Out of sight from the national spotlight, proceedings at the Perak State Assembly after the power grab have often descended to farcical levels.
Barrage of questions over Spice at press conference
State government and senior MPPP officials faced a barrage of questions over the Spice convention centre during a press conference on Tuesday.
Old Penang: Maxwell Road
Reader Grandma sends us her recollection of how well public transport was organised around Maxwell Road (next to present-day Prangin Mall).
As CPO price falls, could polls be delayed?
The price of crude palm oil has dipped below RM3000 as carnage across markets about the dimming prospects of the global economy takes its toll.
Sarbani inquest rules its “misadventure”
The inquest into senior Customs officer Sarbani’s death at the MACC office has ruled that it was a case of misadventure.
First taxi, then bus, now Najib cycles
Look who’s cycling together at the “1 Malaysia Charity Ride for Education 2011”. Cycle diplomacy?
Reunion of cast of Sound of Music
Ever wondered what happened to the cast of Sound of Music? Here they are reunited 45 years after the movie.
‘Best democracy’ pulls plug on Undilah
Local stations have been reportedly directed not to air a video calling on the public to register as voters and exercise their right to vote.
Penang Transport Masterplan and the ‘elephant in the room’
Just as the MPPP, despite all its scrimping to trim expenditure, has an elephant in the room in the form of the expensive Spice, so too the Penang Transport Masterplan has a huge behemoth overshadowing it.
Global financial crisis looms, unless…
The global economic outlook appears increasingly grim, according to experts. Farish Noor reports on the highlights of the first half of the Singapore Global Dialogue.