By Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysian Mirror There is no precedent of a speaker being removed against his will, so should the current Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Pandikar Amin Mulia, be asked to resign over…

By Tunku Abdul Aziz, The Malaysian Insider FOUR years ago, on 18 October 2006, I wrote an opinion piece from my 30th floor office in the UN Secretariat, New York, for the New Sunday Times. The title,…

By Bernama The higher dengue death toll, and the emergence of leptospirosis this year brought to the fore the apathy of Malaysians to personal hygiene and cleanliness in their home and surroundings.…

By Minderjeet Kaur, NST The "My First House Scheme" for individuals who earn less than RM3,000 a month and are first-time house buyers will start on Jan 1.

By Zuhrin Azam Ahmad, The Malaysian Insider Suspended MP Karpal Singh said the decision against him and three others has effectively stopped them from performing duties related to being elected…

By The Star PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission (EC) announced that 177,857 new voters have been registered in the supplementary electoral roll for the third quarter of 2010.

By MazwinNik Anis, The Star PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has found several “elements of fraud” in Sime Darby Berhad and has shared its findings with police and the…

By Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider As Pakatan Rakyat (PR) heads to its convention this weekend, the pact remains undecided over whether the four state assemblies under its control should be…

By The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — As speculation mounts over Sarawak’s polls, state Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has instead gone ahead to marry a Lebanese, believed to be…

By Charlie Rudai, Free Malaysia Today KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department VK Liew has rubbished Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim's claim that the suspension of four…

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid, Free Malaysia Today Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat  have a critical battle when they face off in the Tenang by-election, the first in Johor, with pressure more on…

The BN has failed to explain the Constitution and the so-called Social Contract to the people, says Hishamuddin Yahaya.  Hishamuddin Yahaya: It’s either do away with race-based political parties or…

On the surface, it looks tough for PR to maintain the level of support generated in the 2008 general election, especially with the problems besetting "paramount leader" Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. …

The suspending of Anwar and the three prominent MPs from Parliament can only be seen as the pinnacle of Umno’s arrogance. It also reflects very poorly on the PM who has been promising radical and…

Then there are those like me who want to see real and genuine change and will not support just any idiot just because we hate Barisan Nasional -- so no exchange of one lump of shit for another lump…

(Malaysian Digest) - 200 Syiah followers were detained by the Selangor Islamic Department (JAIS) in a raid at a shop house in Sri Gombak last night with two of its Iranian leaders being brought to…

In addition, MPs votes fully based on the stands of their political parties. If the BN supports a motion, the Pakatan Rakyat will definitely oppose it and vice versa. How the MPs going to defend the…

By Teoh El Sen, Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has blamed Apco Worldwide, the contentious public relations consultant commissioned by the Barisan Nasional…

by Din Merican Yesterday, the mainstream media, especially the NST and The Star, gave much publicity to MACC’s press conference at which  the MACC stated that they have found new  evidence in the…

By William FisherLast April, writer and historian Barbara Goldsmith announced that Nay Phone Latt was the winner of the 2010 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith “Freedom to Write” award, which honors…

Backed by blogger Raja Petra; names top human rights lawyer as GE candidate(The Straits Times) - Malaysia's turbulent political landscape has just become more complicated as a 'Third Force' has…

In another 47 years Malaysia will celebrate its Centennial. Most of us who are reading this article would be gone; some long gone. For those who are still around, what kind of country would…

The lust for power drives the BN to adopt unethical means to pulverise the Opposition by the tyranny of the BN majority. By P. Ramakrishnan (Aliran President)

By Thomas Lee (Sin Chew) Over the last few days, a controversy has been brewing over a statement by the Institute of Islamic Understanding (Ikim) that Islam considers that not all religions are…

The august house will now be inflicted by the Perak disease which has brought chaos to all sittings so far. Imagine what can a day long state assembly sitting can do to a healthy debate on…

By Kerajaan Rakyat Syaitan Jelmaan menafikan hubungan mereka dengan Israel. Bagaimana dengan dokumen ini?

How was the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Mr Cho Choo Meng of that same firm, registered by the AOB on the 1st of April, under Section 31s (1) SCA,when the board members themselves were…

By Terence Fernandez, The Sun SO HISTORY is current again. This time, the barrage of criticism comes from respected historians and authors who gave a first-hand account on how the content of history…

By The Sun FINALLY it is beginning to dawn on us that we actually need the foreign workers that many of us have been complaining about and who some of us have occasionally abused. The sector that…

By Syed Mu’az Syed Putra, The Malaysian InsiderTenang state assemblyman Datuk Sulaiman Taha died early this morning near here due to complications from diabetes, triggering the 14th by-election…