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COLUMNISTS
The invisible economy that holds Malaysia together
By FAUZIAH ISMAIL
28 Jan 2026
A tourist feeds a deer at Nara park in Nara on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
A tourist feeds a deer at Nara park in Nara on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
COLUMNISTS
Travelling Unprotected: Should travel insurance be mandatory for Malaysians?
By FAUZIAH ISMAIL
21 Jan 2026
Umno turns 80 this year — a milestone for a party that has been the backbone of Malay politics and Malaysia’s post-independence governance. - BERNAMA FILE PIX
Umno turns 80 this year — a milestone for a party that has been the backbone of Malay politics and Malaysia’s post-independence governance. - BERNAMA FILE PIX
COMMENTARY
A cautious assembly, a missing vision
By FAUZIAH ISMAIL
19 Jan 2026
Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin (centre), who was sacked in January 2023, attends the 2025 Umno Youth Wing General Assembly at Dewan Merdeka, World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL), on Jan 15. (BERNAMA PHOTO)
Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin (centre), who was sacked in January 2023, attends the 2025 Umno Youth Wing General Assembly at Dewan Merdeka, World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL), on Jan 15. (BERNAMA PHOTO)
COMMENTARY
Invitations, not applications to return to Umno
By FAUZIAH ISMAIL
16 Jan 2026
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Graduates of Patriot 2 attend the 2nd Convocation Ceremony of the Umno Patriotic School at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) on Jan 13, 2026.
Graduates of Patriot 2 attend the 2nd Convocation Ceremony of the Umno Patriotic School at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) on Jan 13, 2026.
Exclusives
Time for hard truths at Umno General Assembly 2025
By FAUZIAH ISMAIL
14 Jan 2026
Author
Pupe Rahaizad
ELVIZA MICHELE KAMAL
SAFWAN SAPARUDIN
YEW AIK KEONG
BUDIMAN MOHD ZOHDI
SOFIAH REDHO ISMAIL
WAN ROSLILI ABD MAJID
MUHAMMAD HISYAM MOHAMAD
MOHD ARSHAD MUSA
SAIFUDDIN ABDULLAH
ADAM A KADIR A KADIR
DR ISKANDAR HASAN TAN ABDULLAH
A KADIR JASIN
XIFU NASER
JOHARI YAP
NORDEN MOHAMED
FARUSH KHAN
DR ISMAIL SUALMAN
HAEME HASHIM
FAISAL MUHAMAD
TOK PERAK
DR IR MUHIDIN ARIFIN
AB JALIL BACKER
MOHD AZMI ABDUL HAMID
SYAHREDZAN JOHAN
DR ASYRAF WAJDI DUSUKI
TAADIB TAADIB
MUJIBU ABD MUIS
SUHAIMI MOHD SALLEH
DR MASZLEE MALIK
ABDULLAH MD ZIN
ABU KASSIM
DR HUZILI HUSSIN
DR NIK ROSKIMAN
DR ZAFIR KHAN
KARIM RASLAN
MAS ERMIYATI SHAMSUDDIN
