By DR MOHD ZAIDI ISMAIL Senior Fellow / Director, Centre for Science and Technology, IKIM To genuinely celebrate Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday...
Politics
Feeling impact of political fatigue
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) UMNOBy WONG CHUN WAI Once the year-long campaigning by Umno candidates and party polls are over, it’s time to get back to real work. It’s 11am a...
Commentary - It’s about time Umno took off the kid gloves
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) UMNOBy RASLAN SHARIF Something needs to be done to stop the rot eating at the roots of a once near-invincible party, and this cannot be reiterat...
Ali’s loss is Mat Taib’s gain
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) UMNODatuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam’s knock-out from the Umno elections has changed the entire tone of the race for the deputy presidency of Umno. Th...
Commentary - Entering the final lap of UMNO
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) UMNOUmnopolitics is about to take centrestage. The spotlight is on the contest for the deputy presidency amid expectations that on March 24, Dat...
A chance to undo mistakes
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) UMNOIn the coming party elections, Umno delegates must pick leaders who are moderate and able to articulate the wishes of not just the Malays bu...
‘Voodoo’ scare in Batang Ai
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsPre-election campaigning in Batang Ai has taken a supernatural twist with Barisan Nasio-nal leaders warning of dire consequences for breakin...
Commentary - How long can this political crisis go on?
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsPolitics in Perak has reached a more urgent level after the drama of an open-air “emergency assembly sitting” but there is no sign that eith...
Solve disputes the right way
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsBy MARINA MAHATHIR Politicians have been shoving and calling each other names. We’ve said big countries shouldn’t bully small ones and yet a...
Three by-elections on April 7
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsThe Election Commission has fixed March 29 as nomination day for the Batang Ai by-election, while polling day is on April 7. The nomination ...
Sometimes it’s nice to be No. 1
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) UMNOSome claimed it was a divine signal from above. Others found it somewhat fishy while the more rational-minded thought it was simply uncanny....
Heads or tails for Rafidah & Shahrizat?
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) UMNOBy JOCELINE TAN The fight for the Wanita Umno leadership has intensified and Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz and her challenger Datuk Seri Shahrizat Ab...
Commentary - Look at issues rationally
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsWith Malaysians being increasingly caught in political partisanship, we need to keep a cool head and not get over-emotional. A scumbag. And ...
The bad and ugly side of politics
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsIt has been a terrible fall from grace for Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong. Despite calls for her to stand her ground and not resign...
Commentary - It’s in the Constitution
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsBy AZMI SHAROM Teacher of Law Sultans and Rajas are constitutional monarchs and have powers determined by the Federal Constitution. I wish t...
Commentary - Time to cut the fat and waste
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsThe economic downturn should be an opportunity to re-examine the New Economic Policy, government procurement, the pricing system and the sys...
Barisan faces crucial test
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsThe Perak coup was a boost for the Barisan Nasional but it now has to do well in the coming by-elections to keep the momentum. The official ...
All eyes on the Bukit Gantang voters
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsThe dramatic political events in Perak suggest that the Bukit Gantang by-election may even be more intense than the Permatang Pauh contest. ...
What the people of Perak says about the crisis?
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsIf the Barisan Nasional and the Perak royal household had any lingering doubts about negative public sentiment towards the change of the sta...
Suara Keadilan seized nationwide
MOHD ADHA MOHD ZAIN (ADHA ZAIN) PoliticsSome 10,000 to 20,000 copies of Suara Keadilan have been confiscated from vendors in various parts of the country since last month, said PKR...