ET phone Mazlan, says UN

By The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — The United Nations is set to appoint Malaysian astrophysicist Datuk Dr Mazlan Othman to act as Earth’’s first contact for any aliens that may come…

Dons not impressed by rankings system

By Suzieana Uda Nagu, NST KUALA LUMPUR: Local dons have mixed feelings about exercises to rank universities. Both QS World University Rankings 2010 and Times Higher Education (THE) World University…

Zunar’s arrest no laughing matter

Charter 2000-Aliran condemns the unfair and unwarranted detention of cartoonist Zunar by the Malaysian government last night as it violates the basic principle of freedom of expression in a…

UMNO is financing the Burmese Junta

By John Doe My trip into Burma was riddled with sadness. The general population live below the poverty line, and food, if any, scarce, and expensive. Fuel costs drive prices high, while healthcare,…

Land swap: Who got the better deal?

By Colin Tan, Todayonline Politically it is a win-win deal. However, since the governments of Singapore and Malaysian announced on Monday their agreement to a land swap to end a two-decade long…

Return NCR land to owners? ‘Nonsense’

By Joseph Tawie, Free MalaysiaToday KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Planning and Resource Management Naroden Majais today dismissed as “nonsensical” a statement by an opposition leader that Pakatan…

Sarawak to buy Bakun dam

By Stephen Then, The Star MIRI: The Federal Government has agreed to sell the multi-billion ringgit Bakun hydroelectric dam in Belaga to Sarawak. The decision also means that the proposed…

Shahidan Shafie stripped naked

Malaysia Today, as part of its national service, has just helped the MACC join the dotted lines to enable them to take action against Tajudin Ramli. This time around if the MACC still does

High And Low Looking For Jho Low

A. KADIR JASINFROM Abdullah Ang of the Malaysia Overseas Investment Corp “fame”, who made waves and finally ended in jail during the opening days of Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Premiership, to today’s Jho…

Nurul Izzah dares Tun M to a debate

by Aidil Syukri, Malaysian Digest    “Irresponsible and desperate attempt to destabilise the nation,” said Nurul Izzah Anwar in her response to former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s…

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Whenever Malaysia unveil an economic plan, scant regard is paid to the human factor. We only focus on the money factor and almost nothing else.By Art Harun