There are Malaysians who will become important opinion-makers in the country as it goes down the road not travelled before. Not all of them are in the Cabinet, or even politicians. The Malaysian…

AN ATTEMPT to stage a protest in Penang against the state government's plans to scrap an affirmative action programme failed yesterday, a day after police warned that demonstrators could be…

Veteran MP may join PKR after failing to get federal positionBy Leslie Lopez, THE STRAITS TIMESMALAYSIA'S political uncertainty deepened yesterday following unconfirmed reports that a Barisan…

COMMENTBy WONG CHUN WAI The euphoria of a triumphant win in Penang is fizzling out and the daunting task of running the state is setting in. For Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, one thing is certain…

UMNO is planning to send out 'intelligence teams' out to check claims that some Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs are defecting to the opposition, which could further weaken the ruling…

At one time, the Malaysian press was well-respected in Malaysia. They earned that respect with hard work, honesty, and by reporting on important stories. Unfortunately, the MSM has abandoned all of…

By Jeremy Au Yong, THE STRAITS TIMESMALAY economic privileges have become a hotly debated issue in the aftermath of the general election following the opposition's declaration of its intention to…

By Baradan KuppusamyKUALA LUMPUR, Mar 20 (IPS) - His political career seriously threatened by the outcome of this month's general elections, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi seems ready to…

Veteran politician's plan to seek Umno presidency adds to Abdullah's troublesThe Kelantan prince's challenge adds to the troubled fronts the PM faces as he struggles to maintain…

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Adalah diumumkan bahawa kami Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Kit Siang dan Ustaz Abdul Hadi Awang pagi pihak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan), Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP) dan Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS)…

"Buat besar lagi. Buat hari-hari. Lagi besar dan lagi kerap kamu buat, lagi benci rakyat kepada kamu. Senang sikit kerja kami. Tak perlu nak susah-susah ceramah sana-sini beritahu kepada rakyat…

By IAN MCINTYRE GUA MUSANG: The proposed extra-ordinary general meeting (EGM) for Umno is not a platform to seek positions but to discuss the party’s setback in the general election, Tengku…

PUTRAJAYA: Umno veteran leader Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. who has offered himself to contest the party’s top post. has been advised not to “create trouble” in the party.

(KLpos) DALAM satu langkah drastik yang realistik, Barisan Rakyat yang diterajui oleh PKR, PAS dan DAP di lima negeri termasuk Kelantan akan memulakan langkah menerbitkan akhbar mereka sendiri.…

(Harakah) - Perdana Menteri yang dituntut berundur, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dikatakan sangat kecewa dengan keputusan Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz yang enggan meletakkan jawatan sebagai Ketua…

By LOONG MENG YEE PETALING JAYA: There will be no Deputy Selangor Mentri Besar post under a revised executive council (exco) distribution formula that will see DAP’s allocation reduced from four…

By DHARMENDER SINGH SHAH ALAM: The list of Selangor state executive councillors has been finalised and the swearing-in ceremony will be held on Monday morning.

PETALING JAYA: The decision of any politician who crosses over to the other side cannot be accepted at all and is disgraceful.

PUTRAJAYA: The compulsory asset declaration by all ministers and deputy ministers and their spouses plus immediate family members will be available online for public viewing.

by Pauline WongPETALING JAYA (March 21, 2008): Transparency International Malaysian Chapter (TI-M) has called for an independent monitoring machinery to be set up to curb corruption and also to keep…

by Terence Fernandez PETALING JAYA (March 21,2008): The horse-trading and apparent bickering among the political parties who will make up the new Selangor government are cause for concern for the…

A few years ago, I wrote an article entitled “The Fate of MCA Lies On Its Structure”. It was written in May, 2003 when Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting and Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy were the…

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- Newly-appointed state Umno chief and state Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib has set the target of winning back Selangor from the…

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- Serian Member of Parliament Richard Riot is still with the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) despite intense speculation that he has left the party due to…

Kota Kinabalu: CM Datuk Seri Musa is confident that none of the Sabah Members of Parliament (MPs) will want to defect to the opposition.

IPOH, March 20 (Bernama) -- The Regent of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, Thursday advised the country's leaders to refer to the records of world history to learn from the causes of the fall of many…

PUTRAJAYA, Thurs: Umno will deploy spies to verify the opposition’s claims that it is persuading Barisan Nasional MPs to desert the ruling coalition. Newly-appointed party secretary-general…

The Hikayat of Abdullah was unique for its pointedly frank observations about all that was wrong with the world he lived in then, though perhaps one of the most interesting and touching episodes in…

Dear All,First of all, I would like to congratulate Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi on his re-appointment as Prime Minister along with formation of his new cabinet.

On Tuesday 30 January 2007,I, previously blogging just as zorro, unmasked myself to seek credibility for what I had set out to do. I said in my maiden posting:

(KLpos) Adun Seri Setia, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad dilantik menjadi Setiausaha politik kepada Menteri Besar Selangor iaitu YAB Tan Sri Dato' Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

The abandonment of MIC by Malaysian Indians is surely a reflection that MIC has failed itself significantly in representing the very people it serves.

Kabinet Kerajaan Tiga Beranak sudah pun di umumkan dan di antara yang masuk dan yang keluar menyertai Pasukan Kabinet “Saya Perdana Menteri” yang selalu tidur Abdullah Hj Ahmad, yang…

Farouk A. Peruwww.peru.name Many of the political conflicts in our country can be avoided if we regarded each other as fellow Malaysians, plain and simple.

When a population is divided by obstacles, prejudice, fear and suspicion, economic interaction is weakened. Instead of one huge whirlpool of economic activity, all domestic economic activity becomes…

The prime minister fights for survivalBut it scraped barely half of the vote at national level and, most importantly, lost the two-thirds parliamentary majority it had held since 1974, which had…

(THE STAR) - MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has always had a say in the appointment of candidates for the general election and executive councillor positions from his party.

By Little BirdYes it's not a sin and we cannot hold it against anyone either, except maybe the Prime Minister of MY country. I don’t care what anyone says but this is where I live.

What a solid day of news the past 72 hours. Suspense, drama and excitement were all present. A few days earlier, I received a SMS advising me to stop buying papers and listen to Government TV.