Dua kali lima = political apathy

By Free Malaysia Today Before dawn pried open the night skies on March 8, 2008, Malaysians had a choice – stick with Barisan Nasional or throw their lot behind an opposition coalition which promised…

A Letter From An Orang Ulu

I don't think it is necessary to change the culture of Culture and Tradition of Sarawak, what is necessary is to change the system within (governance) itself. Unless we will not change our…

Why Are We Still Fighting?

Everyone seem to have their own ideas about what’s going on and everybody who is anybody will have an “expert” opinion about who is right and wrong and what we should do. I’m not saying I know who…

The truth about statutory declarations

By Ding Jo-An, The  Nut Graph WHAT is the difference between signing a statutory declaration (SD) and just saying something is true? Indeed, how are they different from “normal” statements? Is…

Foreign govts to help recruit specialists

By Desiree Tresa Gasper, The Star JOHOR BARU: The Health Ministry will work directly with the governments of Egypt, India and Pakistan to hire qualified medical specialists to help resolve the…

Zaid unsurprisingly quits PKR

By The Malaysian Insider Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has announced he is quitting PKR today, a widely-anticipated move a week after dropping out of the party’s deputy presidential race. The maverick…

In search of the New Politics

Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad Barisan Nasional (BN) won the Galas state seat not by a thin margin, as hoped by PAS/Pakatan Rakyat (PR), but with twice the majority obtained by the PAS’ candidate in the last…

Wysiwyg PKR

By batsman Further to my appeal to PKR not to learn from Zahid, I figure my argument for inclusiveness is not complete and still missing something for it deals mainly with the after effects of…

Umno says PAS better off in BN than Pakatan

By Syed Mu’az Syed Putra, The Malaysian InsiderUmno continued its courtship of PAS today, saying the Islamist party would have a better future with Barisan Nasional (BN) rather than remaining within…

Patriotism and the Little Napoleans

Here am I trying to give my best to the country but my country refuse my service. And all because the application was ‘hijacked’ by a certain police officer. By Damian Denis

1Malaysia – 2Standards

By Johan BrendonThe contentious debate concerning Article 153 of the Federal Constitution which refers to “Malays rights” remains unabated. Some would argue the term alludes only to “special position”…

Improving Malaysia’s budget transparency

By Khairah Makata, The Malaysian InsiderI, as a representative of Centre for Public Policy Studies, was invited by the International Budget Partnership and NGO Forum of Cambodia to present the…

Ouch, a royal snub

By Wong Chun Wai. The Star The Sultan of Selangor, clearly unhappy with the way Yayasan Selangor is being run, turned down an invitation from the foundation to celebrate its 40th anniversary. IT is…

Have I really changed?

One of my terms for agreeing to head the Free Anwar Campaign and manage its website was that I would be free to express my views whether they be favourable or unfavourable towards