hari ini tidak lagi gempaq dengan daulat raja – mereka gempaq dengan…

History Will Forever Record The Day

"At 10.13 a.m. on 4 March 2009, under a yellow flame tree, Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar convened 28 Pakatan Rakyat state assemblypersons. Under the yellow flame tree,…

My Two Cents

Both DAP and PKR professed to be multiethnic political parties with the acceptance of membership from all races and of any religion in Malaysia, and the selecting of different races to contest certain…