Category Archives: On the Beat

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

THE resignations this week of two Cabinet members, as expected, became front-page news items and sparked speculation across Malaysia’s political and media circles. After all, it’s not everyday that two ministers would announce their decisions to quit at one go, […] Continue Reading

Hostage theatre: Trump showing Ramaphosa articles of the alleged genocide of white people in South Africa before screening the videos at the White House. Reuters IT’S been called Ambush Diplomacy – where the intention is to put unfortunate world leaders […] Continue Reading

Wider meaning: Ordinary citizens have no say in party polls but we surely follow them with great interest as the outcome does have a broader implication for our lives. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star WHEN elections come around, it’s only natural […] Continue Reading

On point: Anwar and Zafrul after the special Dewan Rakyat meeting to address Trump’s tariffs. They have been working hard to communicate with the public on the issue. — Bernama LET’S face it – the world economy will never be […] Continue Reading

Kudos to the police and MACC for acting against these corrupt VVIPs. — The Star EVERY time a titled person, usually a Datuk or Datuk Seri, is arrested and is investigated by the authorities, many of us in the media […] Continue Reading

IT is common practice for our leaders and some Rulers to issue statements marking the festivals celebrated by Malaysians, including religious ones, as a mark of respect and commitment to our diversity. But last week, something out of the usual […] Continue Reading

FIRST, US Vice-President JD Vance found himself being rebuked – for his disrespectful comments about “Chinese peasants”. In a recent interview, when speaking about the effects of the Trump Administration’s tariffs, he said the US “borrows money from Chinese peasants […] Continue Reading