BY: FADHILAH RAIHAN LOKMAN Since its launch in 2002 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Day Against Child Labour has reminded us that millions of children globally are still being denied their rights. Despite decades of advocacy, this issue remains prevalent, particularly in Southeast Asia, where children from rural, marginalised, and low-income communities…
Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas has surprisingly stated that Hamas must hand over its weapons, military capabilities and withdraw from Gaza, reported New York Times. He said this ahead of a UN summit on Palestine statehood. In a letter delivered on Monday to French President Emmanuel Macron and to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, co-chairs…
BY: DR ABDUL RAHMAN YAACOB While recent international headlines have focused on Malaysia’s supposed alignment with China, even in the face of Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, the Southeast Asian state has quietly adopted a different strategy on the ground. Beneath the radar, Malaysia is quietly strengthening its military presence in the Malaysian…
BY: ADIB ZALKAPLI Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has gone through another change in its leadership line-up following intense internal party elections on May 24. With the party’s top leaders in place, PKR has quite a hill to climb in retaining influence in the unity government and keeping the country’s top political job. The anchor party…
By Rukmini Paarivel Recently, my son, a Form 3 student in a government school in Klang, shared his growing anxiety about entering the science stream next year. He’s eager and capable—brimming with curiosity about science and technology. But instead of feeling excited, he’s worried. And as his mother, so am I. He said something that…
Tapah MP Datuk M Saravanan took to Tamil poetry again to hit out at Perak Exco A Sivanesan who had earlier criticised his poetry by urging him to flush it down the toilet. He used poetic lines to ask about the fate of the air that went through the state lawmaker. The following is the…
Tapah MIC division chief S Krishna Rao took Perak Exco A Sivanesan to task for the latter’s arrogance and accusation made against MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M Saravanan. “The language and arrogance of the statement by Sivanesan today indeed speaks volumes of his capability and capacity to articulate issues and finding solutions to it….
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow instructed the his state exco for housing and environment, Datuk S Sundarajoo to extend the five percent discount to all. “I have instructed the housing and environment exco to engage with property developers and review the policy with a view to extending the discount to all homebuyers,” Chow said…
Perak exco A Sivanesan has fired back at MIC deputy president Datuk M Saravanan by urging Saravanan to flush his poem into the toilet. Sivanesan who is also Sungkai state assemblyman pointed out that the issue of mushrooming Hindu temples were not addressed by MIC when the party was in power. “Simple question for Saravanan….
Penang DAP chairman Steven Sim Chee Keong confirmed that the five percent discount for Indian Muslims to purchase under the Madani Home Ownership Campaign (MOC) would be revised by the state government. “I have discussed the issue with Penang Chief Minister, Chow Kon Yeow. He has agreed for the issue to be raised and revised…
