Greed ruins Malaysia, says Simon Sipaun

By Eleazar Zachariah

KOTA KINABALU: The wise man of Sabah, Simon Sipaun, warned that human greed is on the rise and that it would ruin the country as it destroy everything in its path, be they good men, good policies and programmes.

Conditional bible release ‘simply politics’, says Bian

The Home Ministry's move to slam two pre-conditions
to the release of the Bahasa Malaysia bible is
'unconstutional and illegal' says Sarawak PKR.

KUCHING:  The decision to release 30,000 copies of the Al-Kitab, the Bahasa Malaysia version of the bible, is a political exercises to please Sarawakian Christians and a sign that Umno leaders are “not too certain that the release is altogether legal”, said Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian.

PKR’S blunder proves it’s incompetent to govern: UBF

KOTA KINABALU:  Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s blunder with its Buku Jingga Sabah in which it promised permanent residence for the illegal immigrants in Sabah is a proof that it is still ignorant and incompetent to run the country.

PR-ruled Penang: A different planet?

Whenever I cross the Causeway into Singapore I get the feeling that, "Wow! This is like a totally different planet, man!" I am sure you know what I mean, right?

Last week I spent a couple of days in Penang. You know, the island up north that is managed by the Opposition? I knew something was wrong the minute I crossed over the messy, Federal-funded and built Penang Bridge.

Just a Century Ago, a Woman Ruled in the Gulf

In no other region of the world does the tired old cliché that "behind every great man is a great woman" hold more true than in the Middle East. And yet women have not always played a role only from behind the curtains that are their men but have also occasionally stepped up to share the burden and privilege of leading their people.

Sabah natives take part in global action to protect Papar River

By Ezra Haganez
PAPAR: Natives from several villages affected by the proposed building of Kaiduan Dam in Ulu Papar near here joined hands on Monday to erect a stone at the bank of the Papar River as part of a global action and to send a strong signal that the proposed dam for water supply would adversely impact their lives.

Close to a hundred people gathered at Botung Luluba, about an hour by road from here, to renew their sense of solidarity at the 14^th annual International Day of Action against Dams and for Rivers, Waters and Life event which was held simultaneously in 27 nations on March 14.

Japan orders citizens indoor as nuke catastrophe looms

SOMA, Japan – High levels of radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The government warned 140,000 people nearby to stay indoors to avoid exposure.

Tokyo also reported slightly elevated radiation levels, but officials said the increase was too small to threaten the 39 million people in and around the capital, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) away.

Video compilation of disaster in Japan

Shocking Footage Houses on Fire in Tsunami Waves Japan Earthquake 8.9 3-11-11

Anwar, Azizah to ‘woo’ Sabahans and Sarawakians

Luke Rintod of FMT

PKR is bent on changing the perception of
Sabahans and Sarawakians that the party is
no different from its rival Umno

KOTA KINABALU: PKR leaders Anwar Ibrahim and wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail are aiming to change the perceptions that the party is not keen to hear the cry of Sabahans and Sarawakians for autonomy as pledged in the 1963 Malaysia Agreement, but long broken by the federal government.

Christians angry over seizure of bibles

Luke Rintod of FMT

CFM was disillusioned over the repeated
confiscation of the bibles by the authorities.

KOTA KINABALU: A Christian group is fed up and angry over the alleged seizure of 30,000 copies of the Malay language bibles or Alkitab in Kuching, Sarawak.