Dr Wendy Pek Kui Lim When floodwater—a contaminated mix of sewage, chemicals, and debris—invades our homes, it doesn’t just damage our property; it poisons our food supply. The standing water that remains after flooding creates ideal conditions for bacteria, moulds, and pests to multiply rapidly in food items. Consuming compromised food can lead to severe…
Dr Ong Kian Ming In two days, Christians around the world will celebrate Christmas. The main reason for this celebration is to remember the birth of Jesus Christ and how he was sent to the world to sacrifice himself to a just God, in the place of sinners like you and me. It is with…
Joseph Masilamany The High Court’s decision to reject Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application for house arrest should have been straightforward. Constitution consulted. Process examined. Law applied. Case closed. Yet the intensity of the reaction — anger, relief, triumphalism, grief — reveals that this case was never just about where Najib serves his remaining sentence. It…
Malaysia and Bangladesh share long-standing diplomatic, economic, and people to people ties. Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis live and work in Malaysia, contributing to Malaysia’s labour force and economy. These connections mean that what happens in Bangladesh matters deeply to our region. As ASEAN Chair, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim carries significant moral responsibility….
Sharifah Munirah Alatas We should not keep weaponising language discourses (English, Mandarin, UEC, BM, etc.) while perpetually remaining ignorant of the conditions of world order today…it is moving towards a “multiplex” system, whereby the world may no longer be unipolar, dominated by the US, or any one power. China and other spheres of influence have…
LEE CHEAN CHUNG I congratulate my colleagues who have been appointed to the new Cabinet line-up and wish them every success in their responsibilities ahead. To borrow a football analogy, a half-time review is essential — to identify vulnerabilities, substitute underperforming players, and adjust strategies in pursuit of victory. A Cabinet reshuffle serves a similar…
Ti Lian Ker This is not a coincidence. It Is a warning. It is not coincidental that BN chairman Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi warned component parties “not to regret leaving BN because they will not be accepted back” when officiating the Indian Progressive Front (IPF) general assembly today. While this warning was purportedly aimed at…
BY: S HARIKRISHNAN Last night (Dec 16) MIC held a pomp event at a leading venue in the federal capital to celebrate party president Tan Sri SA. Vigneswaran’s 60th birthday celebration. The bow-tie event was attended by more than 1,500 party leaders, businessmen, friends and other well-wishers of the president with singers from India as…
JAMES CHAI The truth is that no matter how hard its local state representatives worked, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) could not have averted the total wipeout in the recent Sabah state election. Most analysts have pointed to a “Sabah for Sabahans” sentiment to explain why the East Malaysia state resoundingly voted for local parties….
HEMA SUBRAMANIAM In conjunction with World Human Rights Day, I write not only as a citizen, but as a witness and survivor of the same cyberbullying and online abuse incident involving the late influencer Esha, and as someone deeply alarmed by the total failure to protect victims of digital violence in Malaysia. Over the past…
