Joe Fernandez

Longtime Borneo watcher Joe Fernandez has been writing for many years on both sides of the Southeast Asia Sea. He should not be mistaken for a namesake formerly with the Daily Express in Kota Kinabalu. JF keeps a Blog under FernzTheGreat on the nature of human relationships.

PKR Tears Itself Apart While In Power: The Real ‘Reformasi’?

The exit of former PKR strongmen Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi has exposed a party still struggling to define itself in power
Politics
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Israel Has Death Wish On Palestinian State

Tel Aviv bundle of contradictions on concept of partners for peace in Biblical Holy Land while maintaining West Bank remains disputed territory and therefore...
Palestine

Najib ‘Leaves Jail’ As SRC Case Incomplete

UN Review, silent on 'arbitrary detention' for diplomatic reasons, finds no closure on Najib's RM42m SRC International case! Commentary and Analysis . . . It...
Opinion

Anwar ‘caves in’ on Cabinet reshuffle and Role for Najib

Anwar 'caves in' on Cabinet reshuffle and Role for Najib . . . Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) demanding major Cabinet reshuffle and Pardon for...
Analysis

Sabah’s ‘Kadazan’ barking up the wrong tree on ‘government forms’

Sabah's 'Kadazan' barking up the wrong tree on 'government forms' Homo sapiens 'race' -- human species or genetic barrier -- are differentiated by artificial social...
Analysis

Najib ‘Out Of Jail’ By Christmas After UN Review

It's highly unlikely that Attorney General (AG) Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh would be ready for renewed battle with former Prime Minister Najib Razak especially...
Analysis

Najib Lost Chances To Stay Out Of Jail

Originating Summons, clearly not remedy in law, may be persuasive authority as Declaration, but not needed on Pardon for former Prime Minister Najib! Commentary and...
Analysis

PM Anwar Gives Agong ‘Green Light’ On Pardon For Najib

Agong can act on Pardon for former Prime Minister Najib Razak, with or without advice from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and without giving reasons! Commentary...
Analysis

Three Attorney General In Malaysia Have ‘Equal Status’

The justice system in Malaysia may be broken as the Narrative on the Attorney General in Putrajaya, Sabah and Sarawak, appears controlled by multiplicity...
Analysis

UMNO, Except For Zahid, Against Anwar Ibrahim And DAP

DAP, in a candid moment, exposed its own ‘secret’ plans and Hidden Agenda against UMNO by conceding in the media that it was looking...
Opinion

Islamic ‘Rebel’ States Focus On Economy Under Mahathir’s Leadership

Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu try their hand at managing their economies, the weakest point in the poverty-stricken states! Commentary and Analysis . . ....
Analysis

Malaysia One Country, Three Immigration Systems, 60 Years Later

Immigration, being Federal, no state in Malaysia can have such power apart from what cannot be exercised by the Prime Minister and Home Minister...
Featured

Media Should Not ‘Distort’ Court Ruling In Reporting

If media degenerates into sensationalism based on click baits on court cases, the public perceptions built up by the 'false' narrative may mislead the...
Analysis