NORIZAN SHARIF
NURUL IZZAH ANWAR
IKIM IKIM
DR MOHD TAJUDDIN MOHD RASDI
CHAI LOON GUAN
DR ZAFIR KHAN MOHAMED MAKHBUL
MOHD SALLEH HASSAN
OH BAHASAKU
AIMAN SADIQ ABDULLAH
SyamilF
SITI FATIHAH AWANG
ROSMIZA KASIM
ROSALWANI CHE SOH @ YUSOFF
SAPINAH ABDUL GHANI
RUBIAH OMAR
NORADILA MAHAMAD
RAIHAM MOHD SANUSI
MOHD TAHA YAACOB
RAHAYU MUSTAFA
NOOR HAYATI MAMAT
FARAH SHAZWANI ALI
MOHD AZLIM ZAINURY
ZAIMATULJUWITA
ZUMURNI
ROHANA
MAZRAM IDZAM RIDZAL MAHMUD
AZURA MOHAMAD
HAZELEN LIANA KAMARUDIN
ADILA SHARINNI WAHID
NORHASRAM MOHAMAD
NOOR AZLIDA ALIMIN
NORHASPIDA YATIM
NURUL ZAILA MOHD TAHIR
SITI NOR AKMALIAH RAZAK
MOHD JEFFRI MOHD RAZALI
SYAMILAH ZULKIFLI
MASTURAH SURADI
NORAFIDAH ASSAN
FIRDAUS YON
MOHAMAD NORZAHARUDDIN KASIMON
AZLINA OTHMAN
AMRAN ALI
RAZIATUL HANUM A RAJAK@ATAN
NOR FARHANA YAACOB
NUR ALINA HASSAN
MOHD FIRDAUS YON
JULIZA MOHD SAAD
SARINAH MAT KASIM
MOHD AKMALL SHAFIQ TINO MOHD IDHAM DANIEL
ROSILAWATI ROSEDI
MOHD IZZATUL IZUAN TAHIR
NIK AMIRULMUMIN NIK MIN
NORAWAZNI YUSOF
ARZIANA MOHMAD AZAMAN
NOZINA YAHAYA
MOHD RIDZUAN ABU HASSAN
NUR FARHANA ABDUL MANAN
HASNIZA HUSSAIN
NOR KHALILAH GUSTI HASSAN
NURHIDAYAH HAIROM
NORAFIZA JAAFAR
ASYRAF MUHAMMAD
MUHAMMAD FAIZ SULONG
AHMAD ISMADI ISMAIL
NURUL HIDAYAH HAMID
MOHD ISKANDAR OTHMAN
MUHAMMAD AMINNURALIFF MOHD ZOKI
NOR AZURA MD AMIN
SAIFULLAH AHMAD
NOOR AINON MOHAMED
MOHAMAD FAKHRI MOHD ALI
KHAIRIL ANWAR MOHD AMIN
SHAHRIZAL AHMAD ZAINI
SYAJARATULHUDA MOHD ROSLI
JAMILAH HAMZAH
NORMAWATI ADNAN
MOHAMAD HAFIZI MOHD SAID
ROSHILA MURNI ROSLI
WAN MOHD NOOR HAFIZ WAN MANSOR
M. GOKINA MORGANAN
NORJULIANA YAACOB
MD RIFAAT HAMID
SITI ZUBAIDAH ZAKARAYA
MUHAMMAD AMMAR MUBASSYIR ABDUL HADI
ROSLINDA HASHIM
NURUL HUDA HUSAIN
MUHAMMAD SHAMSUL ABD GHANI
NURULATIQ AHMAD BANDI
NURUL RIDUAN NOR ASHAHA
SITI AZIELAH WAHI
SYAHIDATUL AKMAL DUNYA
RIDAUDDIN DAUD
MUHAMMAD AFHAM RAMLI
SITI NURSYAHIDAH ABU BAKAR
TUAN BUQHAIRAH TUAN MUHAMAD ADNAN
JANATUL FIRDAUS YAACOB
IZYAN LIYANA MOHD DARIF
ONG BOON TECK
MUHAMMAD IQHWAN HAKIM MUHAMMAD
MEGAT MUAZZAM ABDUL RAZAK
SHEIKH MOHAMAD NASIRUDDIN SHEIKH MOHAMAD ALI
NUR SHARIEZA BINTI ISMAIL
NOOR AZURA SAHRIL
SUHARNE ZAINUDIN
SITI ZUBAIDAH BT MAT ISA
PROFESOR EMERITUS DATUK ISAHAK HARON
ABDUL MUEIN ABADI
AWANG PAKU SERPIH
MUHAMMED ABDUL KHALID
NOOR SULASTRY YURNI AHMAD
DR MOHAMED HATTA SHAHAROM
DR MOHD AFANDI SALLEH
BAI TIAN
DR SHAMSIAH MOHAMAD
NAJWA MOHD GHAZALI
HAMIZAH BASIR
NORHAFIZA BT MUSA
JUNHAIRI ALYASA
Mohd Fazrul
MUHAMMAD ZAKWAN NAZARALY
AZIZUL FAHMI AHMAD ZABIDI
SITI SARAH MD NOOR
MOHD HAFIZ ISMAIL
AQILAH ABDUL KUDU
MURSYIDA YAZED
ZURAIMEE ZAINAL
