Star: One to one fight ideal, but not necessary

KOTA KINABALU: The State Reform Party (Star) shares the sentiments of the Democratic Action Party (Dap) that the possibility of one-to-one fights in Sabah to take on the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) at the forthcoming 13th General Election is non-existent. It also agrees with Dap that the Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) was out of synch [...]

Open Letter to Hindraf Makkal Sakthi: Borneo-based and led national 3rd Force in Parliament

Open Letter to Hindraf Makkal Sakthi   Borneo-based and led national 3rd Force in Parliament Dear Waytha and Uthaya, Johore may be set for interesting times as it faces an uncertain future as an Umno bastion. Muhiyiddin is reportedly trying to do a number on Najib here by planning to get rid of Ghani in [...]

BN ruling Sabah another 5 years is not main issue – Part 2

This is Part Two in the two part series by our guest columnist Joe Fernandez. See Part 1 here   by Joe Fernandez Guest Columnist   ANALYSIS (Part 2) The present BN ruling coalition has less than two-thirds of the seats in the current Parliament. It’s also highly unlikely that any future ruling party, coalition [...]

BN ruling Sabah another 5 years is not main issue – Part 1

This is the first article in a two-part series by our guest columnist Joe Fernandez    by Joe Fernandez Guest Columnist   ANALYSIS (Part 1) Critics in Peninsular Malaysia miss the forest for the trees when they complain that “Barisan must be laughing at these fringe parties” in Sabah. Obviously, they are referring to the [...]

PRESS RELEASE — Star calls on locals to reject ‘parti parti Malaya’

PRESS RELEASE Star calls on locals to reject ‘parti parti Malaya’ KOTA KINABALU: The State Reform Party (Star) has called on local voters to rise to the challenge and reject the “parti parti Malaya operating illegally” in Sabah and Sarawak with the Election Commission (EC) and the Registrar of Societies (RoS) turning a blind eye [...]

Suluk Filipinos make renewed attempt to seize power in Sabah

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, a Pathan-Dusun, is a man hogging the headlines once again these days but for the most bizarre of all reasons. The Suluk Filipinos are after his head as they eye the Chief Minister’s post in a renewed bid. Musa, affectionately known as Moses among his fellow Dusuns, has Foreign Minister [...]

Najib and Anwar should debate on ‘more food, less fear, for future Malaysia’

Can you win a general election without having a debate and winning it? Curiously, Najib Tun Razak and Barisan National seem to think so but the principal opposing alliance Pakatan Rakyat’s Anwar Ibrahim do not seem to think so. My take is, Najib Tun Razak and Anwar Ibrahim  should debate about “more food, less fear, [...]

The lessons from Sabah are slowly being assimilated!

In the next ten years, development will become the main political issue with different social groups demanding their share of the Sabah growth story. The clearest evidence that the political paradigm is changing came from Musa Aman’s sweeping victory in the 2008 Sabah assembly elections. He cooked up a storm with a development plank that [...]

Malaysia is a Moral Country, no unnatural sex please!

In Malaysia, gays, lesbians, transgender and transvestites are all considered scourge of society. Authorities in Malaysia who claim to be moralist do take serious measures to quell “immoral acts”, because to them, Malaysia is a moral country. Is it? Malaysia also does not condone “SEXS LUAR TABII (unnatural sex)”…even a blow job would be considered [...]

Who will be Malaysia’s Obama?

It was a great experience watching in CNN how on that night in US, Obama became President-elect. That election energised people across the US – and the world. There was great hope and expectation. How I wish we could say the same about Malaysia’s leaders. Here, there is an air of resignation, of politics as [...]