PRESS RELEASE: Star says “Forget internal colonization, self-determination the way out”

KOTA KINABALU: The polemics on Putrajaya’s internal colonization policies in Sabah and Sarawak appears to be getting increasingly shrill and out of hand and needs to be brought to a swift end and buried for good. Instead, it’s felt that it’s best to let bygones be bygones and “focus on regaining self-determination along the lines [...]

Labuan handover suit needs serious re-think

by Joe Fernandez Guest Columnist COMMENT Everyone involved should perhaps seriously rethink — from all angles and sides — the suit pending in Court on the legality of the handover of Labuan to the Federal Government. They should consider leaving the matter in the hands of the politicians. They are the right party to take [...]

Putrajaya will not win stand-off with Bar Council

by Joe Fernandez Guest Columnist COMMENT It appears that the current Najib Administration has forgotten the bitter lessons learnt during Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s long innings in office when he, the frightened little man he was by default in office, openly and shamelessly rooted for extreme coercion as his preferred modus operandi. It’s not so [...]

Open Letter to Yayasan Islam Sabah on “theories”

Open Letter to Yayasan Islam Sabah on “theories”   Yayasan Islam Sabah contradictions on citizenship, no locus standi Dear Yayasan Islam Sabah, The Yayasan Islam Sabah (YIS) appears to be getting way ahead of itself in pontificating sanctimoniously on its four “theories”, for want of a better term, in the Daily Express report, “YIS: Those [...]

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 [...]

Star to debate all on why Sabah, Sarawak intersts come first

LETTER TO THE EDITOR by Taras Bulba ANALYSIS Former Sabah state secretary, Simon Sipaun’s Democracy Sabah (Desah) NGO wants to host public debates in the state as part of its efforts to ensure one-to-one contests during the forthcoming 13th General Election “in line with the goal of further entrenching the two-party system in the country”. [...]

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 [...]

Retelling the Sabah Story!

SABAH, once almost synonymous with despondency, has been rising from the ashes of gloom and murkiness. The nearly infamous GDP growth rate of 8 per cent that was termed a miracle more than once is not just where the story begins or ends. The dreadful past that saw this North Borneo state decelerating, deteriorating and [...]

Sabah can be the future model of growth under Musa Aman

Musa Aman will be back in the saddle even after the 13th GE which is expected anytime now. As he returns to Sabah, a third term, as the longest serving chief minister of Sabah, and who has broken the 9 years jinx, after generating a hope for the better for the average man on the [...]

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, [...]