Category Archives: On the Beat

It is not only Kelantan, which has a serious social problem involving the young, and punishment is not the only solution, says the writer. — 123rf THERE is a popular saying, that it takes two to tango. It means that […] Continue Reading

High ambitions: PAS party leaders have now set their sights on the top post in Perikatan, and the country. Will voters be drawn to their political stance though? — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star IT’S clear now that PAS knows the party […] Continue Reading

Practical purpose: Penang’s LRT service is expected to connect the island’s 1.8 million residents to the million others on the mainland and vice-versa, as seen in the artist impression of its Mutiara Line project. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star IT […] Continue Reading

The woman who attempted to attack the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, on the grandstand during the state-level National Day parade last week being remanded at a police station in Ipoh. — Bernama AS a trainee reporter at the […] Continue Reading

Kita semua anak Malaysia: Let us honour the sacrifices of all communities in building Malaya and now Malaysia. There would have been no independence if the Malays, Chinese, and Indians did not work together for it, and no Malaysia without […] Continue Reading

Strength in diversity: There are hundreds of thousands of flags that have been correctly put up across the country, including in Chinese new villages like the Bukit Merah New Village in Ipoh and tourist spots like the Kuala Lumpur Library […] Continue Reading

MALAYSIANS have read a lot about the many bullies in our country, mostly in schools, hostels, and workplaces, as well as online. But what is less talked about are the political bullies and their disturbing posturing. If there is a […] Continue Reading

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