The dirty tricks ‘kaki’ are at it again, this time the target is the country’s leading independent news portal, Malaysiakini.
Integrating gender-responsive budgeting and participatory budgeting
A major two-day Asian regional conference kicked off at a hotel in downtown George Town this morning to propel the integration of gender-responsive budgeting and participatory budgeting.
Marina Mahathir celebrates diversity; Khalid Samad tours St Anne’s Church
Writer-activist Marina Mahathir today talked up diversity as an asset for the country in the Putra Lecture organised by the Penang Free School Foundation at Wawasan Open University.
I need a mountain spring: A poem
A poem by blog visitor, Khoo Soo Hay, who yearns for more natural, green surroundings, preceded by an 1848 warning of climate change by James Logan.
1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB): Amid mounting debt concerns, change in auditors triggers alarm
Let’s take a quick look at the latest status of 1MDB, which appears laden with debt of RM8.4bn as at 31 March 2012 plus a reported additional RM22.7bn since then to finance the acquisition of power assets among other things.
Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2: A sad, lonely detailed EIA report
Another three days to go for the public display of the detailed EIA for Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2 to end. Himanshu Bhatt is gripped by a sense of deja vu in recalling the EIA process for Phase 1, seventeen years ago.
Major Zaidi Ahmad, a genuine patriot
Major Zaidi Ahmad is in trouble now after speaking out and lodging a police report about indelible ink that was easily washed off on polling day last May.
Encouraging response to inter-religious ‘Walk in the Park’ in Penang
On the same day that meat was provocatively left at the entrance to a mosque on mainland Penang, another group of concerned Malaysians participated in an inter-religious ‘Walk in the Park’ which took them to several landmark places of worship in George Town this evening.
Another despicable act: Meat found at mainland Penang mosque entrance
A chunk of meat was found at the entrance of the Cherok Tok Kun Atas Mosque in Machang Bubok this morning. All right-thinking people condemn such despicable acts on places of worship.