A generation of renters

Pauline Wong, The Ant Daily Twenty six-year-old Ma­yanne Lee* (names have been changed) has been searching for a house for the past two years, ever since she made the decision to settle down…

Mohd Najib Kecam Blogger Upahan Umno

A Kadir Jasin PRESIDEN Umno, Mohd Najib Abdul Razak, semalam secara terbuka mendedahkan yang Umno mengupah blogger. Inilah kali pertama seorang pemimpin atasan Umno dan kerajaan membuat…

Muhyiddin tells it like it is

Joceline Tan, The Star THE selfie or, rather, wefie culture is in full bloom in Umno. The tall, dark and happening Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin was the top favourite for wefies among…

The mixed signals of the Umno Assembly

Umno must decide if it wants to play to the Malay gallery or to the non-Malay gallery as well. It cannot be all things to all people. Roslan Bistamam. Free Malaysia Today Looking at things…

The religion factor

Devi Asmarani, The Malay Mail When Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo announced just days after the new Cabinet was sworn in that people would have the option of leaving the religion column…

Absurdity at its best

Cynthia Ng, Astro Awani You know it’s the time of the year again where a big political gathering is taking place (aside from the general elections) when there is an intensified slew of…

Polemics and social anarchy

Restrictions are not meant to protect the government but to ensure everyone is not at each other’s throat.  Radzi Tajuddin WE were told that democracy is the best system in the world. I…

Setting the right example

The trouble with most politicians is that they lose the connection with the people after a while. They forget the people who put them in their positions in the first place. Wong Chun Wai, The…

Najib’s compromise

Tay Tian Yan, My Sinchew The Umno president’s opening speech in this year’s general assembly could have been one of the most important and most watched speeches ever made in this whole year.…

Beyond Brickbats and Baloney

Truthfully Yours Whilst many lambaste the government for the latest decision over the status of Sedition Act, few have stopped to question why our Prime Minister announced the rationale behind…

Najib, redeem thyself

The Umno President must address the crucial issues Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today So we’ve got a taste of what our Prime Minister has become capable of after about five years at the helm. A…

Feeling the pulse

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s presidential speech was about walking the fine line between what the Umno grassroots want and what the party leadership wants for the party to survive. Joceline…

That is not the whole story

So the deal was simple. Get 20 other MPs to cross over first and then the 10 from Sabah will also cross over. But they are not going to be the first to cross over in case Anwar fails to get…

A badly needed message of hope

Is he sensing the tilting power shift in Umno and aligning himself with Mahathir? Scott Ng, FMT Khairy has set Umno Youth on a bold new path, but we'll have to wait and see whether he'll be…

RM12.5b and counting

Citizens have been told to have confidence in the government. How can confidence ooze when with a stroke of a pen, millions of ringgit are signed away? Has all the time, effort and money from the…

A new beginning for Umno

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily Will this year's Umno general assembly be different from the past events? Could be! The undertone of the general assembly, supposed to be aggressive with…