NUREZZATUL AQMAR MUSTAZA
WAN RAHAYU WAN MOHD
JUANI MUNIR ABU BAKAR
SHARIFUDIN BIN ABDUL RAHIM
ZAHID IZZANI MOHD SAID
ROSLI TALIB
ASRIL ASWANDI ABD SHUKOR
MOHD IZARI ROSLI
WARTAWAN SINAR HARIAN
BERNAMA
TERJEMAHAN SINAR HARIAN
ZAKI SALLEH
LIZA MOKHTAR
TOK KI
NASRUDIN HASSAN
PAK SU DO
MUHAMMAD AMNAN HIBRAHIM
ENGKU SHARIFUL AZNI
RAJA NUR FAZNIE AIDA
MUKHRIZ MAT HUSIN
MUHAMMAD ZULKARNAIN MOHD AZMAN
ROY ANTHONY ROGERS
MOHAMMAD KHAIRIL ASHRAF MOHD KHALID
MUHAMMAD YUSAINY MOHAMAD YUNUS
WONG CHIN HUAT
Wan Habibah Binti Zahari
Hafezdzullah Bin Mohd Hassan
SYAIRAH ABDUL LAJIS
NUR IFTITAH ROZLAN
MOHD HARIS FADLI MOHD FADZIL
BADRULDIN ZAKARIA
MOHAMAD HISYAMUDDIN AYUB
ADRIANA NABILLA MOHD ANUAR
DR ISMAIL IBRAHIM
ROZAID RAHMAN
Izahar Atan
TASNIM LOKMAN
ANIS ZALANI
SYAHIRAH MOKHTAZAR
MOHD FAIZUL HAIKA MAT KHAZI
SITI NURFATIHAH PIRDAUS
Kamalia Yasmin Kamarul Nizam
NORSHAHZURA MAT ZUKI
Danial Abdul Muhaimin Dzulkifly
Ameerul Hakim Azizi
Nabihah Md Rosdi
DANIAL DZULKIFLY
Nurul Amalina Abd Mutalib
Nurul Amalina Abd Mutalib
Nur Suhaima Nordin
KHAIRAH N. KARIM
ASYIKIN ASMIN
Muhammad Nadzif Khairul Azhar
RYNNAAS AZLAN
Mat Taici
MUHAMMAD IKHWAN RIDZWAN
DIANA AZIS
IZWAN ROZLIN
MINDERJEET KAUR
ADLIL RAJIAH
KOUSALYA SELVAM
SUTHA GANAPATHY
Rafidah Abdullah
ATHIRA AMINUDDIN
NATHANIEL TAN
HANI SHAMIRA SHAHRUDIN
Danial Abdul Muhaimin Dzulkifly
WARTAWAN SUKAN SINAR
Syazuin Sazali
AMY EZREEN
Mohamad Faizal Che Shamsudin
NAZRIN ZULKAFLI
ZAIDI ISMAIL
ZAIDI AZMI
profesor dr jomo kwame sundaram
ASWANY OMAR
yna aizat
ALIMIN NOOR AZLIDA
Yna Aizat
NURUL NABILA AHMAD HALIMY
MUHAMMAD BIN HIBRAHIM
MUHD FAZRIL HAIKAL HARIF
LIYANA AIZAT YUSOFF
sara haddad
test sara haddad
sara haddad testing
Muhammad Zaidi Azmi
HAJAR UMIRA MD ZAKI
ANISA AZNAN
NURUL ATIKAH SARJI
DIANA OTHMAN
SYAZA SHUKRI
ADLIN SAHIMI
VEISHNAWI NEHRU
ILI LIYANA MOKHTAR
ASHWIN KUMAR
NORITA MOHD NOH
WALA ABDUL MUIZ
AYESHA SHEIK MAZRUL
Nur Aida Adriana Said
WAN AHMAD ATARMIZI
ROZNAH JABBAR
ZALINA SOM
AHMAD AQMAL AHMAD RAHMAN
Hashini Kavishtri Kannan
FARHANA ABD KADIR
ROSKHOIRAH YAHYA
AHMAD SYAHIR KASSIM
NOR SYAMIRA LIANA NOR ASHAHA
NURATIKAH ATHILYA HASSAN
QURRATUL AINA QUDDUS
zulqarnain Abuhasn
Siti Safa Mohd Nor
Nilam Nur Atikah Oshman
SITI AISYAH MOHAMAD
MOHD HAFIZ HORI
AISYAH BASARUDDIN
SITI NOOR FAEZAH MUDA
FATIN FATIHAH HUSSIN
MUHD AZMAN MOHD NAWI
NURULFATIHA MUAH
AZLEENDA SAHALUDIN
Intan Shalira
Abdul Hamid Mohamad
ANUAR SHAH BALI MAHOMED
CHRISTINE CHEAH
DR ANIS YUSAL YUSOFF
DR CHAMIL WARIYA
DR SIVAMUGURAN PANDIAN
M ZAKI ARIF
MANA SIKANA
MUHAMMAD FUAD MAT NOOR
Safiah Omar
TAI ZEE HOW
TUNKU ZAIN AL-‘ABIDIN
