BN’s formidable election machinery

Meanwhile, Najib also said BN’s rivals shiver at the very mention of the ruling coalition’s election machinery.
He described the election machinery as the sharpest weapon in the effort to quell the opposition.
According to him, a strong and united BN machinery will bring victory to Othman Desa who is contesting for the Sik parliamentary seat and [...]

Indians told, “Be prepared to pay the price”

“If you don’t vote for MIC then be prepared to pay the price” says the MIC poster as reported in a Malaysiakini news story.
If this is not a sign of desperation on MIC’s part, then I don’t know what is! Samy Vellu and the big guns in MIC must be under tremendous pressure to [...]

Broken election promises

Malaysiakini has done a good job of grading the performances of the BN led government based on their promises as laid out in their 2004 Election Manifesto.
There have been some kept promises, to be fair, but among the biggest failures that I noticed were those on Education and Religion.
Just the other day, Education Minister Hishamuddin [...]

Protect your identity

One of the things that I always worry about each time I leave my home unattended is a break in. I am not too worried about things being stolen but I am worried about my important documents being stolen. Documents like my social security card, green card, passport, birth certificate, and credit cards.
With [...]

Bloggers and media blackout

In Malaysia, the total blackout of the opposition parties’ voices on radio, TV and the mainstream media, more so during election season, is not something new.
In the past, people had to depend on the opposition parties’ publications, like The Rocket or Harakah, to find out their stand on certain issues or read the opposition parties’ [...]

Amendments in the Malaysian Constitution

We heard that there were rights and freedom for the citizens in the Federal Constitution.But what has happened to those rights and freedom that came with the Merdeka Constitution?
They have been whittled away by subsequent rules and regulations and subsidiary legislation.Our rights and freedom have been stolen from us.
But don’t blame the government for [...]

Call for Islamic research in technology

Last Friday my doctor recommended some X-rays be taken on my hips and lungs after I complained about some stiffness in my left hip and some night time coughing.
As I looked at the X-ray machines in the lab, I thought about the kinds of people who had conceived and developed these machines. These [...]

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