Goldman ruffling feathers in Asian debt

The US$1.75bn 10-year private placement for Malaysian investment vehicle 1MDB, which Goldman quietly closed a week last Monday was the biggest sole-led bond deal ever printed in ex-Japan Asia.…

Pundits still not betting on MCA

Despite its money, machinery and media, the party is still seen as having a poor chance of making a comeback in the 13th GE. With 45.3% of party members aged 46 years and above and another 28.3%…

F**k the (moral) police

REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad | Protesters hold placards that read "Don't Challenge Islam" in a protest against the "Conversion to Islam" forum held by Malaysian Bar Council in KL August 9, 2008. They…

PTPTN shuts out Unisel

(The Star) - “PTPTN wants to determine how serious the Opposition is in wanting to provide free education. If it is serious, then students in state-owned private institutes of higher learning like…

Update history syllabus: national laureate

The Taiwanese 'Orang Asli' (Bernama) - All these while we believed Malays originated from Yunan but latest research has revealed that the Malay origin came from Taiwan, spread to Borneo and then to…

BNM saga reawakened

The Sun THE ghost of Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) epic foreign exchange trading losses, said to have run into tens of billions during the 80s and 90s, has reawakened.

Extending the war against graft

A key part of fighting corruption is to put everything under the same standards of investigation and prosecution.P. Gunasegaram, The Star IT is good that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s…

Ng Wei Aik on Teng Chang Yeow

Despite winning defamation suits against Utusan Malaysia, Utusan has continued to defame the Chief Minister. Without the right of reply, the only recourse is to sue. UMNO party organs like Utusan is…

Guilty, unless proven otherwise

The newly-inserted Section 114A of the Evidence Act is another example of a law that was rushed through Parliament without much debate and discussion, to the detriment of us all.The Government is…

Apa mesej PAS?

Pertama, PAS bersetuju bahawa syarat bersama dalam PR tidak akan menjejaskan dasar Islam yang menjadi prinsip perjuangan PAS selama ini. Kedua, PAS meletakkan kaedah menghapuskan kezaliman…

Political dynasty: bane or boon?

With dynasty politics, politics becomes about personalities alone and name recognition places a much more important role than the competence. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is the son of the second…