A year ago immediately after the concurrent six state elections, I wrote an article about Perikatan Nasional’s chances of becoming an alternative government that peaked and would only further diminish. I called it “peak Perikatan”. In the article, I made four points about the political scenario after the 6-state elections, namely the talk of a…
Umno can regain the Malay support in the 16th general election if it retains its coalition with Pakatan Harapan (PH) since PH would provide an opportunity for Umno to contest in Maay majority seats, said political analyst Dr Mazlan Ali. “I expect Umno would be able to contest in 70 Malay majority seats. This gives…
Development experts and authorities alike may deem them too young to use social networks, but in reality 10- to 15-year-olds in the US spend more time on TikTok than those aged 16-18. While many of them use multiple applications, young users divide their time differently depending on the platform. According to Qustodio’s latest report, Gen…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today dismissed claims by Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that the latter had the support to form the government post GE15. He pointed out that Muhyiddin did not have enough support because some federal lawmakers “signed two or three” statutory declarations (SDs). “Back then the position of…
Kluang Umno is confident that BN would retain the Mahkota state seat with a 10,000 majority in the by-election, said its chief Jais Sarday. The figure is twice the number of majority that the late Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain obtained in a four cornered tussle during the state polls in March 2022. “If this (BN-PH)…
Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed the notion that Umno would go solo in the next general as suggested by the party’s youth chief Dr Akmal Salleh yesterday. He said this on the basis that the deciding factor is the larger pool of voters being outside Umno. “If previously we took the…
Malaysia’s lower-than-expected consumer prices in July have prompted more analysts to downgrade their inflation forecasts for the year, giving Bank Negara space to continue supporting economic growth. Analysts at Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) and RHB Bank Bhd trimmed their annual inflation projections for Malaysia to 2% and 2.1%, respectively, from 2.4% and 2.6%,…
The future presence of the Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza and Palestinian prisoner releases are two key issues obstructing the ceasefire and hostage deal between the Hamas and Israel, Reuters reported, quoting sources from the US mediated talks last week. The disagreements stemmed from demands Israel has introduced since Hamas accepted a version of a…
The Malaysian Rahmah Foundation would be organising Jelajah Amanat Merdeka in conjunction with the Independence Day followed by Malaysia Day where the public would have a chance to obtain a scroll containing the declaration of independence by Malaysia’s Father of Independence, the late Tunku Abdul Abdul Rahman that was delivered 67 years ago. This unique…
BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi disputed claims that Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had the support of 115 MPs based on the number of statutory declarations (SDs). “The Umno secretary general is the witness. The 115 that he claim includes 10 SDs by MPs who signed two SDs,” he said on…
