Category Archives: On the Beat

Silent night

PALESTINE ambassador Walid Abu Ali is fond of Christmas. After all, his hometown is in Bethlehem, where the Church of the Nativity stands and is recognised as the site where Jesus was born. But this year, there’ll be no celebrations. […] Continue Reading

All hail the new King

MALAYSIA is abuzz with what to expect from Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, the new Yang di-Pertuan Agong from Feb 1. While the Federal Constitution clearly delineates the power and position of the King as the Constitutional Monarch, there’s nothing to […] Continue Reading

Betting on tourism

WHILE attending the World Media Summit in Guangzhou, China, last week, I was interviewed by a Chinese media reporter who wanted my views on how the media could improve the perception of Chinese tourists towards South-East Asia. Unsure what he […] Continue Reading

Magnetic interference

WE seem to be living in an age where nearly everything has become sensitive. This is all outrageous and ludicrous, and downright foolish even. Hot off the press is the controversy of how the state-run TV Sarawak (TVS) had allegedly […] Continue Reading

Double crossed

SACKING a restaurant worker for wearing a crucifix must surely be the first of its kind in Malaysia. Not only is it discriminatory, but this is totally unacceptable, and a strong, unequivocal message must be conveyed to his employer. This […] Continue Reading

Dazed and confused

KEPALA Batas’ MP could have spared herself and us a lot of grief by simply apologising for her blunder and moving on. Instead, Dr Siti Mastura Muhammad faces an impending suit for claiming that DAP leader Lim Guan Eng is […] Continue Reading

Slip of the tongue

IF the bottom of the barrel had already been scraped by some of our recalcitrant Members of Parliament spanning racist to sexist remarks, then Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura Muhammad’s claim has bore a hole right through. The debutant PAS […] Continue Reading

Riders on a storm

Improvements are apparent, but we must still brace ourselves for a turbulent year ahead. WHEN the ringgit’s value continues to slip against the skyrocketing cost of living, not many Malaysians are interested in listening to complicated economic reasons for the […] Continue Reading

Reality bites

WHILE it has finally dawned on PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang that no political coalition can hope to form the federal government without the support of non-Muslims, he has yet to realise why many of us aren’t consumed […] Continue Reading

Standing with the Palestinians

GENOCIDE, holocaust or simply an annihilation of the Palestinians in the tiny Gaza Strip. At least one of those descriptions is certainly accurate about what’s happening in the Middle East. It’s called a strip precisely because it’s just a narrow […] Continue Reading