Perak Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said he will not bring in issues like Islamic state and the implementation of hudud due to different racial and social structures in Perak.

Why is Sarawak still 30 years behind Malaya? When Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore joined Malaya to form Malaysia in 1963, it was unfortunate that Sarawak's leaders then did not have the foresight…

By V.P. SUJATA (STAR) PUTRAJAYA: The detention of the five Hindraf leaders under the Internal Security Act will be reviewed as there is provision for it, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid…

(The Malaysian Insider) KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on the government for the first time to bring in foreign agencies to “clear its…

Okay, we will give you some breathing space. We will give you your 100 days. But come 19 June 2008 we are going to do your 100-day report card. And if you have nothing to show for those 100 days we…

Kong See Hoh (The Sun) PETALING JAYA (March 27, 2008): A case of too many too soon? According to a report in China Press today, Selangor Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is "troubled" by the big…

(The Malaysian Insider) KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 – With party elections in December, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has bought himself more than 6 months to show Malaysians and Umno members…

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad(The Sun) PETALING JAYA (March 27, 2008): A Concerned Malaysian has expressed his worry over the role being played by Sultans in the appointment of the Mentri Besar.

Kemenangan dalam pilihan raya menerusi sistem demokrasi di Malaysia, bukannya kemenangan mutlak. Iaa adalah relatif buat seketika untuk tempoh dalam lingkungan lima tahun. Dato' Dr Haron Din,…

(Harakah) - Perdana Menteri, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad badawi sedia menerima cabaran Ahli Parlimen Gua Musang, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah bagi jawatan Presiden Umno dalam pemilihan parti itu…

MAJLIS Tertinggi Umno yang bersidang semalam memutuskan yang pilihan raya parti peringkat pusat akan diadakan pada perhimpunan agung tahunan antara 19 dan 20 Disember ini.

Siapakah 'natang' (binatang) yang dimaksudkan Umno 'Team' Idris? Dato' Ahmad Said atau pihak yang melantik Ahmad Said sebagai MB Terengganu? Tangan Umno mencincang, bahu…

(Harakah) - Walaupun Perdana Menteri yang dituntut berundur, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menyatakan tindakan beliau menerima Adun Kijal, Datuk Ahmad Said sebagai Menteri Besar Terengganu…

(Harakah) - Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat, Mahfuz Omar berkata, PAS menyokong penuh hasrat Ketua Umum Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan), Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan lima negeri kerajaan baru yang…

TERSINGKIR KERANA FITNAHEkoran dari cabarannya terhadap Presiden Umno pada tahun 1987, Tengku Razaleigh dituduh dalam skandal tersebut. Malahan media massa di dalam mahupun luar negeri mula…

(Harakah) - Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi tidak sepatutnya menjadi Perdana Menteri kerana beliau telah mengarahkan satu 'perang terbuka' ke atas Sultan Terengganu yang juga Yang…

Over the years, Gerakan has tried to change or reform the Barisan “from within” - or so it likes to claim. Clearly, it has failed. Did the BN instead end up changing Gerakan? The question…

(STAR) PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Artistes' Association (Karyawan) fears for the local arts and entertainment industry following the formation of new governments in five opposition-led states.…

KUALA TERENGGANU, March 27 Bernama) -- Terengganu police are investigating four of 26 reports relating to the appointment of the Menteri Besar in the state that were lodged since March 18 until…

(NST) GEORGE TOWN: Umno should initiate drastic changes to ensure it continues to remain relevant to the people, a veteran party leader said.

By Suganthi Suparmaniam (NST) KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu wants him back. Datuk S. Subramaniam wants to go back. But their supporters don't want the two men to make up.

By : B. Suresh Ram, Arman Ahmad and Jennifer Gomez (NST) KUALA LUMPUR: The Umno supreme council has endorsed Datuk Ahmad Said as menteri besar of Terengganu, ending two weeks of dispute over the…

(STAR) PUTRAJAYA: Officers working with Islamic agencies must support government policies or quit their jobs.

By Carolyn Hong, THE STRAITS TIMES A THIRD deputy minister has resigned from the government, in yet another blow to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, who is increasingly struggling…

(STAR) KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he is ready to face any challenge for the top post in the party elections in December.

By Chow Kum Hor, THE STRAITS TIMES THE palace stared down the Prime Minister and won.

PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday for the first time referred directly to the issue of rivals seeking to topple him, making it clear he will not quit to make way for anyone.

THE opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) may table a motion of no confidence against the Prime Minister when Parliament is convened on April 29, according to a senior PAS leader.

Defamation ruling a political move to stifle dissenting voices, they claimThe High Court in Kedah ruled on Wednesday that Raja Petra must pay RM4 million (S$1.8 million) for publishing the defamatory…

Raja Petra started the Malaysia Today website and his blog more than three years ago to facilitate open discussion on Malaysia's political and social scenes.THE STRAITS TIMES

JKP akan diserap di bawah agensi Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan manakala JKKK akan diletakkan di bawah Kementerian Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah.

It is sad that Jules Ong has not really understood my position on ‘justice and ‘equality’ in Malaysia. For almost 40 years now, I have argued in my writings and speeches that the…

By James Chin @ The EdgeMuch has been written about the "political tsunami" that engulfed Peninsular Malaysia in the March 8 general election. Apparently, it did not hit the East…

Datuk Bandar wants to hike the entrance fees of Titiwangsa gym which is poorly maintained. Equipments are rusty and worn out. Memorandum to Datuk Bandar was handed over at about 12.30pm at the Raja…

As someone who has had an association with Monash University, I feel compelled to respond to the ‘Open letter to Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim’, and I write entirely of my own volition.

(TheStar) PETALING JAYA: Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh has asked former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad whether he would be prepared to tender an unqualified and unconditional apology to former…

By TAY TIAN YANThe people now can understand that the Malay rulers are indeed having a major power in a constitutional monarchy country like Malaysia. It is actually incorrect to the general…

(NST) KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs: The Umno supreme council meeting that ended at 7.30pm has agreed to endorse Datuk Ahmad Said's palace appointment as Terengganu Mentri Besar, ending the crisis which…

KOTA KINABALU, March 27 (Bernama) -- Sabah Umno secretary Datuk Masidi Manjun said today he felt that Sabah deserved better representation in the federal cabinet.

(The Sun) KUALA LUMPUR (MARCH 27, 2008): The Transport Ministry can study any proposal by the Selangor government on the Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) but the scope and jurisdiction of the…