ON JUNE 18, a motion urging the state government through local authorities to investigate and stop any development projects implemented without planning permission was passed at the sitting of…

So what if we know that the root cause of our problem goes all the way back to the unresolved nation-building question in 1946? some ask. They want a solution, cut and dry. Wong Chin Huat, TMI…

Zakiah Koya, The Malaysian Insider In what seems a strategy of using citizens to influence fellow citizens, the parties interested in putting up the much-opposed 1,000 tonne incinerator in…

Alyaa Alhadjri, The Ant Daily Any moves from quarters within PKR who are adamant to show Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim the door are merely exposing their own desperation…

Siti Norain Usop, NST Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim’s position as Selangor menteri besar is safe for now, but it remains uncertain how long it will last. The support he received from Pas was…

Nathaniel Tan, The Star Why do politicians love to hate Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim … the answer is that he stands for everything that Malaysian politics isn’t. Politicians on both sides of the…

Lim Mun Fah, Sin Chew Daily The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which is rampaging parts of Syria and Iraq, has declared the establishment of the Caliphate, demanding loyalty…

Josie Fernandez, The Malaysian Insider “Delhi is proud. Bombay is rich. Kolata has a heart." – Indian proverb. Kuala Lumpur has an image problem, according to Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, the…

Izzati Rahman, The Malaysian Insider I am not a veteran volunteer, but I have had a fair share of experience volunteering at various soup kitchens across Kuala Lumpur since I was 16. This is my…

Pearl Lee, Malay Mail Online Date: March 11, 2010 Time: 10am Venue: Dataran Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Raja Laut Event: Handing over of a van to Pertiwi Soup Kitchen Guest…

'I used to dole out Bible verses as if they were freshly-baked cookies. I apologize to those who had to endure this.' Joanne Abigail E. Dela Cruz, The Rappler Growing up in a Christian home,…

Sean Augustin, The Rakyat Post WHENEVER Islam is said to be insulted, under threat or challenged, there will be banner-carrying, rally-organising and fist-pumping defenders of the faith. It…

Zurairi AR, Malay Mail Online Not every person who converts to become a Muslim gets media coverage the way model Felixia Yeap did. Nor do their conversion get chronicled step by step by way of…

Wong Chun Wai, The Star HERE we go again. This newspaper has just been given an unprecedented, if not unusual, distinction of being branded a “Christian extremist linked daily” and purportedly…

The earth has been rumbling under the feet of Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as speculation grows that Selangor may soon be getting a woman Mentri Besar Joceline Tan, The Star THE advent of the…

By Syerleena Abdul Rashid, DAP Wanita Bukit Bendera Political Education Director Once again, another Barisan Nasional politician shows his sheer arrogance and contempt for those less fortunate.…

Commentary by The Malaysian Insider Here is a lesson from the World Cup: a coach resigns from his job when he takes responsibility for his team's poor performance or when he feels he does not…

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily In the midst of all the chaos surrounding religious controversies in this country, we have an interesting interlude. Felixia Yeap, once a beauty queen, a model…

Selena Tay, FMT Malaysia is a nation with a myriad of problems. While all countries have their own list of national woes, our government is not trying to solve ours but seem to be adding to it…

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, The Malaysian Times What is an Islamic State? I have been accused of being inconsistent on this issue. May I explain. There are many interpretations of what constitutes…

Chaos has reigned in almost all states, with re-elections ordered in problematic PKR divisions and guilty party members either sacked or suspended. Selangor accounts for more than 30% of the total…

Welcome to a land where pigs, chickens and cows are the true messengers of the human word Jasmine Wong, Free Malaysia Today George Orwell wrote the satirical, dystopian Animal Farm in 1945.…

Ng Kee Seng, The Ant Daily China is again in the international media’s focus for all the shamefully wrong reasons. Its authoritarian rule and blatant disregard for human rights and religious…

We’ve been moulding them for this for years. Why should we be surprised now? Marina Mahathir, The Star Our concern should make us look at the state of our young men today, particularly the …

Erna Mahyuni, The Malay Mail So Putrajaya recently threw a hissy fit over a survey and needed someone to pay. In this case, Professor Datuk Mohammad Redzuan Othman was allegedly asked to step…

Zubaidah Abu Bakar, The Rakyat Post VERY few politicians would want to be in Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim’s shoes right now. Once portrayed by comrades as an outstanding administrator, the …

Aidil Khalid, Malay Mail Online The Federal Court’s recent decision to dismiss the Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur’s application for leave to appeal renders the previous…

To gain more acceptance, one of the things it has to do is stop jumping every time Umno pushes the hudud button Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Free Malaysia Today PAS has always been a grossly…

To arrest the decline in Malay support, UMNO has decided that the best approach to win back the Malays, and to punish the non-Malays for not supporting it. James Chin, The Mark News As the…

Dr Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser “Who wants to be a Menteri Besar?” “I do…” says Khalid Ibrahim. His comrades in PKR think otherwise. DAP is not too hot on him either. Nor is PAS, although…