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Who doesn’t like high dividend, especially when it benefits your retirement fund? But as the 8.78 million active members of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) rejoiced over the 6.3% dividend for its 2024 financial year, many were also left wondering how the payout could skyrocket by a whopping 0.8% from 5.5% a year earlier (2023). […]
... written on Mar 09 2025Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has finally named former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as a primary suspect in a corruption case involving a whopping RM700 million. Infamously known as the “turtle egg” man, the ex-backdoor premier had spent the taxpayers’ money as part of his administration’s “Keluarga Malaysia” promotional campaign during his 15-month tenure. […]
... written on Mar 04 2025Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, appeared to be incredible distraught with her head in her hand during a heated shouting match between Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday (Feb 28). Her reaction, captured in photos and videos, speaks volumes about how a first step towards a peace deal was […]
... written on Mar 01 2025Having terrorised and attacked the Chinese community for months trying to boost his ultra-Malay image, UMNO Youth Akmal Saleh appears to have finally met his match. Unlike his previous critics, most of whom were of Chinese ethnicity, including MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) and DAP (Democratic Action Party), Akmal can’t use racial and religious cards this […]
... written on Feb 25 2025Entering its third year, Anwar-led Unity Government can no longer claim it is still on the learning curve, let alone say it is still a honeymoon year. On the coming November 24, 2025, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can actually call for a snap election after serving the full three years of his 5-year term. However, […]
... written on Feb 16 2025With friends like Religious Affairs Minister Mohd Na’im Mokhtar, who needs enemies? Forget about religious extremists from the Opposition Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS – Parti Islam Se-Malaysia). At the rate Anwar-led unity government is trying to Islamise everything under the sun and moon, chances are Malaysia could be turned into a Taliban state before the next general […]
... written on Feb 07 2025He gave away public funds to the tune of RM100 million to Palestine, but no one knows who actually got the money as banks were destroyed in Gaza during the war. He was globe throttling using taxpayers’ money to lobby the Arabs to stop Israel’s relentless assault, but he was bumped to last row during […]
... written on Jan 31 2025For decades, China has been accused by the United States and several of its allies of economic espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft. It was claimed that Chinese IP theft has cost the U.S. about US$225 billion to US$600 billion a year. Besides stealing IP, China was also accused of demanding technology transfers in exchange for market access. […]
... written on Jan 29 2025When Anwar Ibrahim proudly announced RM170 billion investment commitments from China in March 2023, just a few months after he became the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia, he received praise with high expectation that the country would receive a massive boost to its economy. He visited China again in September the same year, and again […]
... written on Jan 23 2025Hours after his inauguration on Monday (January 20) as the 47th President of the United States, Trump signed close to 100 executive orders. He orders the U.S. to quit the World Health Organization (WHO) as his most trusted lieutenant, Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk, gave a one-armed gesture during a speech celebrating the crowning […]
... written on Jan 21 2025
