Archive for January, 2019
The Sultan Muhammad V has returned to his state of Kelantan after abdicating the throne as the “Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Supreme Ruler, or simply the King)” effective Sunday (Jan 6). What is still unknown and of utmost interest is the actual reason the former King was given an ultimatum by the Council of Rulers to […]
... written on Jan 11 2019Three Chinese warships arrived in Cambodia on Wednesday on a visit aimed at strengthening already close ties between the two nations. As early as 2016, Cambodia hosted its first major naval joint exercises with Chinese forces. This round, as many as 700 crew members docked at the port of Sihanoukville, also known as “Kampong Som”. […]
... written on Jan 10 2019For years, former Prime Minister Najib Razak had been lying through his teeth about 1MDB financial health. As early as 2015, the crook claimed the sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had more assets than liabilities. Amazingly, gullible and ignorant village folks actually believed his simplistic cock and bull story. Like a broken […]
... written on Jan 09 2019Getting jobs is no longer going to any university and graduate with a piece of diploma or degree. The job market has been so competitive that even with a degree in IT (information technology), there is no guarantee you will secure a job, unless 20 years ago. Nowadays, only a combination of specific skills – […]
... written on Jan 08 2019In the land of scandals and corruptions, more often than not rumours have the nasty habit of turning out to become facts. After Mahathir Mohamad made the history of becoming not only the world’s oldest prime minister, but also the prime minister for the second time, Malaysians welcome the New Year 2019 with another stunning […]
... written on Jan 07 2019Finally, the much overdue price reduction of fuel is here. While Americans enjoyed gasoline as low as US$1.49 a gallon or RM1.63 a litre, Malaysians had to pay RM2.20 a litre for RON95. Effective 12.01am Saturday (Jan 5), RON95 and RON97 will see a reduction of 27 sen from RM2.20 per litre to RM1.93 per […]
... written on Jan 05 2019As feared, tech giant Apple plunged and brought along with it the rest of the stock markets not only in the U.S., but also the world. The earning warning from the iPhone maker was sufficient to erase 660 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). S&P 500 lost 62 points and NASDAQ tumbled 202 […]
... written on Jan 04 2019Where is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, or the King of Malaysia? Nobody seems to know the whereabout of the monarch, not even the prime minister himself. Officially, the Agong had taken a two-month break from November 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 – apparently due to health reason. Hence, Sultan Nazrin of Perak took over […]
... written on Jan 04 2019Dell CEO Michael Dell warned in July last year that the U.S. and China face a “mutual assured destruction” if trade relations collapse, adding that “no one will win” a trade war. But judging by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s latest antics, losing face is not an option. In denial, the U.S. president even said […]
... written on Jan 03 2019It appears that the old guards and the young leaders within Mahathir’s party – PPBM (Bersatu) – are divided over a proposal to grant themselves government contracts or projects, a practice similarly carried out for decades by the UMNO regime to enrich warlords and family members before their collapse in the May general election. […]
... written on Jan 02 2019
