Ella (Sumber: Facebook Ella & The Boys) PINDAAN perlembagaan Umno — bersejarah atau tidak? Pergolakan MCA — mana hala tujunya? Pergolakan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) — apa nak jadi? Apakah maksud sebenar keputusan pilihanraya kecil Bagan Pinang? Kepala saya sudah mahu pecah dengan kekalutan politik sekarang. Saya mahu kembali ke zaman yang lebih aman, yang […]
Tee Keat’s art of war
By Deborah Loh“The outcome would be clear, the writing would be on the wall. If that happens, then my democratic principle is the whole lot [of us] will have to go, the entire presidential council.” “Once a simple majority is obtained, I will be left with no choice but to step down. Anyone who argues that I […]
Why PR will not take disciplinary action
By Deborah Loh(Bucket of apples by Teresa Kenney; bad apple by Artography / Dreamstime) THEY drive up temperatures within the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and invite criticisms of the fledging alliance to no end, but the likes of Datuk Dr Hasan Ali and Zulkifli Noordin are here to stay. Both men are self-styled defenders of Islam: PAS’s Hasan […]
Whistle Blower Act to curb corruption
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2009: The Whistle Blower Act will be formulated to encourage informants to expose corrupt practices and other misconduct, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Announcing the formulation of the Act when tabling the 2010 Budget in Parliament today, he said the move would provide immunity to informants from civil or […]
Council denies demolishing Hindu temple in Shah Alam
SHAH ALAM, 23 Oct 2009: The Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) today denied it had demolished a Hindu temple in Shah Alam on 21 Oct as claimed by certain quarters, saying it was merely an illegal structure erected for gambling activities that had been demolished. Its deputy mayor, Mohtar Hani, said the illegal structure located […]
A story about life’s purpose
Compiled by Nick Choo
CHORAL group The Canticle Singers presents a fresh restaging of Two From Galilee, a musical written by Robert Sterling and Karla Worley, in Kuala Lumpur from today, 23 Oct to 1 Nov 2009. Two From Galilee is the fictitious account of the Biblical characters Mary and Joseph, a young couple in love who are forced […]
Umno needs “independent monitoring”
By Shanon ShahPETALING JAYA, 23 Oct 2009: Money politics must be addressed through laws that allow independent investigations into the ethical conduct of political parties, including during party elections, said Universiti Malaya’s Prof Dr Edmund Terence Gomez. But the political analyst told The Nut Graph in a telephone interview that he didn’t think Umno would try to […]
Where are Malaysia’s leaders?
By Jacqueline Ann SurinGermans standing on top of the Berlin Wall in 1989; it would be torn down in the following days (Wiki commons) “WHAT I wonder is, where are our leaders? It seems as if there is nobody Malaysians can look up to for leadership,” the woman in the audience said. I was moderating a panel discussion […]
Making it right in the courts
By Ding Jo-AnnIS the setting of key performance indicators (KPIs) for judges just trading in justice for efficiency? In The deal about judicial KPIs, lawyers wondered whether the backlog of cases being solved through KPIs is only creating a larger problem of injustice. Chief Justice Tun Zaki Azmi, for one, believes the new system is working. At […]
Court dismisses Puchong MP’s suspension application
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Oct 2009: The High Court (Appellate and Special Powers Division) here today dismissed Puchong Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo‘s application to lift his one-year suspension order imposed by the Dewan Rakyat earlier this year. However, judge Mohd Ariff Md Yusof ruled that Gobind was entitled to his remuneration, including all […]
