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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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February 29th, 2016 by financetwitter
Warren Buffett has just published his latest annual letter to shareholders. Why should you care, you may ask yourself. After all, you didn't own and perhaps will never own Berkshire Hathaway stock. At roughly US$200,000 (£144,434; RM842,568) a share, perhaps it's impossible for you to afford even " [...]
February 28th, 2016 by financetwitter
After more than a year in development and testing, Facebook has expanded its popular "Like" button to include other "reactions". Four days ago, people can see and choose "love," "haha," "wow," "sad," and "angry" gesture. There's no "Dislike" button as requested because Facebook claims that the new [...]
February 27th, 2016 by financetwitter
Malaysia, under Najib Razak administration, is a cowboy town now with very little respect for law and order. If this can be made into a film, Sheriff Najib, caught with US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) in his personal bank account, is being questioned by everyone in town as to the source and purpose o [...]
February 25th, 2016 by financetwitter
China has been hitting the news for the wrong reasons - economic slowdown, stock market meltdown, corruption crackdown, and billionaires' disappearance. However, like its factories, the country assembly lines are producing billionaires faster than any other countries, including United States. Now, C [...]
February 24th, 2016 by financetwitter
On the surface, it looks like any innocent military exercises which the proven Malaysian soldiers had engaged in the past. Apparently, Malaysia's involvement in a Saudi Arabia's sponsored military exercise - Northern Thunder - raises concern as to the actual reason why Malaysian military personnel w [...]
February 23rd, 2016 by financetwitter
Apple iPhone 7 is roughly 7-month away so it's not fair to put the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S7 and 5-month-old iPhone 6S on the table for a comparison. But this is a never-ending game because Samsung and Apple deliberately design their new products launching date roughly half a year apart - to [...]
February 22nd, 2016 by financetwitter
Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis were often associated as Asia's pariah people due primarily to their poverty. They form a huge pool of cheap labours or slaves ready to do 3D jobs - dirty, dangerous and difficult. They were cheated by agents before they could be exported and were mistreated by e [...]
February 19th, 2016 by financetwitter
Does China own South China Sea so much so that nobody, including the supposedly superpower United States, dares to retaliate - militarily - when Beijing happily parked some HQ-9 air defence missile system on Woody Island, the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, which is also claim [...]
February 18th, 2016 by financetwitter
Oil prices, both Brent and WTI, are above US$30 a barrel today. The price fluctuations, nevertheless, have been extremely volatile. Thankfully it hasn't breached below US$20 a barrel. It would be a total chaos if the price goes below that level. But shall we conclude the worst is over on oil apocaly [...]
February 17th, 2016 by financetwitter
SJKC, also known as "vernacular schools" in Malaysia for the Chinese have existed since independence and the vernacular education is protected by the Federal Constitution, despite disagreement by some former judges. The fact that these judges chose to read the constitution to their liking only "afte [...]
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