By Joseph Tawie, FMTThirty percent of rural Sarawak has no electricity, 41% no water coverage and  47.8% of the state’s hardcore poor are native Ibans. These, according to Bukit Assek assemblyman…

By Jeswan Kaur, FMT Once bitten twice shy is a phrase alien to Barisan Nasional. The three-party coalition’s shocking defeat in the 2008 General Election has failed to teach it any lesson in humility.…

By Luke Rintod, FMT KOTA KINABALU: A new political party that emerged in Sabah about a year ago is raising eyebrows after it appeared to have received the support of two influential leaders – Chief…

By P Ramakrishnan, Aliran President Wild tales are being told and blatant lies are being spread with impunity. What is being done is to deliberately create uneasiness, anger and hatred against the…

By Melissa Chi, The Malaysian Insider Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Datuk Seri Noh Omar denied today that the decision to award the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project was…

By Wani Muthiah, The Star Voters will soon be able to rate the performance of their elected representatives. This is made possible through the Laporan Rakyat (People's Report) launched by the Centre…

(Bernama) -  Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has instructed schools to return any remaining balance from the RM100 school assistance fund to the Government if the money is not claimed…

(The Malaysian Insider) - The arrest of 13 suspected militants in Sabah earlier this week was the result of both internal and foreign intelligence received by the police, Tan Sri Ismail Omar was…

(The Star) - Malaysians will have to go through a more exhaustive process when applying for loans starting next year after Bank Negara issued guidelines on responsible lending by banks.

(Reuters) ― The euro gained yesterday on hopes that the European Central Bank may get involved in a plan to help struggling euro zone countries, but world stocks fell as many investors continued to…

By Jahabar Sadiq, The Malaysian InsiderRival groups have tabled alternative proposals to resolve Kelab Golf Negara Subang’s (KGNS) land dispute with Putrajaya in a fiery emergency meeting tomorrow to…

I was in Beijing on 16th for a meeting at the Shangri-la Hotel, Zizhuyuan Road, Beijing and walked into a pearl shop at the hotel foyer with a friend who wanted to buy a bracelet for his wife. He…

Reading the AG report and encountering them on a daily basis make tax payers, at least this one, feel that a lot of them do not deserve to be in their position. Many of them should be sacked,…

We refer to an article entitled "BN is the one short-changing us, not PR" published in Malaysia Today - MT Columns on November 10, 2011.We hereby would like to make some clarification of the…

Lawyers For Liberty is appalled to learn the recent arrest under the ISA which clearly manifests flagrant hypocrisy of the announcement made on the historic Malaysia Day by Prime Minister Najib Razak.…

Our suspicions were confirmed that the trial may well be a process of eliminating political opponents. By Chair of the ASEAN Parliamentary Group Dr. Thomas Gambke

So, has public funds benefited Malaysians? Not even cows. Only Wanita Umno chief and minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and her husband and children’s family companies benefited.By Jackson Ng, Retired…

That is all I want to say, Yang Berhormat Datuk. I am sorry if I sound very blunt and abrasive but that is how I do things and even Tuanku can tell you that I spare no one, not even Sultans. I just…

Selangor PAS Commissioner says that responding to Hasan would be giving a small issue great importance.(Free Malaysia Today) - Selangor PAS Commissioner, Abdul Rani Osman, today said that PAS will…

Wanita PKR pula akan membuat laporan polis dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) di seluruh negara pada Rabu depan.(Free Malaysia Today) - Pengarah Strategik PKR Rafizi Ramli berkata…

(Harakah Daily) - Pengarah Strategi PKR, Rafizi Ramli hari ini mengutus surat jemputan kepada Ktua Pergerakan Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin untuk berdebat berhubung isu skandal National Feedlot…

The facts before us point irresistibly to an abuse of power in the award of this project, as well as criminal negligence (of the government) and breach of trust (of the project operator) in the…

(The Malay Mail) - Malays and Bumiputeras seem to dominate the government’s vocational and technical secondary schools as well as its tertiary training institutions, leaving Malaysia’s other…

In our own country, 54 years of single-party incumbency is now unravelling and showing similar symptoms. After many failed attempts, a scheme to construct a monolithic dam in Bakun, Sarawak was put…

Saya ingin menyumbang pendapat mengenai pembelian aset-aset Esso/Mobil di Malaysia oleh syarikat arak Filipina, San Miguel. Ingin saya bertanya, mengapakah syarikat dalam industri strategik minyak…

Nicole Tan Lee Koon This is in response to Chua Soi Lek’s press statement dated 16th Nov, 2011…

(The Star) - A former minister has slammed PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution for allegedly distorting the facts surrounding the purchase of cattle from the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC).

(The Malaysian Insider) - Malaysia should brace for a protracted economic slump despite the expected announcement today that its economy has grown by up to 4.8 per cent in the past three months,…

(The Malaysian Insider) - Businessman Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan denied today Khairy Jamaluddin’s involvement with ECM Libra Bhd resulted in the investment bank’s valuation to rise to RM330…

SAKMONGKOL AK47Some economics lessons from Oracle.These are some recent opinions from the Oracle of Syed Putera. He has been away for an extended period this time darting in and out of the country,…