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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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November 7th, 2018 by financetwitter
You know Donald Trump is in trouble when the boastful president suddenly said he wished he had taken a softer tone in his first two years as POTUS (President of the United States), just before the Democrats snatch the House of Representative from the Republicans. But it's too late to have regrets as [...]
November 6th, 2018 by financetwitter
Just because he grew his beard to look like a holy Muslim man, doesn't mean Musa Aman can claim innocence under the rule of law. He might escape punishment for his past corruption practice, had he lived in Afghanistan. But under the new government of Pakatan Harapan, his alleged corruption in connec [...]
November 5th, 2018 by financetwitter
For as long as one can remember, Utusan Malaysia, the country's oldest Malay newspaper had been an obedient propaganda machine of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, who happened to be the president of UMNO, the dominant political party calling the shot behind the Barisan Nasional coalition government. [...]
November 5th, 2018 by financetwitter
With less than 6 months since the Pakatan Harapan coalition won stunningly the 14th general election on May 9th, the new government's "Budget 2019" presented on Friday was equally stunning. Considering they have only a short time to investigate, discover, expose and recover every penny available aft [...]
November 2nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Goldman Sachs, the 149-year-old American investment bank, raised nearly US$6.5 billion in three bond sales between 2012 and 2013 for 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad). More than US$2.5 billion raised from these bonds was misappropriated by high-level 1MDB officials, their relatives and associates, [...]
November 1st, 2018 by financetwitter
Jamal Khashoggi's body has yet to be found. There is a chance that it would never be discovered for obvious reason. Saudi Arabia has refused to reveal the location of the journalist's body despite demands from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. To disclose the location of the body would unveil [...]
November 1st, 2018 by financetwitter
Whenever you hear a powerful UMNO warlord from the "north" is involved in some sort of sex scandal, you can bet your last penny the pervert has to be Shahidan Kassim. Formerly Mentri Besar (Chief MInister) of Perlis state, he has finally stepped forward and publicly admitted to being investigated fo [...]
October 31st, 2018 by financetwitter
As the midterm elections approaching fast, President Donald Trump appear to have one last tool to excite his supporters - the white nationalist and conservative movement. And he has proudly declared that he is a nationalist days ago, just in case you're wondering. But what he plans to do next will [...]
October 31st, 2018 by financetwitter
Tommy Thomas was initially rejected as Malaysia's next Attorney General when Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proposed his name. Even the "Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V (the King)” disagreed with the appointment of the senior lawyer as the country's top legal adviser. The excuse - not onl [...]
October 30th, 2018 by financetwitter
By the end of the trading session on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had travelled more than 900 points. The Dow fell 245.39 points to 24,442.92, erasing a 352-point gain. The NASDAQ Composite Index plunges to its lowest since April. It was so bad that Amazon.com Inc. founder - Je [...]
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