Exertion of will or pressure on Najib? Meena Lakshana, fz.com

 (The Star) - Incumbent Pandan MP Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat is not listed as a possible candidate under MCA to defend the parliamentary seat.

 Heaven forbid that any harm should befall them. For, that will play right into the hands of those who, for some reason or other, wish to derail the current peace effort in Mindanao and foment a rift…

{youtube}MG6v9_b7NGE{/youtube}Joe Fernandez This legal issue was staring at every lawyer in the face but its takes a Thai girl to post it on the Net and open up the questioning of what was done to…

 If the current soft 'handling' of the incursions by armed Filipinos into Lahad Datu is any measure, then it is clear that Sabahans' safety is inconsequential to the federal government.Calvin Kabaron,…

Steve Chao among those arrested (Al Jazeera) - Self-proclaimed Royal Sultanate army land in eastern state of Sabah, saying ancestors once ruled area.Watch video at: …

 (Borneo Insider) - Three Al-Jazeera journalists, three SAPP youths and boatman detained while attempting to head to Tanduo, later 6 released with a warning

 (The Star) - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has set the tone for a clean and fair general election by making a public declaration to uphold integrity and reinforcing his commitment to fight corruption in…

{youtube}bnkLYe76n2A{/youtube}Traditionally elderly people in Indonesia are cared for their families but that's not the case for the countries more than three million strong transgender community. …

 The high 6.4% growth hides something worrying Hafiz Noor Shams 

 Pada tahun 1970-an, Sabah berada di kedudukan kedua, di belakang Selangor (dan Kuala Lumpur) sebagai negeri paling kaya di Malaysia. 30 tahun kemudian, Sabah adalah negeri paling miskin dengan…

Protesters from the Save Malaysia Stop Lynas group demonstrated outside a hotel in Sydney, Australia, in November.(Wall Street Journal) - In the Internet era, even a 64-year-old retired math teacher…

Stadium collapsed again(Bernama) - Five workers were injured, three seriously, when steel structures supporting the roof of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak that is currently…

Baru (left) says 'there are 5 or 6 overlapping seats' where both PKR and DAP want to contest. With him is PKR Wanita vice-chief Voon Shiak Ni.Ng Ai Fern, fz.com Pakatan Rakyat is confident of…

The Puritans wanted England cleansed of Catholics, who they regarded as deviant heretics who should be put to death. Amongst others they also wanted Christmas banned and shops ordered by law to stay…

(The Star) - The Sultan of Selangor has consented to the dissolution of the state assembly but the date will be announced at a later date, said Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim after an audience…

The PKR is the weakest component party of the Pakatan Rakyat and it has to rely on the DAP and PAS. Therefore, the party's interests should be prioritised, instead of personal interests. If Johor…

Amarjit Kaur, New Mandala In the past 130 years, the number of foreign migrant workers in Malaya has grown from about 84,000 in 1880 to more than three million in 2010. Originally, foreign workers…

Amin Iskandar and Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim will today discuss the possible dissolution of the state assembly during his weekly meeting with…

Backbenchers say Tian Chua’s statement has no basis in fact.Lisa J. Ariffin, FMT Barisan Nasional MPs today dismissed a PKR allegation that the government may be using the Lahad Datu incident to…

A former PKR Youth leader claims that the party is sidelining senior members in favour of junior ones. This is brewing discontent. Hawkeye, FMT PKR is courting trouble if it continues to sideline its…

The Muslim academic, who has drawn flak over his article, says that he is responsible for what he wrote.  K Pragalath, FMT Muslim academic Ridhuan Tee Abdullah has refused to react to the stinging…

The DAP veteran wants the PM to reveal historical evidence of an alleged urinating incident which provoked the May 13 racial riots. RK Anand, FMT With tension and desperation mounting as the clock…

Filipino Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III gestures as he talks on a mobile phone during a news conference in Alabang, south of Manila, Philippines. Kiram said his younger brother and about 500…

 INSANE.....The so-called Sulu Sultan says that his people, numbering 400, will not leave Sabah since it 'belongs to them'. "Why should we leave our own country?" he asked. Using the 'sultan's' logic,…

 Alwyn Lau 1. A High-Class Stain, Sex and LiesThe movie ‘Tanda Putera’ is a must-watch. It promises to be high-class and even implies a very special class of players. I mean, we’ve got powerful people…

 “We are talking of an intrusion by military units in full gear and weapons like M-16, the deadliest gun in army warfare. Why can’t they treat this as a flagrant criminal act, a breach of national…

 The fact that Malaysians have to resort to be given cash payments as a means to deal with the high living standards does not seem to matter to anyone. Cash payments have in an indirect way poked fun…

 MIPAS would like to know what survey and who conducted the survey that Indian votes nationwide, the majority of them now support BN? S.Barathidasan, Secretary General Malaysian Indians Progressive…

 Believe it or not, MCA once had the gumption to provide an articulate critique of the NEP.Stanley Koh, Free Malaysia Today