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Unemployment rate plunged to 2.9% in November 2025, reaching its lowest level in 11 years. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim quickly claimed the credit in January 2026, attributing the milestone to his Madani Government’s so-called economic reforms. Today, with Johor state election at high gear, Deput
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Ever wonder why Najib Razak’s lawyer - Muhammad Shafee Abdullah – has suddenly gone silent over a royal pardon and house arrest? Shafee, who had whined, cried, and bitched till foaming at the mouth about the government’s obstruction of a purported "addendum order" by the previous King allowin
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While Malaysia's multi-coalition Unity Government remains intact at the federal level, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), a governing partner, is waging selective wars in its strongholds that are threatening to expose the fragility and weakness of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s admin
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You don’t actually have to win your match to reach the knockout stage at the FIFA World Cup. At a time when Asian soccer giant South Korea failed to make it, a tiny island with the same population as Maldives but few people knew existed stunningly made it through – without winning a single matc
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UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) may have miscalculated when Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi arrogantly declared war on Pakatan Harapan (PH). Not only he announced that BN will “go solo”, will contest all 56 seats in the next Johor state election, and will leave no space for cooperation or n
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On May 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – under Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 - designated three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses and their associated front companies as part of Economic Fury and Treasury’s ongoing efforts to disrup
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One of the easiest gimmicks to scam voters to win elections is to create problems and then pretend to solve them, and voila, people would burst into tears in appreciation and gratitude. Taking away something before giving it back has been one of the oldest tricks used by many parents to handle misb
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What goes around comes around - meaning your actions, whether good or bad, will eventually have consequences that return to you. When politicians from Bersatu, Barisan Nasional, PAS, and a splinter faction of PKR met at the Sheraton Hotel on February 23, 2020, all eyes were on Muhyiddin Yassin and
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Among the 40 DAP Members of Parliament, Hannah Yeoh arguably is the most rewarded lawmaker. Not only Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd, owned by her husband, was awarded the Selangor's Demand-Responsive Transit (DRT) controversial billion-ringgit project, but she also received a promotion as the F
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President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the U.S. and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday (June 14), despite Iran casting doubt on the timing. On Saturday, Pakistan, a key mediator, also said the deal was "likely expected" to be finalized within 24 hours and they were "pr
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June 7th, 2018 by financetwitter
Donald Trump may sound super-tough as the U.S. positions itself for a trade war with China. However, if numbers are any indicator, the U.S. president appears to be fighting a losing battle against the Chinese. For the first 4 months of 2018, America continues to register huge trade deficit with its [...]
June 7th, 2018 by financetwitter
Anwar Ibrahim, the prime minister-in-waiting, is a changed man. After spending years in jail - twice - for sodomy, he has either become a more humble and wiser man, or a vengeful man who believes the nation owes him the premiership. After being pardoned by the Agong (King), the grateful Anwar spoke [...]
June 6th, 2018 by financetwitter
Imagine you've engaged and awarded a contractor to renovate your office. For some strange reasons, you agreed to pay the contractor according to "calendar dates" instead of the project's progress. In other words, you had agreed to generously pay even if the contractor does zero work. The job was sup [...]
June 6th, 2018 by financetwitter
The first half of 2018 has been bullish for oil prices. But after touching the US$80 a barrel for the first time since 2014, the commodity is fast losing its steam. The Brent crude oil is trading at about US$74, a drop of about 6 dollars a barrel since its peak. The WTI crude oil meanwhile has dropp [...]
June 5th, 2018 by financetwitter
Under pressure from the netizens, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V (the King) finally agreed on the appointment of Tommy Thomas as the Attorney General of Malaysia. The people, with great hope for a better Malaysia, finally get to taste the real meaning of peoples' power. And like Donald [...]
June 4th, 2018 by financetwitter
The news of ISIS or Islamic State is quite rare nowadays, after Russia - follows by the U.S. - decided to wipe them out. However, their ideology is still very much alive and kicking. You can bomb the hell out of the terrorists, but you certainly cannot kill the ideology. Naturally, 1-year after the [...]
June 3rd, 2018 by financetwitter
Mahathir is on a mission impossible to reform the country's 61 years of tyrannical rule under previous Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government. Even if it's true that he is trying to correct his 21 years of iron-fist rule, to reform the system within 2 years is next to impossible. But the 93-year [...]
June 2nd, 2018 by financetwitter
President Trump said his on-again, off-again summit with North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un will proceed in Singapore on June 12 after all, as initially planned. His U-turn came after Mr. Kim sent his top official, Kim Yong Chol, to Washington and delivers a letter expressing his interest to meet wit [...]
June 2nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Global Times, often considered as the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, has unleashed its first warning shot at the new government of Malaysia. After 93-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ditched a planned HSR (high-speed rail) between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, the Chinese media see [...]
June 1st, 2018 by financetwitter
Effective today (June 1st), the highly unpopular GST (goods and services tax) is zero-rated from 6 percent. People are celebrating as suddenly everything has become 6% cheaper. From computer to Mercedes Benz, everybody wants to have a piece of the meat, before the new SST (sales and service tax) kic [...]
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