Happy Lunar New Year to all of you! May the coming year see the victory of love, justice and sister/brotherhood over the clouded minds of racists, chauvinists and those who squander and ferret away the resources of our land.
What happened in Jalan Kebun last night
A group of stick-wielding youths on motorbikes gate-crashed an Anything But Umno(Abu)-Hindraf forum in Klang last night and disrupted the event.
More buildings for Penang Botanic Garden!
The draft Special Area Plan for the Penang Botanic Garden reveals plans for at least three more major concrete structures in the Garden.
Adam was African, and we are all cousins-lah
I was intrigued to read about a local academic claiming that proto-Malays from the Sunda Shelf had fanned out into the world to become the ancestors to the human population.
Taman Tun Dr Awang: Not quite Straits Quay
Taman Tun Dr Awang on mainland Penang faces Straits Quay across the channel on Penang Island – and they are just as far apart in terms of quality of life.
NFC loan and MCA’s microcredit loans
Apart from the Sara loan scheme, two other loan schemes have been in the news – the NFC loan and the MCA’s microcredit loan scheme.
After Proton, will KTM be next?
After Khazanah sells its 43 per cent stake in Proton to DRB-Hicom (owned by Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary), will the government privatise KTM next?
Botanic Garden draft plan ready for feedback
The draft Special Area Plan for the Penang Botanic Garden is now ready for public feedback.
New Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria makes his move
Without much fanfare, new Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria has made a few positive statements – but will they lead to a cleaner and more independent judiciary?
Latin America, Africa, Asia under-represented among Catholic cardinals
Come 18 February, Europe will have more than half the total number of cardinal electors even though Latin America, Africa and Asia account for more than two thirds of the global Catholic population.