Walking against ICERD
In spirit I walk with my fellow Malaysians today. They are, even as I write this, gathering in growing numbers to show appreciation of the Government for deciding NOT to ratify the UN's International...
View ArticleTabung Haji vs Tabung Haji (or is it PWC vs EY?)
Inexperience + Arrogance = ? This government's problem is not so much that too many of its ministers are green but that they can be arrogant like hell. The Malay has a most apt description for it:...
View ArticleTying to stay colour blind ...
Pictures sometimes lie. But these Lynas workers who are fighting to keep their jobs look like Malays, all of them. And those who want to close down Lynas (and make those Malays jobless) have always...
View ArticleThe road to a "truly Malaysian car"
Pic from Paul Tan'sIf anyone had any doubts about the ties that bind Proton and its maker, the 121218 launch of the much-anticipated X70 cleared the air. Clearly, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad holds Proton...
View ArticleThe Prophet and angels in Malaysian politics
Khalid Samad has done it again. Not that he cares, I suspect. And if you're wondering how this joker could so recklessly liken his government's failures to the Prophet's own, don't look far. Just the...
View ArticleThe hypocrisy over the indiscriminate smoking ban etc
Note:The Prophet and the angels is a sign for us to take a breather from political commentaries. Perhaps for the rest of the year, which will be good for our well-being. We won't be lacking issues to...
View ArticleEx Utusan vs Utusan
Ex-Utusan's bebasnews.myDigital news war. Last month, scores of journalists from Utusan Malaysia left the daily under a voluntary separation scheme. Last week, led by former editors Zaini Hassan, Gamal...
View ArticleFireman Adib is dead; I hope they all hang
Alfatehah, Adib Bomba. Nowhere in the world has a fireman been beaten to death for doing his job, for trying to help. Only in Malaysia.For you, adik Adib, I hope for Jannah.I hope Waythamoorthy does...
View ArticleA non-smoking start to 2019
Read SMOKING BAN STARTS TODAYCan't help it, but the smoking ban at all restaurants including open-air eateries reminds me of Singapore's chewing gum ban. For you kiddies out there, the infamous gum ban...
View ArticleLatest US court decision on Jho Low's Equanimity - What it really means,...
US Court's approval shows that Jho Low is innocent: LawyersIt doesn't prove that Jho Low is innocent: LawyersJan 3: As usual, the warring parties - or their lawyers, rather - claim that victory is...
View ArticleAll's well that ends well. Well, maybe ...
Read the Malaysian Insight story hereJan 4: Good news? Well, the minister did well enough to respond immediately with his re-assurance to the 283 (now former) employees of SPAD that they will be...
View ArticleLynas and the third national car project
In this interview with FMT, Redzuan Yusof, the Minister in charge of the proposed Third National Car (TNC) project, sheds a little more light on the mysterious project."It will be a hybrid based on the...
View ArticleEducating our insurance people
In my years as a Press man, I've come across numerous cases of ordinary Malaysians forced by desperate circumstances to go to the media and beg fellow Malaysians to help them out of a personal tragedy...
View ArticleAG's boogie with the Judiciary: What the three ex Judges think
Updated Jan 24Thou shall not: One of the ex judges attached this tablet of Commandments, too ..Original articleJan 22: You remember the 3 ex Judges I consulted with on Latest US court decision on Jho...
View ArticleCameron Highlands shows that Kit Siang still PH Big Boss
Bruised Lim, maybe, but still your Big BossJan 28: Journalists and bloggers who closely followed the Cameron Highlands by-election may tell you that Lim Kit Siang was one of the major reasons for...
View ArticleECRL
Delete, Defer, Downsize?Jan 28: My view on the ECRL project? Simple: if the Government of the day decides not to carry on with the ECRL (or any project, mega or otherwise, that was brought in by the...
View Article"Sila duduk jangan lari, Gong Xi Fa Cai sudah mari"
Here's wishing you my Dear Readers a Happy Chinese New Year.May the Year of the Pig bring all of us health, happiness and prosperity.p.s. Thanks Bad and friends, your festive videos remain our...
View ArticleAnti-graft chief quashes talk of Petronas arrests
But he could have spoken sooner, couldn't he?KL, Feb 9: So, the news that the anti-graft authority was going to arrest two Petronas execs over some alleged corrupt practices is NOT true. If Malaysian...
View ArticleThe good news is ...
Puchong, 11 Feb: Good news is a rare commodity these days. Entertaining (not entertainment) news melambak - just read up on our politicians and their academic qualifications, Cabinet Minister's dumb...
View ArticleSabotaging each other (updated: Wee tells Loke to sack aide)
Update 20/2: DAP persona non-grata Wee Choo Keong said Anthony Loke should kick out his press secretary over the RTM sabotage claim. In his tweet, the former MP blasted the PH Transport Minister for...
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