KUALA LUMPUR: Lembah Pantai independent candidate Periasamy Nagaratnam has denied accusations that he is a proxy for Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil or that he is a supporter of the Hindu…

BN and opposition members against 'imports' running in their districtsBy Reme Ahmad, THE STRAITS TIMESMR NASHARUDIN Mat Isa was born in Negeri Sembilan, contested in Kedah in 1999,…

By Jeremy Au Yong, THE STRAITS TIMESAMID growing concern over rising prices, the ruling coalition has launched an advertising blitz to convince Malaysians that backing the Barisan Nasional (BN) is the…

Lim: Rafidah should have been disqualifiedGEORGE TOWN (Feb 25, 2008): DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today hit out at the Election Commission for allowing Kuala Kangsar incumbent Datuk Seri…

BN issues 'report card' manifesto while DAP and PAS dangle handoutsBy Carolyn Hong, THE STRAITS TIMESHOLDING hands and grinning broadly, party leaders of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition…

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (Bernama) - Following are the highlights of the Barisan Nasional's initiatives in the last four years to reduce the burden of price increases, increase disposable…

PENANG (Feb 25, 2008): The three state seats in the Bagan parliamentary constituency will be a tough challenge for the MCA but the party will remain optimistic about its chances.

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 25, 2008): The DAP election manifesto unveiled today proposes the use of half of Petronas' profits to finance a RM35 billion fiscal stimulus plan to enhance living…

KANGAR: Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim says he enjoys statewide support despite reports that only several hundred supporters accompanied him to the nomination centre on Sunday.

ANALYSIS BY BARADAN KUPPUSAMYAnwar Ibrahim changed his image from a Muslim youth leader to a Malay nationalist. Now, he has reinvented himself again by projecting himself as a populist leader…

IPOH: Just a day after nominations, more accusations are being hurled within the Perak DAP, involving incumbent Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan.

KAMAL AMIR MENULISKIRIMAN sms dari seorang mantan menteri kabinet sebelum Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkuasa menyatakan "Profesor Osman Ishak seorang cendekiawan dalam bidang agama…

Imran Imtiaz Shah YacobMukhriz Mahahthir anak kelima kepada mantan Perdana Menteri , YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad dan isteri YABhg Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Haji Mohamad Ali akan bertanding di kawasan…

KeADILan membantah sekeras-kerasnya usaha sesetengah pemimpin dan calon dari BN yang hendak membeli calon-calon KeADILan serta parti-parti pembangkang yang lain, supaya mereka menarik diri dari…

(The Sun) - The Election Commission (EC) has decided that all candidates who submitted their nomination forms without the accompanying statutory declaration being stamped are qualified to stand as…

Practically the whole country is focused on the coming general election due to be held on 8 March 2008. But while we look the other way, distracted by the intense election campaigning, some parties…

The nomination are as expected. Even though Barisan Nasional (BN) won uncontested in some constituencies, but most of the constituencies are still in one-to-one contests. According historical…

TRENGGANU : Campaigning in Trengganu in the run-up to the Malaysian general elections is expected to be intense.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - AP: Malaysia's governing coalition unleashed a media blitz Monday to counter public complaints over escalating prices that could undercut its support in March 8…

KOTA BARU – Reuters: MALAYSIA'S election is turning into a battle for the religious high ground among majority Muslims, with the prime minister's party offering to build or…

In November last year, I wrote to Big Ears to request a dialogue with Penangites who had attended our Bangsa Malaysia Pulau Pinang and who wanted to meet up with him to share their concerns. I sent a…

Let me make one correction and say that it is not a team of lawyers that is making this offer but a group of concerned citizens who are determined to protect our electoral process.

The BARISAN RAKYAT posters in A2 size are being printed even as you read this. We shall make an announcement once they are ready, which should be later this week, and tell you who you can contact and…

Yesterday, PASOK, one of the six political parties which endorsed THE PEOPLE'S VOICE and THE PEOPLE'S DECLARATION, was barred from filing their nomination papers under their own…

Nomination Day in Malaysia yesterday lived up to its usual lively traditions, and not without drama in places as far afield as Penang and Johor.

SIGNS in this Malaysian general election point to a worrying trend for ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) - a stronger, more united opposition.

Keadilan plans by-election once ex-Deputy PM is eligible to run for politicsIF the show of support yesterday was anything to go by, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is going to breeze through her defence of her…

Sipping a kopi tarik at a coffeeshop along Jalan Air Molek yesterday morning, Johor butcher Roslan Adan made an interesting observation about the100-strong crowd of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)…

HE IS known as the Barisan Nasional man who broke Parti Agama Islam SeMalaysia's (PAS) 14-year dominance in the Kelantan constituency of Bachok when he won the parliamentary seat there in 2004.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 25, 2008): The battle for Kuala Lumpur is an enthralling one due to an assortment of electorates that represents every strata of society from the well-read to the uneducated,…

Campaigning for Malaysia's March 8 election began yesterday, with the long-ruling National Front coalition government nominating many old-guard politicians as leading candidates, dashing…

It was the year after General Election 2004. Bayan Baru traffic was at a crawl from the building works of the tall bypass. But one thing that caught many’s attention was a project for a bridge…

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Before the official elections campaign, there was fighting among some candidates. Now, some are out and retired whilst some are newly-elected. Some left happily whilst some left unwillingly.…

Dr M not campaigningJERLUN: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will not be going around the country campaigning for the Barisan Nasional as he did last year.

We must work to make sure Malaysia becomes a true liberal democracy. The Executives must be bound by the Constitution, and they must not be given a freehand to amend the Constitution wily nilly. That…

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Campaigning in full swing as candidates file nomination papersBy Carolyn Hong, Malaysia Bureau Chief, THE STRAITS TIMES

Ministers warned as PM is criticised for fielding unpopular senior figuresBy Chow Kum Hor, THE STRAITS TIMESPRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi has told his Cabinet ministers not to assume their jobs will…

By Leslie Lopez, South-east Asia Correspondent, THE STRAITS TIMESTHE hump of Nomination Day over yesterday, the mammoth Barisan Nasional (BN) ruling vehicle is vulnerable on several fronts in the days…