K.C. Tan, The Malay Mail It appears that a blind person with a guide dog cannot use public transportation. Worse, in an exercise by Malay Mail to test public response to man and guide…

Mohsin Abdullah, Fz.com THEY have done it before. This Umno show of so-called anger. Remember the storming of APCET II? And the threat to burn down the Chinese assembly hall in the federal…

Tamanna Patel,Fz.com WHILE the Malaysian school system is going through an evolution towards a system which, one can only hope, will provide a better learning platform for the nation’s…

V Shuman, The Ant Daily Barely a day into the arrival of the two "expensive" giant pandas from China, tongues have already started wagging, at least in Twittersphere. Minister of Youth and…

Kee Thuan Chye Without considering the ethnicity of the candidate, whom would you rather have represent you in Parliament – an intelligent, energetic, winsome 27-year-old woman with a…

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily Penang Umno Youth and the gang intruded into the state legislative assembly, acting wild and raucous, except that they did not make further advances to "occupy" the…

So you see, Dato’ Sri, we need to be very careful with what we say because, as the English would say, “Loose lips sink ships.” And if Umno sinks it will be because of that, the loose lips of your…

Azly Rahman We must congratulate anyone who suggests that Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) be open to non-Bumiputeras; a good suggestion indeed and UiTM students and alumni should in fact be…

Economics benefits students as it requires critical thinking. In making economics policies, we are not just thinking about getting high revenues or high GDPs. It is more than that. Social benefits…

Yes, as Ani Arope alleges, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was very much behind the push to create these IPPs and privatise the generation of power. But then Anwar Ibrahim and Samy Vellu,…

Tunku Munawirah Putra, Fz.com LET’S call a spade a spade. Our education system has failed. Yes, we need a drastic change to rectify its weaknesses, and yes, we and many others agree with former…

With an ideologically distinct and streamlined coalition behind him, Jokowi would be well-served embracing his pluralist and reformist credentials and turning his attention from internal battles…

Tricia Yeoh, The Sun Daily THE Sarawak state assembly recently passed a resolution calling for an increase from 5% to 20% of its oil royalty entitlement, along with seeking more developmental…

What the voters should focus on is just one thing. The candidates represent their coalition. In fact, they do not even represent their individual parties, Gerakan or DAP. They represent Barisan…

Malaysian Business If Kelantan is an absolute monarchy and rich in petroleum, there is still no guarantee that it would enforce hudud, the Syariah penal code. Until a few months ago, very…

No presidential speechwriter ever wrote a speech for his boss totally on his own. Marina Mahathir, The Star THE other day I gave a speech in front of a bunch of women who both learn and…

We cannot on the one hand ask the Malays to break free and on the other hand shackle Malays under religion. We have to decide whether Malays should break free totally or not bother at all. And to…

Voters may just opt for a fresh face compared to BN's veteran Gerakan candidate K Pragalath, Free Malaysia Today While Umno is trying its level best to retain its Malay support, the DAP has…

Salleh Said Keruak Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) should remain a Malay-only institution, said its pro-chancellor, Tan Sri Dr Abdul Rahman Arshad. Tan Sri Dr Rahman was responding to a…

That is why I say Najib should summon Ahmad Maslan for an audience and scold him good and proper and after that replace him with a new information chief. And if Najib cannot use words like…

Dr. Lim Teck Ghee, CPI 45 years after the New Economic Policy was introduced, the harvest of the NEP is being reaped. The NEP was supposed to have a 20 year time span and to end in 1990. That…

Today we still hear politician say “Vote for me and I’ll do this for you”. Malaysians, don’t we think it’s an outdated phrase? Gloria Teo Ching-wenn We have been hearing this for decades and…

Court of Appeal’s decision is now under appeal to the Federal Court and therefore the cases ought to be postponed even though there was no stay of the Court of Appeal’s decision. Lawyers for…

DAP's candidate for the Teluk Intan by-election Dyana Sofya, is sticking with her party's stance, in that they're not against hudud, just its implementation in multicultural Malaysia.…

Leaders come in all ages, colours, shapes, sizes and ideologies, but the criteria of a good leader always remain the same. That’s all that counts. Zaid Ibrahim The all-embracing and…

When Malays do not pray or fast, party all night long, drink, gamble, take bribes, give bribes, abuse their power, cheat in business, chase wealth, flaunt their wealth, do not pay their debts and…

It seems Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud’s mother, Yammy Samad, is now under attack for supporting her daughter who is contesting the Teluk Intan by-election on a DAP ticket. It seems, also, that Yammy is…

A Kadir Jasin, Malay Mail Online Although I am 9989.2 km away from home on my annual extraterritorial grandfather duty and will be missing the Bukit Gelugor and Telok Intan parliamentary…

The PKR polls show why it is still not fit to govern a country. Narinder Singh, Free Malaysia Today The PKR polls are a total disaster. We now know why the party’s banner of freedom and…

All matters relating to criminal law and procedure is vested in the federal government. This includes the creation of criminal offences.  Gurdial Singh Nijar , The Sun THE power to make laws…