ARCHIVES 2008

There is an undertow to the year-end holiday season, already eerily quiet from worry about scudding clouds on the economic horizon. On the grapevine the sound of the undertow seems like the buzz of money politics.

By Aloysious Mowe, The Nut Graph

NEW YEAR celebrations are generally marked by excess and glitz. The midnight sky over big cities in most countries is lit up with firework displays, and most people seek out crowds and companionship as the chimes of midnight sound.

"Permatang Pauh, isu utama BN ialah liwat dan sumpah. Kali ini Hudud jadi isu utama pilihan raya kecil Kuala Terengganu"

Zukifli Yahaya, HARAKAH

Yes, it is time to let the healing begin. So long has ‘May 13’ lingered in our hearts, to be resurrected time and again whenever an election or by-election looms over the horizon. Racism is tearing this country apart.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

By Baradan Kuppusamy, The Star

It was an exhilarating year for opposition leader and PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who emerged from the political wilderness to come within a whisker of overthrowing his tormentor Umno and capturing state power.

The Pakatan Rakyat coalition has been perceived to be formidable, but some observers say it is due to a weakened Barisan Nasional rather than a strong Pakatan. Much more needs to be done before it can really market itself as an effective alternative coalition.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

By BARADAN KUPPUSAMY,THE STAR

Call it political tsunami or avalanche, the March 8 general election was the defining moment in Malaysian history and the political landscape will never be the same again.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

By SUHAINI AZNAM, THE STAR

(The Star) - The year’s most controversial crackdown took place on Sept 12 when Malaysia Today news portal editor Raja Petra Kamarudin, Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng and Seputeh MP Teresa Kok were arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

An awareness campaign on why NATO should not be turned into a global military formation that will help a certain group to have a greater control on the destiny of the world's populations.