WAN IZAR HAIZAN
LEE LAM THYE
LIM CHEE WEI
ROSHLAWATY MD RAIEH
Muhammad Haffiz Abdullah
Qholijah Zulkifli
NIK MOHD HASYUDDEN YUSOFF
DR ALIZI ALIAS
JOHAN JAAFFAR
MOHAMMED AZMAN AZIZ MOHAMMED
NURFARDLINA IZZATI MOKTAR
TENGKU ZAFRUL TENGKU ABDUL AZIZ
MOHD ISKANDAR OTHMAN
SYDI AHMAD ALIF MOHD SARIBUDDIN @ MOHD NASIR
ZAITON ABDUL MANAF
AZMA MOHD LAZIM
SITI NOOR AZIRA MOHD FAUDZI
WARTAWAN SINARPLUS
HAIRUL HELMI
MARLISSA MOHAMMAD KAMAL
ZULHILMI HAT
AMAL AKMAL AZIZ
NASIHAT POKNIK
ZULHISHAM ISAHAK
NURKHAIRINI JUMARI
MOHD NASRI JAMALUDIN
MOHD HANAFIAH HASHIM
MOHD FAZLI ZAINUL ABIDIN
AZMI TARMIZI
NURUL HUDA HUSAIN
MUHAMMAD AFIFI ABDUL RAZAK
DR MOHD KHAIRULNAZRIN MOHD NASIR
MUHAMAD TARMIZE MOHD NOR
MOHD RAZLAN MAT SALLEH
MOHAMED ISMAIL PAKIR MOHAMED
cetu san
PENDAPAT RAKYAT
ROSHILA MURNI ROSLI
ROSLI HASSAN
SHARIFAH SHAHIRAH
AFDAH MUJAP
DR AKHBAR SATAR
WARTAWAN SINAR BESTARI
Sinar Daily Reporter
TUNKU ZAIN AL-'ABIDIN
DR PEKAN RAMLI
NURBAYA ABDUL REZAK
NOR SYAZRINA MUHAMAD TAHIR
MOHD HAZRIZAL MOHD HANAPIAH
MALINA OSMAN
SITI FARIHAN ISMAIL
ZAKARIA SHAABAN
MOHD HAFIZDI CHE MD AKHIR
ALEXANDER NANTA LINGGI
SITI NURNADILLA MOHAMAD JAMIL
MOHAMMAD TARIQUR RAHMAN
BARJOYAI BARDAI
KAMARIAH KAMARUDIN
RUZY ADILA IDRIS
DR AIMI ZULHAZMI ABDUL RASHID
DR ABDUL HALIM ABDULLAH
KHAIRUL ARIFIN MOHD MUNIR
MOHD ZUKI PILEH
MARZUKI YUSOFF
MOHAMAD DIN YUSOH
SUARA SINAR
FADHLINA SIDEK
DEAR PMX
DR IBRAHIM ABU SHAH
AFNAN ZAKWAN
FATINI YAACOB
MAHAMAD NASER DISA
MOHAMMAD SHAHRAY ZULKIFLI
FARAH NABILA MOHAMED SARIS
NADIA AZIZ
IIaiya Barathi Panneerselvam
NOR HAFIZAH MD SHAH
TS SR DR MOHD ASHRAF MOHD FATEH
ADVERTORIAL MEDIA SELANGOR
NAZMIZAN MUHAMMAD
DR DAVID ROSS APPLETON
AHMAD SAUFFIYAN HASAN
WONG CHUN WAI
MOHAMAD ASRAF AWALUDDIN
CHING SIEW MOOI
DR KAMARUL ZAMAN YUSOFF
MOHD AFZANIZAM ABDUL RASHID
SHAH SHAMSHIRI
AIDA ROZITA MOKHTAR
NURSYUHADA JAMALUDIN
MOHD AZMI MAT NAYAN
TUN ABDUL HAMID MOHAMAD
SITI HAJAR BIDIN
HIYAMA JUNKO
DR KAMARAZAMAN YACOB
DR ROZILINI MARY FERNANDEZ-CHUNG
AARON AGO DAGANG
AMERUL MUNER MOHAMMAD
MAWAR SAFEI
DR MARZUKI MOHAMAD
DR HALIZA ABDUL RAHMAN
HAIZIR OTHMAN
NUR FARHANA ABDUL MANAN
MOHD MUZZAMMIL ISMAIL
MASTURAH MA'IN
ISMAIL YUSOP
FOUZIAH AMIR
DANIAL HAKIM
ANNA KARTINI AHMAD LOTFI
AHMAD SYAHRUL DERAUH
WAN NOR ROSIDA
NAIM MUHAMAD ALI
SITI SALBIAH NORAZAN
ASMALIZA MANSOR
MOHD HAFIZ HANAFIAH
SHAHRIZAL AHMAD ZAINI
DR SHAHIDAN TAIB
PERUJI PERUMAL
DR MOHD NORAZWAN A BAKAR
NUR ZILATULNAIM ZULKAFLI
MOHD ABDULLAH JUSOH
WEE KA SIONG
SYIRFAN INDRA
SUWADI GULILING
G MANIMARAN
SUMMUGAM RENGASAMY
NURHAZLIN LYDIA NAZRI
MOHD AFIFI ABDUL RAZAK
NORLIZA SALEH
