Finance and Economy
Who’s watching Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Watchdog? Apparently, no one, and the commission set up to fight graft is allegedly helping a group of businessmen seize control of companies. And the dirty business go all the way to the top, including the anti-corruption agency’s chief commissioner – Azam Baki. With protection from the Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, […]
... written on Feb 13 2026Chandra Jarvis has worked 13 years at the Vitro plant in Crestline, a distressed rural town of some 4,500 residents. Wages helped the 48-year-old single mother support her daughter through nursing school and her son through high school. She said working at the plant, where she is known as “Momma,” provides her and co-workers both […]
... written on Feb 10 2026After DAP’s crushing defeat in last November’s Sabah state election, the party’s top leadership scrambled for an emergency meeting behind closed doors. Democratic Action Party (DAP) secretary-general Anthony Loke was forced to announce that the partywill review its position in the government if Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim fails to deliver meaningful reforms within six months. But […]
... written on Feb 07 2026Forced to “kowtow” to China after Beijing retaliated to United States’ tariff war by slapping export restrictions on several rare earth elements, processing technologies, lithium battery materials, and other items, U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly signed a trade truce with the Chinese government. It was a humiliation to the economic superpower, but Trump had no card […]
... written on Feb 05 2026Kevin Warsh was not Donald Trump’s first choice. The U.S. president’s preferred candidate as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve was another Kevin – Kevin Hassett. But Hassett’s loyalty and close relationship with Trump ultimately morphed into his biggest liability. On Friday, Trump nominated Warsh, choosing a former Fed official who has aligned himself […]
... written on Feb 01 2026The louder Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim screams about anti-corruption, the smellier the stench of corruption becomes under his administration. That was the joke on the street. While he tries very hard to convince the public that corruption is being eliminated, the perception is that corruption remains business as usual. Worse, Anwar’s own circle was […]
... written on Jan 29 2026He came, he saw, he mocked the European Union’s flagship Green New Deal climate policies as the “Green New Scam”. He then ridiculed Britain for failing to tap more North Sea oil, before laughing at the “catastrophic energy collapse which befell every European nation” in recent years. It was a wild day, with Trump berating […]
... written on Jan 25 2026Donald Trump has flown to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his opening address, not only the U.S. president bragged about the U.S. economy – citing reduced inflation, high economic growth and a record-setting stock market – but also happily mocking and ridiculing Europe, while repeating his claim that only the […]
... written on Jan 22 2026When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949 as a collective defence alliance to counter the perceived threat of Soviet expansionism in post-World War II, little did the Western European and Canada realize that 77 years later, the enemy that would attack or colonize one of their own kind would be the United […]
... written on Jan 19 2026Ahmad Zahid Hamidi might not be a very clever UMNO president, but handling a small kid like Akmal Saleh is easy meat. Zahid, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, could easily take away not only the boy’s food, but also steal his girlfriend without the UMNO Youth Chief knowing what hit him. After all, […]
... written on Jan 15 2026
