Archive for March, 2013

Past midnight, NS will have a caretaker government

by Tommy Thomas In our federal system of government, the general election has to be held every five years …

Court of Appeal orders Syabas to pay Tony Pua RM200,000

PUTRAJAYA, 27 March: The Court of Appeal here today overturned the 2012 decision of the Kuala Lumpur High Court, …

Gerakan is Perkasa, Perkasa is Gerakan

GEORGE TOWN, 25 MAC: Barisan Nasional Penang State Chairperson, Teng Chang Yeow has finally shown his true colours and …

Recalculating our debts to one another

by Steven Sim Recently, I read a book by David Graeber entitled “Debt”. At the beginning of the book, …

Momentous DAP anniversary bash held in UMNO’s cradle state

JOHOR BAHRU, 20 March — The struggle lives on — 47 years and counting. For the Democratic Action Party …

Khalid gets apology, forgoes damages

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 March: Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has won a defamation suit against former Malaysia Anti-Corruption …

60,000 dubious voters in Sabah

Thus far, the proceedings of the Sabah RCI has unveiled shocking evidence of a systematic effort by the National …

Penang files application in its fight for local democracy

PUTRAJAYA, 11 March — The Penang state government filed an application to the Federal Court on 11 March in …

Pamper the kingmakers?

by Lim Mun Fah and translated by Dominic Loh Reasonable increments have never become an issue at all. While …

Does the Sulu Sabah claim hold water?

by Azira Aziz I’m going to set the record straight on the following issues regarding Sultan Kiram (and the …