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PM Anwar Ibrahim was both excited and panicked when a religious extremist opposition lawmaker raised a question that alcohol was served during an alumni gathering at a secondary school – St Michael’s Institution – in Ipoh on September 27. It was clearly a bait to trap the prime minister over the event at the Old […]
... written on Oct 25 2025How Anwar Ibrahim wished he were invited to the International Peace Summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The high-level gathering, co-chaired by Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, involved leaders and officials from 27 countries. The meeting obviously provides an opportunity for world leaders to rub […]
... written on Oct 15 2025Despite Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail’s defiance that all foreign players were granted citizenship after a very rigorous process, the scandal involving the fabrication of birth certificates for seven foreign football players so that they can represent Malaysia isn’t going away. Worse, it is turning the heat on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government. […]
... written on Oct 14 2025When seven out of 11 football (soccer) players in your national team do not resemble local ethnics – Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazan or Iban – it already smells fishy. And it screams “cheating” when they were actually imported foreign-born players passed off as Malaysian footballers. It becomes a scandal – even a national embarrassment – […]
... written on Oct 08 2025President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to Egypt to help complete a hostage release deal after Hamas and Israel backed his 20-point proposal to end the Gaza War, despite Hamas’ half-baked agreement. It didn’t take Hamas till Sunday 6 p.m. – deadline set by Trump – to respond positively for obvious reasons. […]
... written on Oct 06 2025A flotilla of 46 boats carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists trying to break through a naval blockade to the Gaza Strip has been intercepted by Israeli forces. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said those involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were being transferred to an Israeli port to be deported after detained. The first boats were […]
... written on Oct 03 2025Wannabe “Robin Hood” Anwar Ibrahim proudly announced during his Budget 2025 speech last October that subsidies for RON95 fuel would be cut for Malaysians in the top 15% (T15) of the country’s income group. The plan was to save about RM8 billion annually as Malaysia currently spends about RM20 billion a year on fuel subsidies enjoyed […]
... written on Sep 25 2025First introduced in 1946 after World War II, the first official “Green Card” (Form I-151) got its name because it was printed on green paper. The concept of the Green Card was established through a series of laws starting with the Alien Registration Act of 1940, which required “aliens” to register with the U.S. government. Yes, America likes […]
... written on Sep 21 2025On Wednesday (September 17), Beijing officially banned domestic tech companies from buying NVIDIA AI chips. Tech giants including ByteDance and Alibaba were ordered to immediately stop testing and ordering NVIDIA’s RTX Pro 6000D server, a product designed specifically for the Chinese market. Essentially, Nvidia has been shut down in China. The next day – […]
... written on Sep 19 2025Congratulations to the five cardiothoracic surgeons who have been registered by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC). Health minister Datuk Dzulkefly Ahmad said the registration of the five specialists marked the resolution of a long-standing issue on the implementation of the parallel pathway programme and the recognition of international qualifications, particularly in the field of cardiothoracic […]
... written on Sep 17 2025