ROSHLAWATY RAIEH
HAIRUL AZHAR ABDUL RASHID
HAZMIN SYAHMAN ABDUL RAHMAN
M VIVEKANANTHAN
FARIDAH MALUDIN
JESSICA ONG HAI LIAW
HANIM SALLEH
MOHD YUSRI IBRAHIM
JULIANA ROSDI
FAUZIAH ISMAIL
NUR AYUNI MOHD ISA
MEGAT ABDUL HALIM MEGAT MOHD
ASMARUDDIN JAMALUDDIN
PUPERAHAIZAD DARSONO
ANAS ZUBEDY
MUHAMAD MUNAWER ISMAIL
MUHAMMAD HUZAIMI SABRI
NOOR LIYANA MOHD NOR
YASMIN YACCOB
DR SHAHRUL MIZAN ISMAIL
DR ISMI ARIF ISMAIL
SABARIAH BAHARUN
NADHIRAH KHAIRUDIN
DR. NUR AYUNI MOHD ISA
ROSLI TALIB
RUSHDAN RUSMI
ARRAZAQ NAZRI
NAZIR RAZAK
NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD
AMIRUL FAHMI
MOHD FIRDAUZ
Sirajuddin Suhaimee
Che Puan Muda Zaheeda Mohamad Ariff
AZLINDA AZMAN
MUHAMMAD MUNZIR MOHAMMAD NASIR
DR MAZLINA CHE MUSTAFA
RAJABI ABDUL RAZAK
DR WAN NORHASNIAH WAN HUSIN
KHAIRUN NIZAM MOHAMMAD YUSUFF
DR. MOHAMMED IQBAL BADARUDDIN
MUKHTARUDDIN MUSA
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Hybrid village chicks reared by married couple Cik Mat Ariffa Che Mat Reduan, and Noor Azlina Bahari at the Free-Range Chicken Rearing Centre in Seri Bandi. - Bernama photo
Hybrid village chicks reared by married couple Cik Mat Ariffa Che Mat Reduan, and Noor Azlina Bahari at the Free-Range Chicken Rearing Centre in Seri Bandi. - Bernama photo
Married couple retire early from uniformed services to rear free-range chicken
Among the products sold by local residents are salted fish, smoked fish and various types of fruits at the Pekan Lachau Tamu Market. - Bernama photo
Among the products sold by local residents are salted fish, smoked fish and various types of fruits at the Pekan Lachau Tamu Market. - Bernama photo
Pekan Lachau comes alive as a must-stop fruit haven along Pan Borneo Highway
Muhamed Helmy admitted that he himself faced difficulties in growing his business due to the absence of a dedicated platform that focuses on the unique needs of the creative industry. - Bernama photo
Muhamed Helmy admitted that he himself faced difficulties in growing his business due to the absence of a dedicated platform that focuses on the unique needs of the creative industry. - Bernama photo
Photographer builds digital platform for creative industry entrepreneurs
Azuan continues to persevere in his battle against cancer. Photo courtesy of Mohd Azuan Asmuni.
Azuan continues to persevere in his battle against cancer. Photo courtesy of Mohd Azuan Asmuni.
A commando’s final mission: Defeating cancer
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Photo for illustration purpose only. - 123RF photo
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