(Pic by Kriss Szkurlatowski / sxc.hu) TWO weeks ago, I could not help feeling that there was little difference between the Catholic Church and the Barisan Nasional (BN)-led federal government. Both these powerful institutions have one thing in common — both have cultivated a long-standing culture of secrets. With the church, the damage has been […]
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Najib & Co. (Part 1)
By Gan Pei Ling“Give me a chance. I will reform and I will make changes.” Then Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, speaking at a press conference at the Umno general assembly in April 2009, days before he was made prime minister. He said he was aware that some parties expected him to act in an authoritarian […]
A netizen revolution
By Cindy ThamI LEARNT a Swahili word recently: “Ushahidi.” It means “testimony”. It’s also the name of a crowdsourcing platform for people to post crisis information. People on the ground witnessing a crisis can send information about it through text messages on the mobile phone, e-mail or other web forms. Screenshot of Ushahidi Developed by Kenyan bloggers […]
Fact from fiction
By Cindy ThamTHROUGHOUT the US presidential election campaign, Barack Obama and John McCain — and their respective teams and supporters — had done their fair share to discredit the opponent. Some accusations deliberately misrepresented the rival, twisting a comment or a position out of context; others were downright lies. One can imagine that given the relentless barrage […]
