Archive for June, 2021
For about 3 weeks since India recorded its highest daily Coronavirus deaths – 4,529 deaths on May 18 – the country has been on its way to recovery. At least that was the perception based on official data. Yesterday (May 9), the data showed it recorded only 2,177 deaths, a spectacular achievement compared to last […]
... written on Jun 10 2021Muhyiddin’s selfish plan is to extend the current state of emergency like neighbouring Thailand. Approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on May 21, the country has extended the nationwide state of emergency for additional 2 months until July 31 – the twelfth consecutive extension since Thailand first declared the emergency on March […]
... written on Jun 09 2021As the half-baked full lockdown enters the second week, the clueless and incompetent government of Muhyiddin Yassin continues its trademarks – SOP (standard operating procedure) flip-flops and policy U-turns. After public uproars, now the NSC (National Security Council) says supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores can sell non-essential goods after all. The Malaysian government […]
... written on Jun 07 2021The Group of Seven (G-7), popularly known as the club of rich nations, has reached a landmark deal on Saturday to slap at least 15% corporate tax on MNCs (multinational companies or corporations). The global minimum tax rate on company profits will provide a new way of sharing the revenues from taxing the world’s most […]
... written on Jun 06 2021When Malaysia recorded 98 deaths and 9,020 daily infections on May 29, it grabbed two new records for the wrong reason. Having surpassed India in terms of Covid-19 new cases per million people, the death toll effectively pushed Malaysia to snatch another trophy from India in the category new deaths per million. Thanks to the […]
... written on Jun 05 2021China continues to do what virtually no other country in the world can. Unless you can give out 100 million shots of Covid-19 vaccine in 5 days, you can’t beat the Chinese. As of Wednesday (June 2), the country had given out 704.83 million doses. Nearly half of those jabs were administered during the month […]
... written on Jun 04 2021It’s the dream of many to create a passive income stream (or even more than one) so that they can retire early, for example, or cut back on their current working hours, or spend more time with their families, or go traveling, and much more. Yet when it comes to actually go ahead with the […]
... written on Jun 03 2021On the eve of a nationwide second full-scale lockdown, China has deliberately sent not one, not two, but sixteen Xi’an Y-20 and Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft into Malaysian air space near the East Malaysia state of Sarawak. Coincidentally, the next day (June 1), King Sultan Abdullah of Pahang conveyed greetings to the Royal Malaysian Air […]
... written on Jun 02 2021After the confusion and frustration over which one of the nine ministries that business owners should approach for authorization letters, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was forced to chair a National Security Council (NSC) to fix the issue, a problem that should not have had happened in the first place. After all, this is not the […]
... written on Jun 01 2021
