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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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March 5th, 2014 by financetwitter
Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor, popularly known as MSC in the 90s, will celebrate it's 20th birthday in 2016; that's 2 years from now. Besides Proton, MSC was another pet project by former prime minister Mahathir. MSC was supposed to leapfrog the country into the 21st century by having an inno [...]
February 25th, 2014 by financetwitter
Samsung has just unveiled the much anticipated new Android smartphone - the Galaxy S5. Samsung claims its new "super phone" has everything under the sun - a professional camera, a powerful fitness tracker, water and dust proof, a fingerprint sensor, a heart-rate sensor and whatnot. It even has the i [...]
February 21st, 2014 by financetwitter
Have you notice food prices have already been increased since early of the year? If your normal basic "Wantan Mee" was RM5.00 last year, it's RM5.50 now - that's 10% increase. A plate of "Mee Goreng" at Mamak stall is now RM4.00 when it was RM3.50 three months ago. Of course if you stay in area such [...]
February 6th, 2014 by financetwitter
Malaysian Chinese are still celebrating the Year of the Wooden Horse. Noticeable, there were fewer shoppers this year. The main culprit - high prices of goods. Instead of spending and showing off at restaurants, many chose to spend time at home during reunion dinners. Instead of chatting about (*yaw [...]
January 24th, 2014 by financetwitter
Malaysia is facing bankruptcy and PM Najib Razak was not talking nonsense when he made the threat. So, it's either GST at 6% or he's flying off to Bahamas for good, leaving Malaysians to settle the nation's debt. The country has proudly accumulated more than RM550 billion in gross debt from 1990-201 [...]
January 6th, 2014 by financetwitter
Both PM Najib Razak and opposition de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim are smiling. And how could you blame them when the fool-proof punching bag - religion - is being used again (*yawn*) to divert attention. The prime minister can now sleeps soundly because peoples' anger about new taxes, utilities rate [...]
December 27th, 2013 by financetwitter
When the time is tough, people tends to go out for food especially fast-food restaurants. Unless you've an army family to feed, sometimes it's more economical to eat outside rather than cook on your own. The reason is pretty easy - raw ingredients are getting expensive regardless whether it's chicke [...]
December 20th, 2013 by financetwitter
Christmas is around the corner. You probably have bought most of your Christmas's gifts. In case you have not, this weekend could be your last chance to swipe your credit cards like crazy. It's hard not to use credit cards nowadays, especially with the escalating cost of living. Consumers, particula [...]
October 28th, 2013 by financetwitter
I had my breakfast at my favourite Mamak restaurant today. A piece of Roti Kosong, Nasi Lemak bungkus and Teh Tarik kurang manis totalled RM3.70, the same price as before the 2014 Budget last Friday. It's my favourite Mamak hangout because this is perhaps the last place on earth that will increase i [...]
October 24th, 2013 by financetwitter
Besides planning your year-end holiday, this is also the time to take a look back and see if you've done enough to maximize your tax exemption. If you're a Malaysian and the last time you bought a computer was more than three years ago, perhaps you should consider a new purchase. And if Apple Inc.'s [...]
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