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Rafizi akan kekal bertanding di Pandan dalam PRU akan datang

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Ahli Parlimen Pandan, Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli menafikan spekulasi bahawa dia akan mengosongkan kerusi itu bagi membolehkannya bertanding di Bandar Tun Razak pada pilihan raya umum akan datang. Merujuk episod terbaru podcast Yang Berhenti Menteri, Malaysiakini melaporkan Rafizi mengulas saranan bekas Ahli Parlimen Bangi, Encik Ong Kian Ming agar dia mencabar Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim di kerusi tersebut, yang kini disandang Presiden PKR, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. “Saya nak beritahu ini hanyalah sembang kencang Ong Kian Ming saja. Saya dah umumkan berkali-kali menyatakan bahawa saya akan bertanding di Pandan. “Pendirian politik saya dan kawan-kawan yang lain yang lain sebenarnya tidak berkaitan dengan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pun, ikut suka dialah dia nak buat apa,” kata bekas menteri ekonomi itu. Ong, yang tidak mempertahankan kerusinya dalam PRU15, sebelum ini berspekulasi bahawa Rafizi mungkin menyasarkan pertandingan yang “lebih besar” berband...

PRESS STATEMENT BY BORNEO’S PLIGHT IN MALAYSIA FOUNDATION (BoPiMaFo) ON SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2026

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PUTRAJAYA FAILS FOR A DECADE — NOW SABAH IS FORCED TO CLEAN UP THE MESS Borneo’s Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPiMaFo) condemns in the strongest possible terms the Federal Government’s latest move, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, to hand over 83 rural water projects in Sabah after years of delay and failure. Let us be absolutely clear:  This is not decentralisation.  This is not reform.  This is Putrajaya retreating after failure — and pushing the consequences onto Sabah. 1. TEN YEARS OF FAILURE — NOW CONVENIENTLY HANDED OVER For nearly a decade, these projects were:  fully controlled by the Federal Government;  funded through federal allocations; and  managed by federal agencies.  And what is the result? I ncomplete systems;  delayed delivery;  rural Sabahans still without reliable access to clean water. Now, suddenly, Sabah is told to “take over.”  This is not cooperation.  This is a bailout of federal fa...

Oil prices go down—crashing—good news or bad news?

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HARGA MINYAK DUNIA JATUH GILA  WORLD OIL PRICES CRASHING The oil prices are crashing. WTI hit US$82.95 per barrel yesterday.  Down almost US$12 per barrel.  Or down 12.40% from the day before. June oil futures are trading even lower at US$81.38 per barrel. The Dow Jones is going up, up and away.  The Dow hit 49,546 yesterday Friday 17 April 2026.  Compared to the day before: 48,463 on Thursday. That is a 993 point jump in the Dow in one day!!  There is going to be a resolution in the Middle East. CL = Crude oil (specifically West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures) M = Contract month code for June 6 = The year ending in 6 (context determines the decade, e.g., 2016, 2026, etc.) Tuan Syed Akbar Ali wrote in his blog, OutSyed The Box yesterday, Friday 17 April 2026. End © Permadu Visit Permadu Malaysia blog at  permadumalaysia.blogspot.com By  Fauzi Kadir Chief Editor Assistant Editor Jamaliah Mohd Salleh Final editing and brought to you by Fauzi K...