Eight Umno Sabah rebels were loners
KOTA KINABALU: A pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) NGO has dismissed the meeting between eight Umno Sabah divisional chiefs and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in Putrajaya on July 10 as the work of loners. The...
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Lin shatters Lee’s golden dreams at Asian Games
INCHEON: China’s Olympic champion Lin Dan shattered world number one Lee Chong Wei’s dreams of Asian Games gold on Sunday with a 22-20, 12-21, 21-9 in the semi-finals. The Malaysian’s final Asian Games ended...
Azmin must choose to be PR’s MB
With Azmin Ali now installed as Selangor’s Menteri Besar, numerous suggestions have been made on what he should do and how he should discharge his responsibilities. We have analysts, commentators and politicians all asking...
Khalid : Go ahead, investigate me
PETALING JAYA: Khalid Ibrahim said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was more than welcome to investigate any agreement he signed during his tenure as Selangor Menteri Besar. Among those he said MACC could have...
Rooney scores but sees red in United
MANCHESTER: Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney scored but was then sent off as his side beat West Ham United 2-1 at Old Trafford on Saturday to record just their second Premier League victory this...
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Damage to Sabah irreversible
KOTA KINABALU: Bingkor Assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan said Putrajaya was refusing to accept the reality that Sabah lost more than it gained from the Federation of Malaysia and that the damage done was almost irreversible....
A grave situation indeed for PAS
TUMPAT: Results for the Pengkalan Kubor by-election reveal that PAS has lost a sizeable number of its Kelantan supporters to Barisan Nasional (BN), specifically to Umno. The voter turnout was lower than in last...
Investigate Mahathir and
PKR’s Sungai Petani MP, Johari Abdul, is challenging the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate complaints made against the former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak that they have committed...
Thursday, September 25, 2014
The iPhone 6 Plus Really Does Have A Bending Problem
On Tuesday the iPhone 6 Plus was forced to confront a question near the hearts of many new owners: will it bend? In a word: Yes. After photos of slightly bent iPhones began cropping...
Guan Eng sues NST over reports on PPS
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is suing the New Straits Times (NST) over its reports on the controversial Penang voluntary patrol unit (PPS) issue published early this month The Penang lawmaker said he...
Only Utusan has total freedom, says Marina Mahathir
Activist Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir today took a dig at Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia, saying that the daily enjoys absolute freedom unlike other newspapers which do not have such a privilege. "Utusan has the freedom...
Hadi has handed list of PAS’s exco choices to Azmin
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has given the names of the party’s choice for state executive councillors to Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamad Azmin Ali. Secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali said the selection of...
Barisan winning Pengkalan Kubor
Barisan Nasional (BN) is expected to win the Pengkalan Kubor by-election, as the unofficial results indicate that the ruling coalition's candidate, Mat Razi Mat Ail, has managed to reclaim the state assembly seat. Cheers...
Clarity is the real issue in Borneo
The most telling take so far from Borneo on Malaysia has come from Jeffrey Kitingan. In pointing out the obvious that Putrajaya has presided over the degeneration of the Federation into a unitary state,...
PAS must go beyond eloquence
PAS leaders are good at giving eloquent speeches. On Tuesday night, we heard plenty of those at a campaign rally in Pengkalan Kubor. We heard Umno being condemned as un-Islamic because of its love...
Sex blogger in US to escape “tyranny of Umno”
PETALING JAYA: Infamous sex blogger Alvin Tan claims he has taken off to the US to escape criminal charges under Malaysia’s Sedition Act and Film Censorship Act. According to a news report on CNA,...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Samsung has a bigger problem than Apple
With Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL - News)'s iPhone release, pundits have been debating the impact of the new iPhone on Samsung's fortunes. It's an understandable debate as Samsung is the largest and most capable competitor to...
Rosmah gets Hero award for her contributions to Permata
NEW YORK: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor added another feather to her cap for a subject close to her heart when she received an award for her contributions to early childhood education and development in Malaysia....
