Category Archives: On the Beat

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

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

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

IT’S unprecedented to hear about a top police officer admonishing a room full of the most senior cops from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), and then uploading a video of the shelling online. When these CID officers from around the […] Continue Reading

THE local rice supply shortage has rudely rattled most of us. Naturally, it’s been followed by the traditional finger pointing. The grain has inexplicably vanished from supermarket shelves, while the price of imported rice has spiked. The facts indicate that […] Continue Reading

Screaming match: Radzi lost his cool when Anwar (below) took a swipe at him for laughing while the PM was explaining the DNAA issue. — Bernama IT’S not the first, and neither will it be the last time the Dewan […] Continue Reading

THE numbers were beyond the expectations of the organisers when more than 10,000 people of various races and ages showed up to participate in the Keretapi Sarong 2023 (KS2023) recently. While most wore the sarong and the kain pelikat to […] Continue Reading

IT will never be a popular move, but the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is necessary if Malaysia hopes to have a wider tax net to generate more revenue, given the increase in public expenditure. From healthcare spending to security, […] Continue Reading

IT’S so refreshing to see a Malaysian movie that’s prepared to tackle the issue of our racial and religious differences, since we have a beautifully plural society and nation. The timing of the movie is especially apt ahead of Malaysia […] Continue Reading

IT’S like a leaf taken out of a handbook on creating controversies for some of our politicians. Whenever an issue crops up, the usual suspects will mouth off to say yea or nay in a way that distinguishes them as […] Continue Reading