Category Archives: On the Beat
Pining for a panacea ( 20 March 2022 )
New normal: Covid-19 is here to stay, so we need to learn to live with the coronavirus and hold a general election amid the health crisis. – THOMAS YONG/The Star IT doesn’t take a genius to suss out investors’ feelings […] Continue Reading
Time for GE15 ( 13 March 2022 )
Having a general election soon can be the way out of the country’s political and economic conundrum, says the writer. – AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star For economic reasons and the sake of political stability, Malaysia needs to head to the polls […] Continue Reading
The woes of war ( 06 March 2022 )
THERE can’t possibly be a valid reason for war in any shape or form. Call it aggression, invasion, occupation, liberation or special military operations. Any which way you slice it, it’s still war, and the lives of innocent people are […] Continue Reading
Sex, sleaze and scams ( 27 February 2022 )
Billion dollar bombshells: Leissner testifying in a US court as a key witness in the 1MDB corruption trial of his former Goldman Sachs colleague, as shown in this court sketch. – Reuters IT must have been a week when most […] Continue Reading
Compass of compassion ( 20 February 2022 )
Long wait: Loh with her children during an outing few years ago. Last week, she finally got to see her children for the second time in three years. – Photo provided IT’S a tragedy, really. Common sense, compassion, legality and […] Continue Reading
Litmus test beckons ( 13 February 2022 )
New mode: Political parties will have to change their campaigning strategies to keep safe and attract the new voters. IT’S unchartered waters for almost all the political parties, but perhaps much more for the established ones when they must grapple […] Continue Reading
An old controversy gets a new lease on life, mirroring the sign of the times ( 06 February 2022 )
IT’S ironic that a controversial statement by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, largely forgotten or more precisely, generally unknown to most Malaysians, would get resurrected. And even more coincidental that it must come from his daughter, Datuk Paduka Marina Mahathir, who […] Continue Reading
The roaring silence ( 30 January 2022 )
Emblazoned on our nation’s coat of arms and Filem Negara’s emblem, yet our tigers face a dire prospect in Kelantan. THIS may be the Year of the Tiger, but they are disappearing from our jungles at an alarming rate. Let’s […] Continue Reading
Spike in tall tales ( 23 January 2022 )
Festive fever: Yee Sang is a popular must have Chinese New Year dish and many will wish for health, happiness and prosperity when tossing it. – The Star THE best part of Malaysian festivals is always the short videos depicting […] Continue Reading
Watchdog turns scapegoat ( 16 January 2022 )
WHEN politicians and public figures are in a spot, they’ll find ways to squirm their way out. It’ll be flimsy excuses ranging from the boring to the ludicrous, but that won’t stop these beleaguered personalities. After more than three decades […] Continue Reading
