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In early morning Friday (May 17), a terrorist believed to be linked to the Jemaah Islamiah boldly entered a police station at a small village near Johor's Ulu Tiram and hacked the neck of a policeman on duty with a machete. He then grabbed the officer's gun and shot another policeman who came out to
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Defiant Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim thought he was clever and invincible when he deliberately met with Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh during his 3-day visit in Qatar. He wanted to send a message to Washington that even if Malaysian banking system was helping the terrorist org
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Regardless whether you belonged to Baby Boomers (born from 1946 to 1964), Generation X (born from 1965 to 1980) or Millennials (born from 1981 to 1996), you can't run away from something called credit card debt. Consumers love using credit cards, but at the same time hate paying off outstanding debt
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Here's how to win a soccer game - score more goals than your rival, or watch your enemy score own goals (ignore penalty shoot-out). The result is out and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Pang Sock Tao has won the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election with a 3,869 vote majority. DAP, a component of Pakatan
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If DarSa Fried Chicken (DFC) is trying to replace Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it should close shop now before it goes bust. Chances are it will fail miserably. Even before the local restaurant could make profits, it has already violated all business ethics. It is not price competitive, does not re
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In a desperate effort to buy votes, especially from fellow Malay Muslims of whom 80% did not vote for Anwar Ibrahim in the last November 2022 General Election, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced a record hike in civil servants’ salary of more than 13%. He bragged on Labour Day that the RM10 bi
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to have chicken out from Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. Now, Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Amirudin Shari is the poster boy after Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hinted that Anwar would not be present during the campaign for the largest constituenc
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Antony Blinken's visit - his second to China is less than a year - is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or canno
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About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action P
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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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February 18th, 2019 by financetwitter
On December 2017, the world was left speechless after Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” – dating back to 1500 – was sold to a mysterious buyer who splashed a mind-boggling US$450.3 million. The “Salvator Mundi,” which means “Savior of the World”, depicts Christ as a Renaissan [...]
February 17th, 2019 by financetwitter
PAS is in deep trouble, thanks to the RM90 million bribes the Islamic Party had taken from former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Actually, that is an understatement. PAS is game over as long as its President Hadi Awang still leads the party, along with his minions who had helped themselves to the chest [...]
February 15th, 2019 by financetwitter
Amazon.com is worth a staggering US$800 billion. It became the second company to reach a stock market value of US$1 trillion just weeks after Apple hit the same milestone. Its stock price is above US$1,600 a share. The company's CEO and founder - Jeff Bezos - is not only the world's richest man wi [...]
February 15th, 2019 by financetwitter
Senior lawyer Haniff Khatri had previously alleged that a top judge interfered in a majority decision which was initially to acquit the late DAP national chairman Karpal Singh of his charge under the Sedition Act. As a result of the judge's intervention, the decision of the Court of Appeal was chan [...]
February 14th, 2019 by financetwitter
Mahathir, now popularly known as the garbage collector by even critics within the Pakatan Harapan coalition, has done something a normal leader would not dare do. He had just recruited seven defecting opposition UMNO Member of Parliament, otherwise known as frogs. For his abnormal and stubborn actio [...]
February 13th, 2019 by financetwitter
Nik Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz, the son of former PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz, has decided to fight back. After months of denial, the disgraceful junior has finally admitted that he was indeed the person in an audio recording many critics claim was proof that the Islamic party received money fro [...]
February 13th, 2019 by financetwitter
Naguib Sawiris is an Egyptian billionaire with a net worth of US$5 billion (Bloomberg). Together with Nassef Sawiris, the two brothers are well known as the reputable sons of Onsi Sawiris from the wealthiest Egyptian descents. While his younger brother is the richest man in Egypt, Naguib is ranked s [...]
February 13th, 2019 by financetwitter
Yesterday, Mahathir cried, whined and bitched about loyalty, which, according to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, has been misplaced. He said loyalty should be given to the country and not to certain leaders or political parties. Obviously, his administration is packed with civil servants who are sti [...]
February 12th, 2019 by financetwitter
European Union (EU) will disintegrate, the same way the Soviet Union collapsed on 26 December 1991, if the people of Europe refuse to wake up. In his latest and probably last lecture before the elections for the European Parliament in May 2019, billionaire George Soros desperately wants the sleeping [...]
February 11th, 2019 by financetwitter
Last month, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) lowered its global economic growth forecast for this year (2019) from 3.7% to 3.5%. Now, the organisation has a new warning - prepares for an economic storm. Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, the IMF Managing Director Christine Lagard [...]
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