Anwar to be probed for seditious remarks during 2011 rally
PETALING JAYA: De facto Pakatan Rakyat leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the latest among a growing number politicians and activists who are hauled up for alleged sedition. In a short statement released by...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Is democracy dead in messy ol’ Selangor?
More than four months (nine, if you want to be exact) now, and the Selangor MB crisis has finally settled… But settled with a lot of baggage and breakage, too. If you’ve been following...
The iPhone 6 Display Is Amazing, But Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 Is Still Better
One of the first things you’ll notice about the iPhone 6 is its display — not only is it much larger than that of the iPhone 5s (4.7 inches vs. 4 inches), but it’s...
Pakatan’s strength does not rely on Azmin?
Mohamed Azmin Ali’s appointment as the Selangor menteri besar (MB) today does not guarantee that conflict in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will end, said Datuk Husam Musa. The PAS vice-president said PR’s true strength lay...
Nicol bags Asian Games squash gold
INCHEON: South Korea: Malaysia’s world number one Nicol David fought back from a game down to overcome compatriot Low Wee Wern and take the Asian Games women’s squash gold on Tuesday. David eventually outclassed...
Parliaments for Sabah, Sarawak
KOTA KINABALU: Kota Kinabalu MP Jimmy Wong Sze Phin has called on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, in the wake of a Referendum in Scotland, to emulate his British counterpart David Cameron in handling...
Hadi supports MB Azmin as new MB
KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has conveyed his congratulations to Azmin Ali on his appointment as the new Menteri Besar (MB) of Selangor today. He said he hoped that the Bukit Antarabangsa...
New Selangor Exco line-up on Friday
KLANG: Newly appointed Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali said the new line-up of the state executive councillors (Exco) will be announced on Friday. Speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony at the Alam Shah...
Monday, September 22, 2014
M'sian man, 36, dies after taking recently banned 'sex performance' coffee
It was his favourite "traditional" coffee and he insisted on drinking it despite his wife warning him about the ban on the brand in Malaysia because it also contained sex performance drugs. Last Sunday,...
Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China
Microsoft is delaying the launch of its Xbox One console in China — a launch that was supposed to take place this Tuesday but will now happen sometime before the end of the year....
Qatar 'won't host 2022 World Cup' says FIFA's Zwanziger
"I think that at the end of the day the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar," Zwanziger said in an interview with Sport Bild Plus. The former head of the German football...
Apple Sells 10 Million iPhones Over the Weekend
Apple sold over 10 million of its new iPhones over the weekend. This is the biggest opening weekend for iPhones in the company’s history, which was to be expected. But that’s basically all we...
Math and Tamil exams cancelled, new date Oct 9
PUTRAJAYA: The Mathematics 015/1 examination (for National Type Schools), 025/1 (Chinese ), 035/1 (Tamil Vernacular Schools), and the Tamil 036, 037 for the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination which was held on Sept...
Pellegrini blasts ‘small’ Chelsea, hails Lampard
MANCHESTER: Manuel Pellegrini blasted Chelsea as a “small” team and predicted more to come from Frank Lampard who scored against his former club in a tense 1-1 Premier League draw. Lampard, 36, has joined...
No need for referendum in Sabah, S’wak
KOTA KINABALU: There is no need for a referendum to determine whether Sabah and Sarawak want out of the Malaysian Federation, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri said today. She said the...
Azmin is new Selangor MB
SHAH ALAM: PKR Deputy President Azmin Ali has been appointed Selangor Menteri Besar to replace Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. A letter sent to Azmin by the Selangor Palace this afternoon said the appointment is effective...
Apple’s dangerous game
Apple has announced that it has designed its new operating system, iOS8, to thwart lawful search warrants. Under Apple’s old operating system, if an iPhone is protected by a passcode that the government can’t...
