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Who was Jho Low acting for?

Was he just an advisor? Or was he acting on behalf of someone else?

Poll: What do you think the Pas ‘progressives’ should do now?

Now that Pas’ future in Pakatan is in doubt, what do you think the Pas progressives who were defeated in the Pas elections should do?


Not just the ferries; hand over Penang Bridge, Penang port, RapidPenang to state government

This was the sign at the Butterworth ferry service after 3.00pm on a weekday, last year. Most of the time, only one to four ferries are in service. At nights, even during school holidays and weekends, only one ferry after 10.00pm!

Last year, I blogged about the ferry service, complaining about the delays and the slashing of the number of ferries. I also tweeted a lot about the poor service.

Now, the federal government has asked the Penang state government to submit a detailed proposal before it hands over the recently privatised ferry service to the Penang state government.

Tribute to the mountain guide heroes of Kinabalu

This is a tribute to the selfless mountain guides who participated heroically in the rescue of stranded climbers on Mount Kinabalu in the aftermath of the recent quake.

Save Pulau Jerejak from ‘real estate activity’

The Penang state government should not sell its 49 per cent stake in Tropical Island Resort on Pulau Jerejak to Uda Holdings Berhad as it will only add development pressure on this green satellite island.

How earthquake-proof are our highrise buildings?

The 19 deaths in Sabah were the first fatalities from a quake in Malaysia in living memory. We mourn the loss of lives and commend the courageous rescuers who worked tirelessly to reach the climbers.

The fatalities should serve us a wake-up call in terms of our preparedness and the precautions we should take to minimise casualties from future quakes, not only in Sabah but across the country.

Hahaha, you can’t legislate against laughter

One of the unanticipated outcomes of yesterday’s Nowhere-to-Hide… I mean, Nothing-to-Hide forum was that it led to half the nation ROFLOL (rolling on the floor, laughing out loud).

Video: Dr M gets taste of own medicine as cops stop him from speaking on 1MDB

Speaking in a packed hall of this morning, Mahathir claimed the Terengganu palace did not agree to the initial RM5bn bond borrowing under the newly set up Terengganu Investment Authority with the collateral being the oil wells in the state.

1MDB tries to explain ‘missing’ RM27bn – but few will be convinced

This infographic was prepared by 1MDB. The column on the left totalling RM14.1bn is basically culled from Mahathir’s tabulation of what he felt 1MDB had spent.