by Martin Jalleh
Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar believes it is his prerogative and position to preach to the Catholic community in Bolehland on what they should and should not believe in.
“Religion and politics should not mix”– he pontificates. This is ludicrous especially coming from a Minister whose political party’s interpretation of its own […]
Both the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Gerakan acting President Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon were greatly embarrassed yesterday when they were asked questions about the call by the Gerakan Wanita chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe that Gerakan quit the Barisan Nasional.
Speaking at the Perak Gerakan annual delegates […]
Star Online
Blackout in Sarawak
By STEPHEN THEN
MIRI: A state-wide power cut in Sarawak on Saturday evening saw the blackout affect more than two million people over a distance of 1,000km from Kuching to Miri.
Cities and towns in the state were plunged into total darkness causing massive chaos as everybody was caught by surprise.
The power failure started […]
Letters
by cat
A Background Introduction
Entering the Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur is still the prized aspiration of many doctor-wannabes. The medical degree conferred by UM is the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) which is the title awarded by universities in the United Kingdom and Australia. Other local public universities like University Kebangsaan […]
Just came from the investiture ceremony at Dewan Sri Pinang by the Penang Governor Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas on his 70th birthday celebrations.
This was the first investiture ceremony that I had attended.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) President Datin Seri Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail has become a “Datuk Seri” – as she has […]
By Farish A. Noor
Modern nation-states are, for all intents and purposes, artificial entities that are the product of consensus and rational agency. Practically every modern nation-state in the world today traces its history to some founding moment and a founding document that lays down the terms of the social contract that brought together a disparate […]
Blast from the Past
This is a statement I issued on 12th June 2001 calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Judicial Independence which would also investigate into Justice Muhammad’s shocking expose of telephone directive from a judicial superior to strike out the Likas election petitions without a hearing as well as similar directives […]
Ipoh, Perak
Venue : Perak Office of Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
at Federal Building (opposite Dewan Bandaraya Ipoh ), Green Town, Ipoh
Date : Thursday, 5th June 2008
Time : 11am
Kuala Lumpur
Venue : Jalan Pasar, Pudu (indirectly opposite RHB and Am Bank)
Date : Thursday, 5th June 2008
Time : 11.30am
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Fuel hike: 78 sen more to RM2.70 per litre
Malaysiakini
Jun 4, 08 4:55pm
The government has just announced that petrol price will go up by 78 sen at midnight - a 40.6 percent jump from RM1.92 per litre to RM2.70.
The price of diesel will go up RM1, or 63.3 percent - from RM1.58 per litre to RM2.58.
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I am intrigued by the following article by Azmi Anshar in NST Online and thought that I would share it with you all:
DEWAN DISPATCHES: Parliament’s great white shark
For as long as the political savvy can remember, Lim Kit Siang has been an authoritative presence in the Dewan Rakyat, an orator of sublime presentation on compelling […]
by Bakri Musa
I am saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rustam Sani. In Rustam we had a true patriot, one whose love for the country is pure. It is so because it came from the head as well as the heart. It is patriotism unadulterated by the pursuit of […]
by Martin Jalleh
The Umno-BN hegemony has come to a sudden halt. The 50-year old political juggernaut has been severely jolted. Its formidable force fragmented. A mean machine has been reduced to a mouse.
The coalition that had used its brute majority to bully and bulldoze its way and will in Parliament, blinked when the Opposition breached […]
Letters
by Dr. LMK
I am an eye specialist (ophthalmologist) currently practising in UK, I
cannot come home because of my specialist degree.
“FRCS(Glasgow) in Ophthalmology” (hereinafter refer as FRCS) is a
specialist degree recognised by the whole world, the eye specialist
must go through a proper training and exam in order to get this
degree. Many eye specialists in many […]
BY Dr Chen Man Hin (DAP Life Advisor)
IDENTITY CRISIS
It was clear that during the 50th Merdeka celebrations there was uncertainty and frustration among the people because they were unsure of their identity. Some were bumiputras, while others were non-bumiputras, Some were called ketuanan Melayu but others were not. They thought they were Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian), […]
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