| Shahrizat down, but not out Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil looked serene and at peace when she returned from Mecca but there are rumblings on the Wanita Umno ground and the pressure is starting to build up again. DATUK Seri... | |
| New woes for developing nations A South Centre conference last week warned that developing countries could be badly hit by the new global downturn, and also discussed the state of WTO negotiations. THE global economic downturn and... |
| Outrage over ‘merger’ prediction There are Malaysians who have no love lost for Singapore, more so after years of fighting over water, airspace, bridge, sand, rock and chicken rice. IN Datuk Dr Hasan... |
| Myths help inspire us to greater heights ANY one following the debate on Hang Tuah, on whether or not he should be part of our school history textbooks, might wonder if school history books are meant to define the truth or falsity of a... |
| Educate teachers on dangers of lightning THE Education Ministry should take the initiative to educate teachers on the dangers of lightning following the death of a student in Kuala Kangsar... |
| No place for racism here OUR teacher was briefing us on how to fill the SPM registration form correctly. When she came to the part on religion, she... |
| Take emergency drills seriously FIRE and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Wan Mohd Nor recently said that the Malaysian public has yet to grasp the importance of participating in safety drills because they have not faced a... |
| Look at issue of licences, not the drivers THE taxi coupon system cannot be the solution to the problems related to taxi services that we are facing throughout Malaysia, in every state and in every town. Furthermore, it had only introduced... |
| Anxiety, paranoia lead to US shooting from the hip The Munich Security Conference (MSC), known as the Davos of Defense, ended yesterday after three days of discussion on current and prospective security policy challenges. On a panel themed... |
| Era of abstention shifts to confident veto Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, said that the US was "disgusted" by Russia and China's decision to veto the UN resolution on Syria. Such language appears on China's... |
| Down the tech tools and just talk it over FROM all indications, the broad Internet community continues to broaden apace. Now the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and... |
| Be vigilant about competition Politicians must devote more attention to energising the economy in this period of economic uncertainties. OUR politicians on both sides of the political divide have been so busy criss-crossing the... |
| Keep private livesout of Facebook I REFER to your report ';Girl, 15, assaulted over Facebook misunderstanding'; (The Star, Feb 1). It really saddened me and I can understand the emotional ordeal that Noor Haidaanis Norizan... |
| Abandoned housebuyers with no recourse to recoup losses IN Malaysia, abandoned housing projects are nothing new but to people who have fallen victim, this can be really painful. The authorities and people in power must work seriously and speedily to... |
| Need to re-examine psychiatric care system IT is most regrettable that two cases of homicide allegedly involving people with mental illness happened this week. The question is, could they have been prevented? People with psychotic mental... |
| Hard to get info on BR1M applications TO the thousands of BR1M applicants, the financial aid is not a relief but a torture – the tortuous wait for an answer. They are unable to know the outcome because no one contacts them to... |
| Devi Prasad's many lives Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had countless supporters, friends, admirers, disciples, devotees... One can easily run out of descriptive nouns when thinking of the many... |
