Friday, 16 January 2026

Category: Opinion

Accepting death as part of life

I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens. — Woody Allen, American director Last Thursday, while having an

Chronology of Sabah elections

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance. — Brian Tracy, motivational public speaker Congratulations to Sabah’s Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) for

You can run but cannot hide

In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates.

Elections gambit

BY NAVIN C NAIDU Voters voice in the affairs of state is heard when they select and elect candidates for public office. This is a

Sabah polls over, let’s move on

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society. – Paul Krugman, American economist By about 9pm on

Sabah! What next?

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. –Thomas Jefferson, third US president The polling booths opened

Same old, same old

When you have a general election result you don’t like, you don’t have another general election. – Nicholas Soames, UK member of parliament Some things

Te whetu Orongo

Crocodile tears

I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of

Schools for a noble cause

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. — Ernest Dimnet , author It’s good news to hear