THE Penang state government has bandied about the supposedly “72 conditions” imposed by the Department of Environment for the approval of the EIA for the...

PRIME Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had in January expressed the government’s interest in possibly enacting a law to monitor political funding.

This...

ROBERT Gabriel Mugabe (1924-2019), the Zimbabwean revolutionary passed away last week in Singapore. He stirred mixed reactions reminding us of the saying:...

AN issue that has hogged our media raises some troubling legal issues. It is about the preacher, Zakir Naik.

I will not wade into the usual pros and cons...

PREACHERS inspire crowds with their message that you have to make a choice. What kind of choice? Amid controversy over tacky remarks about Chinese and...

WORLD Senior Citizen’s Day fell on Aug 21. On this day, we celebrate and honour our senior citizens in recognition of their achievements and contributions....

AS the controversy on the “merger” of universities continues to brew, an equally significant but positive event took place last week in a campus in India....

AT 56 years of age, Malaysia ought to have developed a global culture of shared interests embracing the diversity that makes us truly Asia. But in shaping...

I KNOW Kenny (not his real name) as a hardworking boy who faithfully schedules his daily revision times with no coaxing or intervention from his parents....

OF all the problems faced by any country in nation-building, none should deserve greater priority than housing the people.

What could be more basic than...