Category Archives: On the Beat

View wisely: Media literacy is needed especially for older social media users to learn to discern real from fake news, and spontaneous from staged or AI-generated content. This is now part of being a responsible digital citizen. IT’S deplorable and […] Continue Reading

Big challenge: PAS’ ideological stance has made it difficult for it to win the trust of Chinese and Indian voters. —The Star AS Malaysia’s political landscape shifts ahead of the next general election, PAS continues to face deep challenges in […] Continue Reading

Dying slowly: Displaced Palestinian mother Samah Matar holding her malnourished son Youssef at a school where they are sheltering amid a hunger crisis in Gaza City. — Reuters IT’S plain murder on a massive scale, starving the Palestinians to death […] Continue Reading

Growth needed: The next five years will thus be crucial for Malaysia if it is to become a high-income nation. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star HERE’S the good news – the World Bank has declared Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Penang, Sarawak and […] Continue Reading

Urgent attention needed: Unlike this vernacular school in Petaling Jaya, many of the Tamil schools in the country are in a bad state. Furthermore, 12% of Indian children are born underweight and 18% suffer from stunting. — ART CHEN/The Star […] Continue Reading

Hoping for better: S. Sobashini Priya and husband M. Hesharhishi Rao after casting their vote in Penang during the 15th General Election. Indian Malaysians make up about 6.6% of the population, translating to roughly 2.2 million people, with about 1.5 […] Continue Reading

Keeping it together: While some feel the pace of reform under Anwar’s administration is too slow, the reality is that getting anything done with a coalition government is not easy or quick anywhere in the world. — Filepic/The Star THE […] Continue Reading

Funding the nation: Money is needed for public services, education, and healthcare reforms, while new challenges such as artificial intelligence technology and digitalisation also demand the disbursement of funds. — 123rf TAXATION in any form and name is never popular, […] Continue Reading

Disturbing discovery: The Budak2 Sekolah Rendah group on Facebook, which features photos of schoolchildren, is said to have over 12,000 followers. — 123rf IT’S a wake-up call for all of us. Not just parents, teachers and students but every one […] Continue Reading

Businessmen with titles who siphon money meant for projects into their own pockets have to be brought to justice. These loans are meant to support projects, not for their personal expenditures and indulgences. —123rf IT is common knowledge that most […] Continue Reading