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Can Pakatan bounce back in GE14?

Can Pakatan bounce back in GE14?

ANTIDOTE | Lashing out at Sarawakians is selfish, self-defeating, and really quite stupid.
It’s the economy, stupid

It’s the economy, stupid

ANTIDOTE | A brighter future for S’wakians will translate to a better outlook for all M’sians.
Sarawak votes, while Sarawakian natives choke

Sarawak votes, while Sarawakian natives choke

ANTIDOTE | The rural communities of Baram have been fighting on two fronts.
Sarawak's rural poor, through Najib's eyes

Sarawak's rural poor, through Najib's eyes

ANTIDOTE | Najib sees the Penan as modern, clever and doing higher education - during an election campaign run in Suai.
What hope is there for Malaysia?

What hope is there for Malaysia?

Arrest yourselves, cops tell Baram blockaders

Arrest yourselves, cops tell Baram blockaders

Villagers against Baram dam told to drive three hours to Miri police station.
New CM makes no dam difference

New CM makes no dam difference

ANTIDOTE Adenan risks leaving a legacy no better than that of a puppet on a string.
Christian-baiting a diversion from infighting

Christian-baiting a diversion from infighting

COMMENT The prime minister fails to conceal growing divisions in Umno.
'Sarawak gov't will use police to break dam blockades'

'Sarawak gov't will use police to break dam blockades'

police fire shot during Penan protest at the Murum blockadevideo icon smallCOMMENT The powers that be seem to be armoured in immunity, raping jungles, home to natives.
Learning from TI-M's decline

Learning from TI-M's decline

NONEMalaysia's dedicated and highly motivated NGO activists have taken note of TI-M's shabby treatment of Josie Fernandez.
Mockery of 'bumi empowerment' in Sarawak

Mockery of 'bumi empowerment' in Sarawak

NONE The alleged misuse of zakat does not reflect well on the premier’s plans for economic transformation of bumiputeras.
Rising prices, not religion, will break BN's hold

Rising prices, not religion, will break BN's hold

COMMENT Rising prices and an impending economic downturn, and subsidy cuts, may work against the BN in Sarawak in 2015.
'Allah ban rooted firmly in politics'

'Allah ban rooted firmly in politics'

COMMENT The gov't would've been relentless had it believed Muslims' understanding of Allah would've been 'confused' by Christians' Trinity.
New aluminium smelter galvanises opposition

New aluminium smelter galvanises opposition

NONE The aluminium smelter is a flagship project in the aggressive industrialisation plan of Sarawak CM Abdul Taib Mahmud.
Women's minister to 'revisit' inaction on Penan rape

Women's minister to 'revisit' inaction on Penan rape

NONE ANTIDOTE The time for publicity stunts is over - her duty is to act, not waffle, on information from her officers and stakeholders.
A man for all races - a great teacher departs

A man for all races - a great teacher departs

NONE Brother Albinus preached by example, and practised before the eyes of the young what he wished them to accept.
Rep's remarks on Penan rapes elicit disbelief

Rep's remarks on Penan rapes elicit disbelief

ANTIDOTE Assemblyperson Dennis Ngau's remarks on Women's Minister Rohani Abdul Karim's claim of action taken on sexual violence earns ridicule.
Moral hazard means more haze

Moral hazard means more haze

ANTIDOTE The haze can only be prevented by political will, for growing population, oil palm estates and logging are the causes.
Greed gets in your eyes

Greed gets in your eyes

ANTIDOTE Transparency and haze do not go hand in hand, despite all that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil can argue.
Taib weakened by authoritative court ruling

Taib weakened by authoritative court ruling

NONE The Court of Appeal has recognised a claim by native litigants that fallow land falls within Native Customary Rights.
Civil servants risk contempt of court over NCR battles

Civil servants risk contempt of court over NCR battles

ANTIDOTE 'It has become the norm that state government servants succumb to pressure,' says DAP Piasau assemblyperson Alan Ling Sie Kiong.

 

PKR: Rural votes bought, denied, or tallied illegally

PKR: Rural votes bought, denied, or tallied illegally

An election petition filed on June 12 by Roland Engan, the party’s candidate for Baram, Sarawak, lays out startling details.
Pakatan can only win by addressing rural poverty

Pakatan can only win by addressing rural poverty

COMMENT When all the hysteria dies down, it will become clear that class differences outweigh ethnic divisions in Malaysian politics.
Minister Paul Low has lifted TI-M to 'new heights'

Minister Paul Low has lifted TI-M to 'new heights'

NONE COMMENT He may not produce cabinet transformation, but some would argue that decay is a sort of transformation.