Perutusan Anwar Ibrahim sempena Hari Merdeka

31hb. Ogos 2009 Perutusan Anwar Ibrahim sempena 31hb Ogos, 2009: Semangat Kemerdekaan Menyanggah Perhambaan dan Membina Keyakinan Baru Apabila mendekati tarikh 31hb Ogos, ingatan kita akan mengimbas kembali rentetan peristiwa dan perjuangan rakyat yang berkemuncak dengan Kemerdekaan. Tarikh tersebut terungkap sebagai tarikh keramat, menjanjikan kebebasan daripada cengkaman penjajah dan menyelamatkan martabat hidup rakyat. Persoalan yang [...]

The Malays of Tomorrow

August 31, 2009 Malays speaking without fear by Nurul Izzah Anwar I can’t say that I know Datuk Zaid Ibrahim very well. Our past encounters have been limited to a fleeting hello in front of the steps of my alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in 2006, another chat during [...]

Bakri Musa on Permatang Pasir By-Election(August 25, 2009)

August 31, 2009 Voters Drawing the Line by Dr.M. Bakri Musa Morgan-Hill, California In the heyday of UMNO the joke was that the party could field a dog as an election candidate and it would still win. The party leaders must still harbor that delusion for in the recent Permatang Pasir state by-election (August 25, [...]

BN is its own worst enemy

posted by din merican–August 31, 2009 August 30, 2009 Malaysiakini.com BN’s nemesis is BN itself by Athi Shankar Leadership crisis in component parties and other related problems were the main reasons behind Barisan Nasional’s consistent defeats in by-elections over the past year, said an academician.  Social scientist Dr Sivamurugan Pandian said his study showed that [...]

On the eve of Merdeka Day: Hot on 1Malaysia?

August 30, 2009 1Malaysia in Music: A Malaysian Identity or just strategic branding? By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal There are several ways of appreciating music, appreciating a song. Songs are like stories or Shakespearean quotes; they can be seen and analysed in a multitude of ways, and there is no limit to what a song can [...]

Ted Kennedy Jr’s Eulogy

August 30, 2009 A Faithful Son’s Poignant Tribute to his Dad, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy Senator Edward Moore Kennedy was laid to rest on August 29, 2009 at Arlington National Cemetery , across the Potomac River from Washington D.C., 100 yards away from the grave  of his brother, Senator Robert Francis Kennedy who was, in [...]

Merdeka?

August 29, 2009 MERDEKA? by Art Harun  (http://art-harun.blogspot.com/) Amidst all the flags, the procession, the RM100 million celebration, the shouts and screams of “Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka”, perhaps we should just look back  at what our Father of Independence, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj said in his speech preceding the reading of the Merdeka [...]

UMNO Mongrels at work

August 29, 2009 UMNO reaps what it sowed by Muaz Omar* Just days before the nation celebrates its 52nd Independence Day, the action by some mongrels who stamped and spat on a severed head of a cow in front of the Selangor State Secretariat building to protest against the planned relocation of a Hindu temple [...]

Cow Head Protestors, who are they?

August 29, 2009 Who are these Cow Head Protestors? The police inaction and the possibility that some of the cow-head protesters are not from near the disputed Hindu temple site in Shah Alam has Selangor buzzing about the real motives of the racially-provocative demonstration. Pakatan Rakyat politicians claimed that most of the protesters are not [...]

From the PEOPLE for this weekend

posted by din merican–August 29, 2009 Malaysiakini.com August 28, 2009 “Another decision I think many Malaysians find hard to comprehend. A minister reporting to another minister. Really Malaysia Boleh!” Mas CEO made 2nd KPI minister TP Wan: Idris Jala’s promotion to a Minister position is a classic case of promoting upstairs to a “useless job”. [...]

Talking about a country with good judgment

posted by din merican–August 29, 2009 Singapore: A Model of Judgment for the United States? Tom Davenport* Harvard Business Friday, August 21, 2009 We often talk about judgment with regard to individuals, but organizations and countries can have good and bad judgment as well. I was recently in Singapore for a SAS customer event. Every [...]

Idris Jala as Minister for KPIs

August 27, 2009 Idris Jala becomes a Senator and Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has named Malaysian Airlines chief executive officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala as a minister to implement his administration’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), an indication that the prime minister is impatient and unimpressed with those tasked to [...]

The Passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy

August 27, 2009 Remembering Senator Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) The last survivor of John F. Kennedy’s Camelot and long serving Senator in the US Congress, Edward  M. Kennedy died on August 25, 2009. He succumbed to brain cancer at his home in Hyannis  Port, Massachusetts. My condolences– and yours too– go the immediate family members [...]

In Permatang Pasir, UMNO’s racialised rhetoric failed

August 26, 2009 Pakatan’s Decisive Victory in Permatang Pasir by Bridget Welsh* Yesterday’s decisive opposition by-election victory in Permatang Pasir is among the most important markers of national sentiment since March 2008. In this semi-rural constituency in a Malay-majority area, Pakatan worked together to secure a victory that they knew they badly needed. The stakes [...]

A Return to PBS (?) with conditions

Malaysiakini.com August 25, 2009 Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan is re-thinking to return Parti Bersatu Sabah with conditions by Joe Fernandez Sabah PKR strongman Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan is re-thinking his earlier outright rejection, hardly days ago, of his elder brother Joseph Pairin Kitingan’s indirect overtures to him to rejoin PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah). This is a party [...]

Pakatan Rakyat defeats UMNO-BN in Permatang Pasir

August 25, 2009 Pakatan Rakyat wins Permatang Pasir: Was there any doubt? BREAKING News: PAS-PR  won the Permatang Pasir state seat by-election in Penang  with a majority of 4,551 votes. The majority however had decreased by more than 800 votes since the last general election which saw the party winning by 5,433 votes. The Election [...]

Anwar-Najib Meeting

August 25, 2009 Anwar-Najib Meeting excites the country A secret meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his political nemesis, opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, is likely to send shock waves through UMNO and the opposition alliance. The meeting some time last month has put Najib in an awkward spot, as he [...]