The Malaysian Press free-est in region ... again!??
Press Freedom Index 2020, ASEAN. Source RSFPuchong, 23 April: Excuse me for the question marks in the headline. For when it comes to the RSF, I shall remain a little bit cautious and a little bit...
View ArticleSo, is Tony F in your good books or bad?
#StayIn MCOday#37 1st Ramadan 1441: Looks like you either love him or you hate him. That is how far Tony Fernandes has come since he co-founded Air Asia at the turn of the millennium and turned it into...
View ArticleCrisis at Petronas?
Former Dr M aide tells Muhyiddin to look into the national oil corporation, urgently"... you must on an urgent basis, be hands-on to resolve the crisis that has engulfed Petronas. Please direct your...
View Article"So, you think PH didn't steal and was not corrupt"
Who lobbied for DAP chairman to be special envoy to China? 3 Ramadan 1441: It was just a line from an FB response to a reader by the Communications and Multimedia Minister but Malaysiakini did well to...
View ArticleAnti-Lynas politician to be charged with spreading fake news
#stayathome 28 April: This dude Dinesh Nair is right, you know. Justice is not only being done, it's being seen to be done! So many Malaysians were talking about double standards, cocksure the...
View ArticleRoasted for Air Asia must die remarks (Happy birthday, Tony)
#stayathome April 30: Former civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman has come under fire for remarks he made on Air Asia. In Air Asia won't be missed, Azharuddin suggested that low cost travel...
View ArticleZafrul comes through after Bank Negara's blunder, but is he any good as...
#stayathome Day 45, May 2: To say that just anyone would make a decent Minister of Finance after YB Lim Guan Eng would be an insult to Tengku Zafrul Aziz, but his handling of the unprecedented...
View ArticlePNB, falling profits, last elevator ride down
Menara PNB 118TTDI, April 5: There's money to make even in the worst of times, and that's what Permodalan Nasional Berhad group CEO Jalil Rasheed is telling investors when he talks about picking up...
View ArticleAfter two years of political prosecutions, the MACC is back!
A Singapore Straits Times report TTDI, May 6: A lot of people are jumping with joy over news that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating the award of projects worth RM30 million to...
View ArticleMalaysia's 13% jobless: Prospects and challenges
Puchong, 16 Ramadan/May 9: While those guys up there are playing yet another episode of their ugly, filthy games of throne, the real folks down here are struggling to bring food to the table and keep a...
View ArticleRise in bogus news: Is Hamzah looking to bring back Fake News Act?
Puchong, May 15: If you are looking for alternative take on Malaysian politics that's provocative but not fake, I suggest you give the Third Force a shot. Their news sense these days is quite spot on,...
View ArticleOne of the great legal mysteries that's Tommy Thomas
Malaysia, May 18: Tommy Thomas is trying too hard to defend his integrity over the DNA deal that his handpicked lead prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram made last week with Riza Aziz. The former AG says he "would...
View ArticleA very short doa for Abang Din
"Muhyiddin has done a goood job. If my view could represent the people's feelings, brother, then the people have no complaint against the Prime Minister. He is calm, displays great administrative...
View ArticleWill the real Opposition Leader please stand up?
TTDI, 28 Ramadan: While we were extending our short doa for Muhyiddin, Dr Mahathir Mohamad was promising "very big trouble" for his successor and his 'back-door' government. The two-time Prime Ministe...
View ArticleBut would DAP want Mahathir as a member?
Updated: "To quote Stephen King, 'To fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.'"'- Time to move beyond Dr Mahathir by Terence Fernandez/The...
View Article5G: Why Singapore is concerned with Syed Mokhtar's Altel
Kuala Lumpur, 4 June: I'm not as big a fan of Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary as I used to be. The years have made me wiser, I suppose, or just that little harder to impress. But it would seem that across the...
View ArticleThe inevitable shake-up in Petronas
Updated: Taufik is new Petronas president/CEO[Wan Zul shipped off to Malaysia Airlines as chaiman ...]Original storyOut (eft) and In? (right) - pic The StarPuchong, 6 June 20: Jose Barrock of The Edge...
View ArticleCan Wan Zul save Malaysia Airlines?
Wan Zul, can the ex Petronas boss save MAS?Can anyone save Malaysia Airlines?KL, June 14: If Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz had said he was shocked by news that hard times were forcing local...
View ArticleThe most powerful woman in Malaysia?
"Hello, Anneh (brother), looks like your friend Datuk Ainon is the most powerful woman in the country today lah ..."I knew instantly what the caller was referring to. For days, rumours had been going...
View ArticleWhy Mukhriz cannot, should not be the next Deputy Prime Minister
Or Shafie-62%-Afdal as PM, for that matterTTDI, today: I had the privilege of sitting through the making of a pilot talk show for television at Wisma Bernama yesterday. It's an hour-long slot that will...
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