To encourage betting just because it may bring in lots of money is like encouraging people to con and cheat since conning and cheating can be quite lucrative business too.By Dr. Hsu

By Amin Iskandar Sejak akhir-akhir ini, kita seringkali terdengar mengenai subsidi yang hendak ditarik, GST akan diperkenalkan dan pelbagai lagi perkara-perkara yang membebankan rakyat kelas bawah.…

Was the court case the fault of the reporter, whose English was so weak she did not know that ultra-vires does not mean to insult? No, but it is certainly the fault of the Attorney-General for not…

By Helen Ang (Umno heroes and ‘Star’ spear Israel) In a single day, The Star employed courageous, strong language never marshalled before for all our own homegrown efforts like Bersih, Hindraf and…

(FMT) PETALING JAYA: Another controversy is taking shape in MIC over the formation of new Youth branches, which certain quarters claim could be the essential ingredient in a plot to oust deputy…

(TMI) KOTA BARU, June 12 — PAS leaders have admitted that the Islamist party has not been able to garner enough Malay support compared to its political foe Umno.

(FMT) BUTTERWORTH: The state Umno believes Barisan Nasional can win back the Penang government from Pakatan Rakyat in the next general election.

On a dreary Friday evening, I settled in front of my laptop with my homemade teh tarik in my hand hoping that I could read some gladdening news. With a smile, I clicked on this article headlined…

The philosophers journalists have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.People are just simply tired at being treated as dumb. They read between the…

(Bernama) - The Johor Royal Council has confirmed withdrawing two awards from PKR supreme council member Chua Jui Meng but denied it was due to political pressure.

Poooooooooorah!!!!!!!!!!!

The problem, however, they told me, is that I write in English while the readers who had made police reports against me do not understand English that well. So, because of their poor command of…

(The Malaysian Insider) - DAP chairman Karpal Singh was cleared of sedition today without his defence being called.

The People's ParliamentFirst, understand that all power is rooted in the Federal Constitution. Without exception. And stripped of all the fancy words, power in the constitution is vested with us.

(Bernama) - PAS will allow non-Muslim candidates contesting on a PAS ticket to use the party symbol in the next general election, but with conditions.

By Stephanie Sta Maria, Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR: Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali has scoffed at an earlier statement by MCA that Perkasa's racial espousals may have inadvertently…

(The Star) - THE target of attaining at least 30% bumiputra corporate equity ownership at macro level remains but genuine economic participation will be promoted.

Gone are the hardline statements about the totality of Islam; instead, the PAS leadership wants to engage non-Muslims in its discourse. They are even holding Mandarin and Tamil language classes for…

By Queville To, Free Malaysia Today KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has poured scorn on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP), suggesting that apart from…

By SP Nathan In a matter of hours, the 19th edition of the FIFA World Cup would unfold in South Africa. While millions of supporters of participating teams will be hollering for their home teams,…

The Bruno Manser Fund believes that, given the strong evidence of his involvement in vote-buying, the Malaysian Prime Minister should indeed be prosecuted and asks the international community -…

By Malaysia Chronicle Speculation is rife that MCA president Chua Soi Lek and his colleagues in Johor Umno are behind the Sultan’s decision to take back the two datukships from Chinese leader Chua…

(TMI) KUALA KRAI, June 11 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last night asked if his political foe can implement the “grand ideas” of the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP), and said he will speak on this in…

(Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has reached a critical point after just over a year in office -- will he enact economic reforms and cut subsidies and risk alienating his voter base,…

(NST) The most recognisable figure in the party -- Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat -- has asked delegates to secure a bigger Malay vote bank and at the same time, reach out to the non-Malays.

How could we live with a government that blatantly and arrogantly allows gambling licences and rationalise it via utilitarianistic arguments – that the tax paid will go to building social…

Malaysia will be bankrupt by 2019 (nine years from now) if it does not begin to cut subsidies for petrol, electricity, food and other staples which cost the government RM74 billion in 2009. The…

Dr Lim Teck Ghee,  Readers following the great national debate initiated by Minister Idris Jala in the Prime Minister’s Department on the possibility of the country going bankrupt must be…

One aspect of our prophet’s leadership deserves emphasis.  Even though he was painfully aware of his burden of spreading Allah’s message and thus the righteousness of his mission, yet he demonstrated…