Penang MIC fired Urimai president P Ramasamy for harping over the Penang Hindu Endowment Board. Its chairman Datuk J Dhinagaran told the former deputy chief minister II to focus on his new political vehicle – Urimai instead of the PHEB. “My advice to Prof Ramasamy is to concentrate on getting more support for his party…
Are We OK? podcast co-hosts Peter Yong and Dr Ong Kian Ming pointed out some positive from the strengthening of ringgit. The value of ringgit appreciated from RM4.8 to USD to 4.1 on Oct 1. This was an appreciation of 40 to 50 percent, Ong pointed out. Co-host Peter Yong said that the stronger ringgit…
Hasil kajian University Brown dalam projek Kos Peperangan mendedahkan Amerika Syarikat telah memberikan bantuan ketenteraan sekurang-kurangnya bernilai AS$17.9 bilion sejak bermulanya konflik di antara Hamas dan Israel. Jumlah tersebut adalah peruntukan terbesar dalam tempoh setahun. Tambahan AS4.86 bilion diperuntukkan untuk operasi ketenteraan AS di rantau Timur Tengah, lapor Associated Press. Ini termasuk operasi Tentera Laut…
As expected Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching was named Johor DAP chief. She received the third highest vote. She is the first female state chief. Outgoing chief Liew Chin Tong had reiterated his call for Teo to lead the Johor chapter. Kluang MP Wong Shu Qi is now Johor DAP deputy chair. Penggaram assemblyman Gan…
Setiausaha Agung DAP Anthony Loke menegaskan bahawa DAP tidak akan mengemis untuk mendapatkan jawatan kerajaan dalam konteks polemic kerajaan perpaduan di peringkat Johor. “Kita terima realiti politik bahawa kerajaan Johor ditubuhkan sebelum kerajaan perpaduan. Pada tahun lepas saya beritahu (pengerusi DAP Johor, Liew) Chin Tong tak perlu sertai kerajaan perpaduan (di Johor). “DAP takkan minta…
Johor DAP chairman Liew Chin Tong has called for straight fights in the upcoming general elections as a strategy to ensure the current federal government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim remains in power. “Everyone has accepted that the current government would remain until the end of the term. The question now is…
Bersatu associate wing candidate Datuk Seri R Sanjeevan who is vying for the vice chief position admitted that the non-Malay population are holding back their support for the federal opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional (PN) because of Pas. “The reality is when we go to the ground and talk to the people, I mean non-Malays, when…
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has offered has offered to mediate on the issue of unpaid salary involving media practitioners in The Malaysian Insight (TMI) and The Vibes. “This is unacceptable. It shouldn’t be happening. We want a free press, but a free press is not free (without salary),” he told reporters in Busan, South Korea,…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called upon all the warring parties in the Middle East to de-escalate amid fears that it would become a global conflict “We must urgently prevent a dangerous cycle of action and reaction, which threatens to draw even more parties into the conflict, further deepening instability and broadening the…
The notion of having a Malay Chief Minister for Penang is a difficult proposition for DAP to consider, said Dr Ong Kian Ming on his podcast, Are We OK? last night. “Knowing the thinking of Penang DAP, it won’t be easy to propose a non-Chinese Chief Minister. Penang DAP is not ready for that,” he…
