Sidi Munan, The Borneo Post THIS news about the small percentage of school teachers from Sarawak – allegedly only 50 out of the 500 earmarked to teach in the state this year – has become a…

Hafidz Baharom, Astro Awani Last week, the murderers of Altantuya Sharibuugiin @ Sharibuu, both Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar, were finally sentenced to death for their crime by the Federal…

Last year had more downs than ups for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Will the new year set him free or will it spell the end of his political career? Joceline Tan, The Star MANY people had…

A 139-year old letter cannot express better the predicament that we are in, writes Choo Sing Chye. Aliran Umno’s convention in November 2014 gave us a brief interlude, a small window to peek…

Will the Federal Court pass the sword back to the Syariah Court to chop up the children's hearts? Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today It is never easy when a relationship falls apart. But when…

He's using Sarawak Report to demand 1MDB's transparency, but what about his transparency on scandals during his time in office? Iskandar Mohamad. Free Malaysia Today Clearly, Dr Mahathir…

Salleh Said Keruak The government has been urged to monitor and tighten up the existing regulations of the independent and private schools in this country, particularly those suspected of…

Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid, The Star EVERY so often there is concern about the level of commitment to Asean among its members states. Even with Malaysia, which is taking some very active steps…

Cecilia Kok, The Star WHAT a difference three months make. When Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tabled Malaysia’s Budget 2015 last Oct 10, global crude oil prices were still…

He noted that they started to attack Daim a couple of months ago and about a month ago the attacks spread to Mahathir. “They were too systematic to be the work of individual reporters and editors…

Freedoms, liberties and absence of restrictions should apply equally to all ethnic groups in the county. From: Tariq Ismail and Amir Isa of Aura Merdeka via e-mail We refer to the statement…

Will the attempts to topple the problematic Dong Zong chairman Yap Sin Tian resolve the crisis that has paralysed the Chinese education group or will it take the fight to a whole new level?…

There are gatherings in the compound of the MIC headquarters with leaders accosted as they emerge from meetings; police reports being lodged  by parties on different sides of the divide within the…

SeaDemon Says “Loose Talk Could Sink This Ship” “The Walls Have Ears” The above are among reminders you would normally see then in a military establishment. Whether or not these reminders…

KTemoc Konsiders Tun Daim Zainuddin has revealed he knows those behind a sudden spotlight on his business empire as Malaysia's anti-graft officials investigate the former finance minister's…

What Charlie Hebdo does is not journalism, it is sophomoric jokes and thinly disguised propaganda. Hebdo 's general tone and themes place it completely outside the mythic tableau of heroic defender…

"Don't make us so wretched and so embarrassing a people, so far from the actual, beautiful teachings of Islam, that when non-Muslims see us they say, 'Why would I want anything to do with Islam?'"…

Charles Hector Well, Malaysia has now outsourced the work of the annual permit renewal to ONE private company, MyEG Services Bhd, as of 5th January 2015. All these renewals will now have to be…

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges but right now at our public varsities, they are just Umno-linked political operators. K Kabilan, The Ant Daily It is…

For misfits in the modern world, bullets and bombs are more empowering than ballots. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today Exactly on cue, the Paris incident has opened the door to all kinds of…

Hwok-Aun Lee, University of Malaya, East Asia Forum Malaysia’s government-linked companies (GLCs) are, relatively speaking, among the most extensive and powerful in the world in terms of…

Azrulnizam Aziz, TMI Ancaman Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (Jawi) terhadap gadis muda yang terlibat dalam insiden berpelukan bersama artis Korea tempoh hari membawa mesej jelas,…

Umar Mukhtar So Eric Paulsen may be charged under the Sedition Act. What a pity, for he presumably meant well for the sake of racial harmony in Malaysia. But in spite of his big title of a…

The Huffington Post UK The Prophet Mohammed, with a tear in his eye, is on the front cover of the first Charlie Hebdo edition published since Islamic extremists killed 12 people at the…

We must look at the Charlie Hebdo incident as of two seemingly interconnected but in reality separate issues. KTemoc Konsiders Precisely because of this, I have to call what happened in…

So long as the ego comes in and distinction is pronounced, the battle begins. All those who are not with us are against us. Economic Policy Are we now fighting extremism or militancy? I…

The PAS news organ is struggling with a string of issues – plunging circulation, an ailing chief editor fighting to keep his job and claims that the ‘geng ulama’ wants to control the paper ahead…

Khalid gets even more worked up than the Home Minister on petty issues like insults and postings on Twitter and Facebook. He has made sure that social media users and other individuals are charged…

Salleh Said Keruak The year literally started with a bang when Paris saw once of its worst acts of terrorism in recent years. This was followed on Sunday by a massive 1.5 million people march…

This was not some empty room, a quiet park where you were doing something hidden. You were in front of your friends, maybe even your parents, and you did not, as some try to make out, shame your…