Oh, and by the way, the Thai military is going to meet the Thai King to get His Majesty’s ‘endorsement’, so we are told. Malaysia’s military need not do that because the Agong is the…

(The Star) - “Construction players aren’t exactly lining up to accept government jobs. The cost of construction is getting higher and margins are increasingly becoming squeezed." At least six…

YAP TZU GING AND MELISSA CHI, Malay Mail Online Umno’s association with Perkasa could damage the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition's effort to reclaim the middle ground, analysts said in the wake…

Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily DURING THE ELECTORAL campaign, some have gone a little too far as to compare the sexual inclinations of candidates. I would suggest these people to take a look…

FMT LETTER: From KS Lee, via e-mail The recent fracas at the Penang state assembly was triggered by the ‘Umno is Celaka’ remark by Sri Delima (DAP) assemblyman RSN Rayer. The Umno Youths, 10  …

FMT LETTER: From Soraya Nur, via e-mail My dear late father used to jokingly call a friend of his an eel. This particular friend of his was a Muslim Chinese and a very successful businessman.…

Azly Rahman This is serious, if you ask me about the latest events concerning Umno and DAP: those revolving around name-calling, storming of the Penang state legislature and the latest, on…

The troubled PKR election has been very embarrassing for the party but the outcome suggests that it is getting ready for a post-Anwar Ibrahim era. Joceline Tan, The Star THE rival camps in…

Zubaidah Abu Bakar, The Rakyat Post WHILE DAP winning Bukit Gelugor is all but certain, the most pertinent issue for the ruling Barisan Nasional is the electorate’s voting pattern.…

Henry Loh,  Aliran I believe that many would have heaved a sigh of relief when Pas announced its decision to “postpone the tabling of a private member’s bill in the Dewan Rakyat over the…

Bob Teoh, Sinchew Daily One Malay word has set the country on a collision course. The word, celaka, was uttered by a DAP lawmaker in the Penang State Assembly which immediately attracted an…

Many feel Ramkarpal will win hands down but will he be able to equate or better his late father's majority in the Bukit Gelugor by-election? Athi Shankar, Free Malaysia Today Following a…

SUARAM’S MALAYSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2013: REPORT CARD OF A RECALCITRANT GOVERNMENT By Dr Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser In 1998, SUARAM coordinated and published the first ever Malaysian…

Now, if I wanted to bring down Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak I would do exactly what they did to Tunku Abdul Rahman almost 50 years ago. And what I see in Malaysia today is a repeat of what I saw…

DAP must not be over-confident that the Chinese will overwhelmingly support them Selena Tay, Free Malaysia Today It is still too difficult to predict who will win the Teluk Intan…

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…